Four riders from USA in Top 10 UCI Rankings

[Keith A]

With the pro cycling season coming to an end, I was impressed to see that there are four cyclists from the USA in the top ten. I'm not sure this is a first or not, but it is nice to see someone from the US besides just LA in the top ten.

ProTour individuals

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi....................................209 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step.............................................1 71
3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team..........................................140
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team...139
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team ..........................136
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner...................................... 131
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC............................................130
8 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.....129
9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo...............................128

[zank]

The other awesome stat is the USA is #2 in the national rankings just behind Italy. That is fantastic!

With Page, Trebon, and Powers over in Europe full time for cross this winter, we should see USA moving up in the cross rankings too.

[george]

This definatly is the best year for Americans in the European Pro Peloton...Way to go red white and blue :)