Country Ranking 1869-1972

Country Score
1.
  Italy
994927
2.
  Belgium
885230
3.
  France
871309
4.
  Spain
410354
5.
  Switzerland
295285
6.
  Netherlands
253457
7.
  Germany
221412
8.
  Great Britain
130139
9.
  Luxembourg
129457
10.
  Portugal
37856
11.
  Denmark
32701
12.
  Austria
32545
13.
  Poland
32524
14.
  Australia
31121
15.
  Sweden
28032
16.
  United States
25371
17.
  Ireland
13483
18.
  East Germany
8366
19.
  Soviet Union
8213
20.
  Czechoslovakia
7138
21.
  New Zealand
6305
22.
  Algeria
5548
23.
  Czech Republic
5416
24.
  Argentina
4273
25.
  Hungary
3809
26.
  Colombia
3466
27.
  Yugoslavia
3292
28.
  Canada
3014
29.
  Norway
2981
30.
  Romania
2957
31.
  Finland
2802
32.
  Uruguay
2365
33.
  Morocco
2324
34.
  Russia
2185
35.
  Tunisia
1667
36.
  Bulgaria
1549
37.
  South Africa
1519
38.
  Greece
1407
39.
  Croatia
655
40.
  Liechtenstein
632
41.
  Mexico
547
42.
  Mauritius
295
43.
  Chile
285
44.
  Brazil
276
45.
  Armenia
224
46.
  Japan
199
47.
  Turkey
190
48.
  Monaco
179
49.
  Estonia
172
50.
  Ethiopia
164
51.
  Guatemala
128
52.
  Venezuela
122
53.
  San Marino
119
54.
  Mongolia
80
55.
  Slovenia
69
56.
  Ecuador
67
57.
  Vietnam
61
58.
  Iran
60
59.
  Philippines
60
60.
  Lithuania
50
61.
  Lebanon
48
62.
  Hong Kong
48
63.
  Korea
48
64.
  Thailand
40
65.
  Taiwan
40
66.
  Cuba
35
67.
  Israel
27
68.
  Malta
25
69.
  Egypt
24
70.
  Latvia
24
71.
  Peru
20
72.
  Malaysia
20
73.
  Albania
15
74.
  China
12
75.
  Puerto Rico
10
76.
  Belize
5
77.
  Barbados
5
78.
  Trinidad and Tobago
5
About this ranking

This is the overall all time ranking of the most successful professional cycling nations in the world since 1869 to 1972. Use the year filter below to look at the same overall country ranking for another specific year in the past. Counted are the individual rider's scores in a given season for the best top 10 riders for the country in that season. Click on any country to get an all time overview of the country's best riders until the selected year.

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