The UCI has announced the rankings for the World Tour and Continental tour classifications on Tuesday, sealing the number of riders for national selections for the UCI Road World championship elite men’s road race. Ten nations earned nine-man teams for the race: Spain, Great Britain, Colombia, Italy, France, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Czech Republic.
Michal Kwiatkowski, the current World champion, will have only five teammates. Indeed, Poland missed out the top 10 of the World Tour teams ranking. Slovakia will have three riders, giving favourite Peter Sagan at least two lead-out men.
Top 10 WorldTour teams :
9 places : Spain, Great Britain, Colombia, Italy, France, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic
Qualified nations by UCI Africa Tour :
6 places : Algeria
3 places : Morroco, South Africa
Qualified nations by the UCI America Tour :
6 places : Canada, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, United States of America
3 places : Argentina, Brazil
Qualified nations by the UCI Asia Tour :
6 places : Islamic Republic of Iran
3 places : Kazakhstan, Japan, Republic of Korea
Qualified nations by the UCI Europe Tour :
6 places : Slovenia, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Denmark, Poland, Norway
3 places : Austria, Belarus, Portugal, Turkey, Lithuania, Estonia, Croatia, Ireland
Qualified nations by the UCI Oceania Tour :
3 places : New Zealand
Qualified nations by the UCI Individual UCI World Tour ranking :
3 places : Switzerland, Slovakia, Costa Rica, Luxembourg
Nations which have one rider in the individual UCI World Tour ranking :
1 place : Latvia
Nations qualified by the individual ranking of the UCI Continental Circuits :
1 place : Tunisia, Eritrea, Ecuador, Chili, Guatemala, Azerbaijan, Greece, Romania, Serbia
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