Country Ranking 1869-1981

Country Score
1.
  Italy
1142085
2.
  Belgium
1067685
3.
  France
993351
4.
  Spain
516507
5.
  Netherlands
372358
6.
  Switzerland
333857
7.
  Germany
248699
8.
  Great Britain
143546
9.
  Luxembourg
133262
10.
  Portugal
60184
11.
  Sweden
47194
12.
  Denmark
41609
13.
  Poland
39785
14.
  Australia
38223
15.
  Austria
34354
16.
  United States
28182
17.
  Ireland
23053
18.
  Soviet Union
15406
19.
  Norway
13380
20.
  East Germany
12037
21.
  Czechoslovakia
10338
22.
  New Zealand
8098
23.
  Colombia
7141
24.
  Algeria
5569
25.
  Czech Republic
5416
26.
  Argentina
4233
27.
  Hungary
4082
28.
  Finland
3429
29.
  Yugoslavia
3413
30.
  Romania
3403
31.
  Canada
3383
32.
  Uruguay
2852
33.
  Morocco
2382
34.
  Russia
2185
35.
  Bulgaria
1971
36.
  South Africa
1828
37.
  Tunisia
1741
38.
  Greece
1372
39.
  Liechtenstein
769
40.
  Mexico
676
41.
  Croatia
655
42.
  Venezuela
380
43.
  Cuba
373
44.
  Brazil
345
45.
  Chile
316
46.
  Armenia
224
47.
  Japan
199
48.
  Estonia
198
49.
  Turkey
190
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.
  Malta
31
67.
  Israel
27
68.
  Egypt
24
69.
  Latvia
24
70.
  Malaysia
20
71.
  Peru
20
72.
  Albania
15
73.
  Dominican Republic
14
74.
  Bolivia
14
75.
  China
12
76.
  Puerto Rico
11
77.
  Belize
8
78.
  Costa Rica
6
79.
  Barbados
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 1981. 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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