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