Daryl Impey is the top South African rider in the UCI Africa Nation rankings that were released by the UCI Africa Tour yesterday.
The national road and time-trial champion defended his Tour Down Under title at the beginning of the year and shortly afterwards placed third in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
Dimension Data’s Ryan Gibbons and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg place second and third respectively.
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, who recently podiumed at the Tour of California, is the top SA rider in the UCI Road Olympic Qualification Women rankings.
Maroesjka Matthee is second, with Joanna van de Winkel third.
View more of the standings below.
Mitchelton-Scott’s Daryl Impey, pictured winning stage four of the 2019 Tour Down Under, is the top South African rider in the UCI Africa Nation rankings. Photo: Chris Auld/Tour Down Under
UCI Africa Nation rankings
Top South African riders (points)
1. Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) 1254.38
2. Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data) 535
3. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data) 223
4. Stefan de Bod (Dimension Data) 210.67
5. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) 152
6. Louis Meintjes (Dimension Data) 116
7. Kent Main (ProTouch) 78
8. Clint Hendricks (ProTouch) 65
UCI Road Olympic Qualification Women rankings
Top South African riders (points)
1. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (CCC-Liv) 475
2. Maroesjka Matthee 131.25
3. Joanna van de Winkel 110
4. Liezel Jordaan 96.25
5. Zanri Rossouw 81.25
UCI Africa Tour rankings
Top African nations (points)
1. South Africa 2 634.05
2. Eritrea 2 056.50
3. Algeria 1 113.65
4. Rwanda 646
5. Morocco 524
Top African teams (points)
1. ProTouch 354
2. Benediction Excel Energy 328.75
3. Sovak 225.66
4. TEG ProCycling 91
5. Guericiotti-Kiwi Atlantico 40
