Harrie Smolders - here with Capital Colnardo. Photo (c) Jenny Abrahamsson.
For a 6th consecutive month, Harrie Smolders (NED) tops the Longines Ranking. With 3030 points, the Dutch rider is followed by Steve Guerdat (SUI) who has shot up from rank nine to two with 2920 points.
Henrik von Eckermann (SWE) moves up from rank four to three, while McLain Ward (USA) is down from rank two to four. Marcus Ehning (GER) also falls two spots, and is now ranked no. five.
Daniel Deusser (GER) stays as rank six, as does Peder Fredricson (SWE) as rank seven while Eric Lamaze (CAN) falls from rank five to eight.
Beezie Madden (USA) climbs into the Top 10 again after being ranked no. 11 last month and is now ranked no. nine in the world, and Martin Fuchs makes a huge jump up from rank 17 to rank ten – pushing Kevin Staut (FRA) and Kent Farrington (USA) out of this prestigious list for this month.
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