LEAST UCI RANKINGSDEC 16
LEAST UCI RANKINGSDEC 16
The official governing body for international mountain biking racing, the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale), ranks the best mountain bikers worldwide based on their race results over the previous 365 days. Riders can view their ranking every month to check how they are doing. Rankings change all the time. These ratings will determine how selections for the 2004 Olympics are made.
We have included other riders who are of interest in the sections labeled outside the top ten, such as Miguel Martinez, who was awarded the gold medal for men’s Olympic mountain biking in 2000. Miguel Martinez retired from mountain biking to compete on road bikes. However, he may want to go back to the dirt in search of more Olympic gold.
Paola Pezzo won Olympic gold in 2000 and 1996, but she is now retired. But maybe the lure of Olympic Gold will motivate her to get back on the pedals. Bart Brentjens (35), who won the first Olympic mountain biking gold medal for men in 1996, is the top male rider in the rankings.
UCI RANKINGS
Men
1. Bart BrentjensNetherlands
2. Julien AbsalonFrance
3. Roel PaulissenBelgium
4. Bas PetersNetherlands
5. Lado FumicGermany
6. Thomas FrischknechtSwitzerland
7. Filip MeirhaegheBe?ium
8. Christoph SauserSwitzerland
9. Jean-Christophe PeraudFrance
10. Ralph NaefSwitzerland
Other than the Top Ten
13. Roland GreenCanada
17. Ryder HesjedalCanada
42. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski.USA
56. Miguel MartinezFrance
70. Todd WellsUSA
75. Jeremiah BishopUSA
85. Adam CraigUSA
140. Carl DeckerUSA
Women
1. Gunn-Rita DahleNorway
2. Sabine SpitzGermany
3. Maja WloszczowskaPoland
4. Ivonne KraftGermany
5. Petra HenziSwitzerland
6. Alison SydorCanada
7. Anna SzafraniecPoland
8. Irina KalentievaRussia
9. Jacqueline MouraoBrazil
10. Marie-Helene PremontCanada
Other than the Top Ten
26. Susan HaywoodUSA
34. Mary McConneloug USA
36. Jimena FloritArgentina
39. Willow KoerberUSA
86. Alison DunlapUSA