Egan Bernal in the Kigali Cycling World Cup, in Rwanda.
Photo: Ephes – Kim Ludbrook
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The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar demonstrated again why he is the most dominant cyclist of today. After revalidating his world route title in Kigali, It consolidated at the head of the UCI ranking With 11,430 points, a figure that doubles with that of its most immediate persecutors.
The double world champion leads the ranks ahead of the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (5,944), of his compatriot Mads Pedersen (5,164), by Mexican Isaac del Toro (404) and the Portuguese Joao Almeida (4,331).
The Slovenian continues to demonstrate that he is the best cyclist in the world and, after what was done this year, which is a historical phenomenon of world sport.
Colombians in the UCI ranking: Egan Bernal, the best
As for Colombia, Egan Bernal remains the most prominent cyclist. The Ineos Grenadiers corridor occupies box 49 of the ranking, with 1,402 points, confirming its validity after a year in which it recovered prominence in the big laps. At 28, Bernal maintains the national flag in the lot of the fifty best in the world.
The second best Colombian is Santiago Buitrago, of Bahrain Victorious, who appears in box 68 with 1,077 points, endorsing his status as stage leader in high mountain races. Further back, Harold Tejada appears, present at the World Cup in Rwanda, who climbed fifteen positions to place 106 with 795 units, being also the only Colombian to complete the demanding World Cup test.
The National Top-10 is completed by Einer Rubio (109, 786), Juan Sebastián Molano (166, 535), Daniel Felipe Martínez (289, 306), Jesús David Peña (346, 255), Wilmar Paredes (348, 254), Álvaro Hodeg (349, 253) and Esteban Chaves (371, 235). They all contribute to the Colombian presence in the ranking, although most are already located in the middle and low part of the classification.
In this way, Colombia maintains representation in the world ranking, with Bernal and Buitrago as main referents, but far from the first planes where Pogacar imposes an overwhelming domain.
The double rainbow confirms that the Slovenian era remains intact, while for coffee makers the task is to recover the collective prominence that made them power in previous seasons.
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