Country Ranking 1869-1972

Country Score
1.
  Italy
994927
2.
  Belgium
885230
3.
  France
871311
4.
  Spain
410354
5.
  Switzerland
295349
6.
  Netherlands
253457
7.
  Germany
221412
8.
  Great Britain
130220
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
4038
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
1310
39.
  Croatia
655
40.
  Liechtenstein
632
41.
  Mexico
547
42.
  Chile
285
43.
  Brazil
276
44.
  Armenia
224
45.
  Japan
199
46.
  Turkey
190
47.
  Monaco
179
48.
  Estonia
172
49.
  Ethiopia
164
50.
  Guatemala
128
51.
  Venezuela
122
52.
  San Marino
119
53.
  Mongolia
80
54.
  Slovenia
69
55.
  Ecuador
67
56.
  Vietnam
61
57.
  Iran
60
58.
  Philippines
60
59.
  Lithuania
50
60.
  Hong Kong
48
61.
  Lebanon
48
62.
  Korea
48
63.
  Thailand
40
64.
  Taiwan
40
65.
  Cuba
35
66.
  Israel
27
67.
  Malta
25
68.
  Egypt
24
69.
  Latvia
24
70.
  Peru
20
71.
  Malaysia
20
72.
  Albania
15
73.
  China
12
74.
  Puerto Rico
10
75.
  Belize
5
76.
  Barbados
5
77.
  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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