Great Britain win World Track Cycling title
Cycling is one of GSN’s big sporting groups, awarding over 2000 points in an average year, and more in Olympic years. It features five different specialties: Road, Track, Cyclo-cross, Mountain Bike and BMX, and a string of major international races, from the Tour de France to the Track Cycling World Championships’ 11 different events.
Last year, 38 nations scored points in Cycling, from Argentina to Venezuela in alphabetical order, and including Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa and 22 European countries, in representation of all four continents.
Because of this diversity, the Cycling sport group is one of the most openly contested ones. France were the 2015 champions, having defended their 2014 title by beating 2013 winners Australia by a mere 44 points.
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2015
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CYCLING
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Place
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Country
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Points
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Points %
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1
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France
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247
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11.3%
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2
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Australia
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203
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9.3%
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3
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Netherlands
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153
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7.0%
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4
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Great Britain
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153
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7.0%
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5
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Germany
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133
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6.1%
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6
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Italy
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129
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5.9%
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7
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Spain
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124
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5.7%
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|
8
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New Zealand
|
107
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4.9%
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|
9
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United States
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106
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4.9%
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|
10
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Switzerland
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97
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4.4%
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|
11
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Colombia
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88
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4.0%
|
|
12
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Netherlands
|
78
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3.6%
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|
13
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Russia
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73
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3.3%
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|
14
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Belgium
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64
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2.9%
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|
15
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Canada
|
39
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1.8%
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|
16
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Belarus
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38
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1.7%
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|
17
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Slovakia
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34
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1.6%
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|
18
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China
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31
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1.4%
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|
19
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Czech Republic
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31
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1.4%
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20
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Venezuela
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29
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1.3%
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This year, after the Track Cycling and Cyclo-cross world championships, won respectively by Great Britain and the Netherlands (narrowly over Belgium), the Cycling ranking sees Great Britain in the lead over Germany and Australia, respectively 2nd and 3rd in the Track Cycling Worlds. British riders won the Men’s ranking in the championships, raced on home soil in London, and finished only 1 point behind the Aussie ladies, despite two gold medals by Laura Trott, in the Scratch and Omnium races.
But the European spring racing season has just started, with Australian Matthew Hayman winning the legendary Paris-Roubaix road race last week, over Belgian Tom Boonen, and it promises to be hot as ever, with the bonus of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro come July.
Needless to say GSN will monitor the sport all season long, on the road, and off it, and on the track, so follow us for another exciting year of cycling!
