August 17/09 12:27 pm - UCI Announces Participation Quotas for Road Worlds

Posted by Editor on 08/17/09
 

The UCI has announced the number of riders countries will be allowed in the Men's Elite and U23 road races for the 2009 Road Worlds in Mendrisio, Switzerland.  The allotments are based on nation and rider rankings in the UCI World and Continental classifications, as of August 15th.

The top ten nations get nine starters for the Elite road race.  Canada qualified fifth in the UCI America Tour, and thus gets to start three riders (five can be selected, but only three actually start the race).  In the U23 category, Canada gets to select eight riders and start four.  The maximum for any country in U23 is five riders.

Elite Road Race (9 can start out of 14 selected)
1 Spain
2 Italy
3 Australia
4 Germany
5 Russia
6 Luxembourg
7 Belgium
8 Great Britain
9 Norway
10 United States of America

Africa Tour
1 South Africa (6)
2 Tunisia (3)

America Tour
1  Colombia (6)
2  Venezuela (6)
3  Argentina (3)
4  Brazil (3)
5  Canada (3)

Asia Tour
1 Kazakhstan (6)
2  Iran (3)
3 Japan (3)

Europe Tour
1  France (6)
2  The Netherlands (6)
3  Slovenia (6)
4  Poland (6)
5  Ukraine (6)
6  Denmark (6)
7  Portugal (3)
8  Estonia (3)
9  Austria (3)
10 Switzerland (6 as host country)
11  Slovakia (3)
12  Croatia (3)
13  Hungary (3)
14  Sweden (3)
15  Serbia (3)
16  Latvia (3)

Oceania Tour
1 New Zealand (3)


Qualification by ranking of an individual rider:

Czech Republic (3)
Ireland (3)
Bielorussia (3)
Lituania (1)
Finland (1)
Namibia (1)
Cuba (1)
Chili (1)
Costa Rica (1)
Ecuador (1)
Uruguay (1)
Bulgaria (1)


U23 Road Race

Africa Tour
1 South Africa (5)
2 Erytrea (4)
3 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (3)
4  Egypt (3)

America Tour
1  Colombia (5)
2  USA (5)
3  Venezuela (5)
4  Costa Rica (4)
5  Canada (4)
6  Uruguay (4)
7  Brazil (3)
8  Cuba (3)
9  Mexico (3)

Asia Tour
1  Islamic Republic of Iran (5)
2  Kazakhstan (5)
3  Malaysia (4)
4  Japan (4)
5  Mongolia (3)
6 Thailand (3)

Oceania Tour
1 Australia (5)
2 New Zealand (3)

Europe Tour
1  Italy (5)
2  Belgium (5)
3  Germany (5)
4  France (5)
5  Russia (5)
6  The Netherlands (5)
7  Denmark (5)
8  Slovakia  (5)
9  Austria  (5)
10  Great Britain (5)
11  Norway (5)
12  Slovenia (5)
13  Moldavia (5)
14  Poland (5)
15  Spain (5)
16  Turkey (4)
17  Czech Republic (4)
18  Belarussia  (4)
19  Estonia  (4)
20  Ukraine (4)
21  Luxembourg (3)
22  Lituania (3)
23  Greece (3)
24  Israel  (3)
25  Sweden  (3)
26  Hungary (3)

Qualification through Nations Cup:
Portugal (1)
Latvia (1)
El Salvador (1)
Serbia (1)
Switzerland (1)

U23 Continental Champions automatically qualify:
Kris Boeckmans (Bel)
Juan Villegas (Col)
Turakit Boonratanathakorn (Tha)
Hichem Chaabane (Alg)
Daniel Braunsteins (Aus)