The final World tour points rankings came out earlier in the week. Though I've been following the TDF for donkey's, I only became ware of the World Tour points system recently.
Sky win the team classification by a country mile and Great Britain second in the nations! Astonishing rise in such a short space of time. Will we be able to keep it up next year?
1 (1) RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 692
2 (2) WIGGINS Bradley, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 601
3 (3) BOONEN Tom, OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) 410
4 (4) NIBALI Vincenzo, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 400
5 (5) VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 394
6 (6) GERRANS Simon, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 390
7 (7) FROOME Christopher, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 376
8 (8) SAGAN Peter, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 351
9 (9) SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel, EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS) 332
10 (10) FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 320
11 (12) BOASSON HAGEN Edvald, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 317
12 (11) CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto, TEAM SAXO BANK-TINKOFF BANK (STB) 290
13 (13) HESJEDAL Ryder, GARMIN - SHARP (GRS) 241
14 (14) VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, LOTTO BELISOL TEAM (LTB) 237
15 (15) URAN URAN Rigoberto, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 199
16 (37) MARTIN Daniel, GARMIN - SHARP (GRS) 196
17 (16) ROGERS Michael, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 194
18 (17) MOLLEMA Bauke, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 194
19 (18) HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 194
20 (19) KREUZIGER Roman, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 189
21 (20) CUNEGO Damiano, LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 184
22 (21) SCARPONI Michele, LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 184
23 (22) ALBASINI Michael, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 183
24 (23) EVANS Cadel, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 182
25 (24) FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 181
26 (25) MOSER Moreno, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 175
27 (26) BALLAN Alessandro, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 172
28 (70) MARTIN Tony, OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) 171
29 (27) GREIPEL André, LOTTO BELISOL TEAM (LTB) 162
30 (42) NOCENTINI Rinaldo, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 162
31 (28) TERPSTRA Niki, OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) 160
32 (29) VAN GARDEREN Tejay, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 160
33 (30) GASPAROTTO Enrico, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 150
34 (31) BOOM Lars, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 148
35 (32) TALANSKY Andrew, GARMIN - SHARP (GRS) 145
36 (33) SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 143
37 (34) CANCELLARA Fabian, RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) 134
38 (35) DE GENDT Thomas, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 134
39 (36) GESINK Robert, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 134
40 (38) CAVENDISH Mark, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 128
Teams:
1 (1) SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) GBR 1,767
2 (2) KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) RUS 1,273
3 (3) LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) ITA 1,197
4 (4) OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) BEL 1,162
5 (5) MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) ESP 952
6 (6) ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) AUS 920
7 (7) BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) USA 917
8 (8) RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) NED 799
9 (9) GARMIN - SHARP (GRS) USA 762
10 (11) ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) KAZ 645
11 (10) LOTTO BELISOL TEAM (LTB) BEL 625
12 (12) RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) LUX 619
13 (13) EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS) ESP 555
14 (14) LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) ITA 435
15 (15) TEAM SAXO BANK-TINKOFF BANK (STB) DEN 401
16 (16) VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) NED 364
17 (17) AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) FRA 315
18 (18) FDJ-BIG MAT (FDJ) FRA 246
Nations:
1 (1) SPAIN 1,889
2 (2) GREAT BRITAIN 1,163
3 (3) ITALY 1,115
4 (4) BELGIUM 1,014
5 (5) AUSTRALIA 962
6 (6) NETHERLANDS 733
7 (7) UNITED STATES 530
8 (10) NORWAY 449
9 (14) GERMANY 447
10 (9) PORTUGAL 412
11 (8) COLOMBIA 404
12 (11) FRANCE 367
13 (12) SLOVAKIA 361
14 (13) SWITZERLAND 357
15 (15) CANADA 278
16 (18) IRELAND 259
17 (19) POLAND 232
18 (16) SLOVENIA 211
19 (17) CZECH REPUBLIC 195
20 (20) RUSSIA 163
21 (21) DENMARK 124
22 (22) KAZAKHSTAN 112
23 (23) LUXEMBOURG 90
24 (24) CROATIA 77
25 (25) AUSTRIA 57
26 (26) BELARUS 50
27 (27) SWEDEN 36
28 (28) ARGENTINA 23
29 (29) COSTA RICA 20
30 (30) SOUTH AFRICA 12
31 (31) LITHUANIA 10
32 (32) ESTONIA 6
33 (33) NEW ZEALAND 6
34 (34) UKRAINE 2
35 (35) BRAZIL 1