Portuguese Rui Costa climbed back into 10th place in the 2013 UCI Ranking.
The new Lampre Merida’s rider – Costa will move from Movistar to be the head of the italian team in 2014 – was 5th and 6th, respectively in the Grand Prix of Quebec and Montreal and summed up 52 UCI World Tour Points.
The current UCI Top 15, also counting the points from the Vuelta that finished yesterday with USA’s Chris Horner taking the red jersey and almost 300,000 Euros as prize money,
La Vuelta 2013 – Race Features And Prize Money
goes as follows:
Rank | Prev. | Rider | Nat. + Birthdate | Team (Code) | Points |
1 | 1 | FROOME Christopher | GBR19850520 | SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) | 587 |
2 | 3 | RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin | ESP19790512 | KATUSHA (KAT) | 507 |
3 | 2 | SAGAN Peter | SVK19900126 | CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING (CAN) | 491 |
4 | 8 | NIBALI Vincenzo | ITA19841114 | ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) | 474 |
5 | 6 | VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro | ESP19800425 | MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) | 460 |
6 | 5 | CANCELLARA Fabian | SUI19810318 | RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) | 384 |
7 | 4 | QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander | COL19900204 | MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) | 366 |
8 | 7 | PORTE Richie | AUS19850130 | SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) | 327 |
9 | 9 | KREUZIGER Roman | CZE19860506 | TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF (TST) | 308 |
10 | 11 | FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto | POR19861005 | MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) | 291 |
11 | 10 | MARTIN Daniel | IRL19860820 | GARMIN SHARP (GRS) | 288 |
12 | 81 | HORNER Christopher | USA19711023 | RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) | 257 |
13 | 22 | MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel | ESP19810905 | KATUSHA (KAT) | 255 |
14 | 12 | BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto | COL19891013 | AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) | 255 |
15 | 13 | CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto | ESP19821206 | TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF (TST) | 252 |
Cycling UCI World Rank 2012 – Rui Costa Best Portuguese Ever Finishes in 10th Place
Rui Costa has had an amazing 2013 season in which he won 2 mountain stages in the 100th Tour de France and took twice in a row the Tour de Suisse.
Amazing Portuguese Rui Costa Wins Tour de Suisse 2 Years in a Row!