Katie Compton leading the UCI rankings and the World Cup. by Mark Legg-Compton
Correction: Compton actually led the UCI rankings two seasons ago. She’s the first American to do so, but it’s the second time she’s been in that position.
Katie Compton (Planet Bike) leads the UCI cyclocross points rankings released Oct 20th, 2009. Compton’s lead is attributed to her dominant win at the first round of the Cyclocross World Cup in Treviso, Italy.
Compton padded her lead with six other wins this season, making it a perfect seven wins from seven starts. Compton, will resume her racing after a brief rest at her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado with the Blue Sky race in Boulder, Colorado at the end of the month before leaving for Europe to resume her World Cup campaign.
Compton is the first American to achieve number one status, but it’s the second time she’s reached that honor.Katie believes she can defend her lead in both the World Cup overall and the UCI overall points lead until the end of the season. “It’s a great start to the season and I’m really motivated to win the World Cup overall for my new sponsor, Planet Bike,” Compton said. “The fitness is good and the bike is dialed in.”
Behind Compton sits Daphny van den Brand and Christel Ferrier-Braneau. Natasha Elliott leads the other North Americans in ninth, and Maureen Bruno-Roy in 12th.
On the men’s side, Niels Albert maintains his top ranking, with Zdenek Stybar in second. Sven Nys jumped from 127th to sixth. Compton’s teammate Jonathan Page leads North Americans in 11th, with Jeremy Powers in lucky 13th.
UCI Rankings below:
Elite Women:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Age* | Points |
| 1 (1) | Katherine COMPTON | United States | 32 | 420 |
| 2 (2) | Daphny VAN DEN BRAND | Netherlands | 32 | 280 |
| 3 (3) | Christel FERRIER-BRUNEAU | France | 31 | 240 |
| 4 (4) | Sanne VAN PAASSEN | Netherlands | 22 | 193 |
| 5 (5) | Pavla HAVLIKOVA | Czech Republic | 27 | 185 |
| 6 (6) | Helen WYMAN | Great Britain | 29 | 176 |
| 7 (7) | Caroline MANI | France | 23 | 162 |
| 8 (8) | Katrin LEUMANN | Switzerland | 28 | 140 |
| 9 (16) | Natasha ELLIOTT | Canada | 32 | 130 |
| 10 (9) | Elisabeth BRANDAU | Germany | 25 | 120 |
| 11 (10) | Sanne CANT | Belgium | 20 | 120 |
| 12 (14) | Maureen BRUNO ROY | United States | 35 | 120 |
| 13 (20) | Laura VAN GILDER | United States | 46 | 118 |
| 14 (17) | Susan BUTLER | United States | 39 | 115 |
| 15 (11) | Eva LECHNER | Italy | 25 | 100 |
| 16 (13) | Nadia TRIQUET-CLAUDE | France | 32 | 100 |
| 17 (12) | Jana KYPTOVA | Czech Republic | 25 | 95 |
| 18 (15) | Joyce VANDERBEKEN | Belgium | 26 | 89 |
| 19 (28) | Katerina NASH | Czech Republic | 33 | 85 |
| 20 (36) | Georgia GOULD | United States | 30 | 76 |
| 21 (41) | Deidre WINFIELD | United States | 34 | 75 |
| 22 (18) | Rosa Maria BRAVO SOBA | Spain | 34 | 70 |
| 23 (19) | Veronica ALESSIO | Italy | 23 | 65 |
| 24 (23) | Rebecca WELLONS | United States | 33 | 65 |
| 25 (21) | Saskia ELEMANS | Netherlands | 33 | 64 |
| 26 (24) | Lucie CHAINEL LEFEVRE | France | 27 | 59 |
| 27 (22) | Gabriella DAY | Great Britain | 26 | 57 |
| 28 (25) | Linda VAN RIJEN | Netherlands | 22 | 56 |
| 29 (35) | Stefania VECCHIO | Italy | 20 | 51 |
| 30 (38) | Amanda CAREY | United States | 32 | 50 |
| 31 (26) | Francesca CUCCINIELLO | Italy | 26 | 48 |
| 32 (27) | Camille DARCEL | France | 25 | 47 |
| 33 (47) | Amy DOMBROSKI | United States | 23 | 47 |
| 34 (45) | Alison SYDOR | Canada | 44 | 46 |
| 35 (29) | Evelyn STAFFLER | Italy | 26 | 44 |
| 36 (32) | Vicki THOMAS | Canada | 38 | 44 |
| 37 (30) | Suzie GODART | Luxembourg | 48 | 42 |
| 38 (-) | Linda SONE | United States | 38 | 42 |
| 39 (51) | Andrea SMITH | United States | 32 | 41 |
| 40 (31) | Elke RIEDL | Austria | 39 | 40 |
Elite Men:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Age* | Points |
| 1 (1) | Niels ALBERT | Belgium | 24 | 760 |
| 2 (2) | Zdenek STYBAR | Czech Republic | 25 | 625 |
| 3 (4) | Klaas VANTORNOUT | Belgium | 28 | 435 |
| 4 (7) | Francis MOUREY | France | 30 | 370 |
| 5 (3) | Martin BINA | Czech Republic | 27 | 362 |
| 6 (127) | Sven NYS | Belgium | 34 | 342 |
| 7 (5) | Christian HEULE | Switzerland | 35 | 314 |
| 8 (19) | Kevin PAUWELS | Belgium | 26 | 306 |
| 9 (11) | Gerben DE KNEGT | Netherlands | 35 | 270 |
| 10 (10) | Erwin VERVECKEN | Belgium | 38 | 257 |
| 11 (8) | Jonathan PAGE | United States | 34 | 250 |
| 12 (6) | Petr DLASK | Czech Republic | 34 | 247 |
| 13 (13) | Jeremy POWERS | United States | 27 | 239 |
| 14 (18) | Bart AERNOUTS | Belgium | 28 | 225 |
| 15 (22) | Enrico FRANZOI | Italy | 28 | 212 |
| 16 (14) | James DRISCOLL | United States | 24 | 206 |
| 17 (16) | Robert GAVENDA | Slovakia | 22 | 202 |
| 18 (12) | Martin ZLAMALIK | Czech Republic | 28 | 197 |
| 19 (9) | Kamil AUSBUHER | Czech Republic | 35 | 194 |
| 20 (41) | Timothy JOHNSON | United States | 33 | 182 |
| 21 (66) | Radomir SIMUNEK | Czech Republic | 27 | 181 |
| 22 (17) | Thijs AL | Netherlands | 30 | 163 |
| 23 (25) | Ryan TREBON | United States | 29 | 155 |
| 24 (26) | Jan VERSTRAETEN | Belgium | 32 | 146 |
| 25 (24) | Laurent COLOMBATTO | France | 32 | 143 |
| 26 (15) | Steve CHAINEL | France | 27 | 135 |
| 27 (29) | Ondrej BAMBULA | Czech Republic | 23 | 121 |
| 28 (20) | Christopher JONES | United States | 31 | 121 |
| 29 (35) | Dieter VANTHOURENHOUT | Belgium | 25 | 119 |
| 30 (23) | Sven VANTHOURENHOUT | Belgium | 29 | 116 |
| 31 (38) | Thijs VAN AMERONGEN | Netherlands | 24 | 106 |
| 32 (86) | Barry WICKS | United States | 29 | 105 |
| 33 (21) | Lubomir PETRUS | Czech Republic | 20 | 103 |
| 34 (31) | Eddy VAN IJZENDOORN | Netherlands | 25 | 103 |
| 35 (40) | Zdenek MLYNAR | Czech Republic | 34 | 99 |
| 36 (28) | Dan TIMMERMAN | United States | 30 | 97 |
| 37 (32) | Mariusz GIL | Poland | 27 | 96 |
| 38 (37) | Milan BARENYI | Slovakia | 36 | 96 |
| 39 (30) | Davide FRATTINI | Italy | 32 | 85 |
| 40 (53) | Johannes SICKMUELLER | Germany | 28 | 84 |
