Country Ranking 1869-1979

Country Score
1.
  Italy
1107419
2.
  Belgium
1035681
3.
  France
962568
4.
  Spain
495285
5.
  Netherlands
340409
6.
  Switzerland
319847
7.
  Germany
241076
8.
  Great Britain
139583
9.
  Luxembourg
132340
10.
  Portugal
57302
11.
  Denmark
39054
12.
  Sweden
38541
13.
  Poland
38283
14.
  Australia
35340
15.
  Austria
33576
16.
  United States
26705
17.
  Ireland
17440
18.
  Soviet Union
12350
19.
  East Germany
10882
20.
  Czechoslovakia
9395
21.
  Norway
9000
22.
  New Zealand
7687
23.
  Colombia
6445
24.
  Algeria
5563
25.
  Czech Republic
5416
26.
  Argentina
4186
27.
  Hungary
3900
28.
  Yugoslavia
3350
29.
  Romania
3325
30.
  Canada
3315
31.
  Finland
3216
32.
  Uruguay
2771
33.
  Morocco
2358
34.
  Russia
2185
35.
  Bulgaria
1882
36.
  Tunisia
1725
37.
  South Africa
1682
38.
  Greece
1348
39.
  Liechtenstein
713
40.
  Mexico
655
41.
  Croatia
655
42.
  Brazil
327
43.
  Chile
308
44.
  Cuba
299
45.
  Venezuela
255
46.
  Armenia
224
47.
  Japan
199
48.
  Turkey
190
49.
  Estonia
186
50.
  Monaco
179
51.
  Ethiopia
164
52.
  Guatemala
128
53.
  Mongolia
122
54.
  San Marino
119
55.
  Slovenia
69
56.
  Ecuador
67
57.
  Vietnam
61
58.
  Philippines
60
59.
  Iran
60
60.
  Lithuania
50
61.
  Lebanon
48
62.
  Hong Kong
48
63.
  Korea
48
64.
  Thailand
40
65.
  Taiwan
40
66.
  Israel
27
67.
  Malta
25
68.
  Egypt
24
69.
  Latvia
24
70.
  Malaysia
20
71.
  Peru
20
72.
  Albania
15
73.
  Bolivia
14
74.
  Dominican Republic
13
75.
  China
12
76.
  Puerto Rico
11
77.
  Costa Rica
6
78.
  Barbados
5
79.
  Belize
5
80.
  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 1979. 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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