Not much change......Germany slipped a couple of place.
Australia still on top.

More of a shake up in March with big points up for grabs at Chula Vista SX, then indoor SX in Norway.

Most nations running home championships in April....


Scores on the doors (top 3 riders for top :

Rank Team UCI Code Points
1 Australia (AUS)  4395
     Sam WILLOUGHBY AUS19910815 1955
     Brian KIRKHAM AUS19860101 1386
     Khalen YOUNG AUS19841120 1054
2 France (FRA)  4189
     Joris DAUDET FRA19910212 2066
     Sylvain ANDRE FRA19921014 1087
     Thomas HAMON FRA19860319 1036
3 United States (USA)  3755
     Connor FIELDS USA19920914 1304
     David HERMAN USA19880509 1237
     Nicholas LONG USA19891006 1214
4 Latvia (LAT)  3582
     Maris STROMBERGS LAT19870310 1844
     Edzus TREIMANIS LAT19880421 1102
     Rihards VEIDE LAT19911101 636
5 Netherlands (NED)  3222
     Jelle VAN GORKOM NED19910105 1359
     Raymon VAN DER BIEZEN NED19870114 1227
     Martijn JASPERS NED19870211 636
6 Colombia (COL)  2918
     Andres Eduardo JIMENEZ CAICEDO COL19860827 1084
     Carlos Mario OQUENDO ZABALA COL19871116 1000
     Augusto CASTRO HERRERA COL19861219 834
7 New Zealand (NZL)  2751
     Marc WILLERS NZL19851109 1923
     Kurt PICKARD NZL19910314 439
     Kurt JAMES NZL19910712 389

8 ( ARGENTINA Argentina 1,472
9 (9) CANADA Canada 1,424
10 (10) ECUADOR Ecuador 1,278
11 (12) ITALY Italy 1,253
12 (13) BRAZIL Brazil 1,224
13 (11) GERMANY Germany 1,207
14 (14) SWITZERLAND Switzerland 1,060
15 (15) NORWAY Norway 1,023
16 (16) CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Republic 891
17 (17) SOUTH AFRICA South Africa 883
18 (18) DENMARK Denmark 863
19 (19) JAPAN Japan 742
20 (20) GREAT BRITAIN Great Britain 647
21 (21) VENEZUELA Venezuela 471
22 (22) BELGIUM Belgium 466
23 (23) CHILE Chile 236
24 (24) IRELAND Ireland 184
25 (25) RUSSIA Russia 148
26 (26) SPAIN Spain 147
27 (28) CHINA China 132
28 (27) HONG KONG, CHINA Hong Kong, China 131
29 (29) LITHUANIA Lithuania 121
30 (30) SLOVAKIA Slovakia 84
31 (32) ARUBA Aruba 81
32 (31) INDONESIA Indonesia 76
33 (33) BOLIVIA Bolivia 67
34 (34) HUNGARY Hungary 66
35 (35) SWEDEN Sweden 65
36 (36) THAILAND Thailand 56
37 (37) MEXICO Mexico 38
38 (38) PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico 10
39 (39) BELARUS Belarus 6

Elite Women.

Australia Women are also still top of the heap after SX Round 1 at Chula Vista.

Only changes are Puerto Rico moving up......after Dominique Daniels changed nationality from USA..(but not much of a threat on the Big Hill)

Women can only send a max of 2 riders to the Olympics.......tough choice as we have really good riders, top 3 UCI points scoring riders:
- Caroline BUCHANAN 1808 points
- Lauren REYNOLDS 1642 points
- Melinda MCLEOD 1353 points

Some of Melinda points are scored as Jr. Women (less points awarded)


Womens Nations Ranking:

1 (1) AUSTRALIA Australia 4,803
2 (2) UNITED STATES United States 4,475
3 (3) FRANCE France 4,005
4 (4) CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Republic 3,418
5 (5) COLOMBIA Colombia 3,022
6 (6) NEW ZEALAND New Zealand 2,301
7 (7) NETHERLANDS Netherlands 2,296
8 ( ARGENTINA Argentina 1,979
9 (9) GREAT BRITAIN Great Britain 1,571
10 (10) BRAZIL Brazil 1,539
11 (11) VENEZUELA Venezuela 1,227
12 (12) LITHUANIA Lithuania 1,084
13 (16) PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico 1,058
14 (13) DENMARK Denmark 749
15 (14) BELGIUM Belgium 715
16 (15) GERMANY Germany 659
17 (18) SOUTH AFRICA South Africa 613
18 (17) CANADA Canada 573
19 (21) CHINA China 509
20 (19) NORWAY Norway 340

I bet the Dutch men are getting nervous - right on the cusp of sending 3 - or 2 to the Olympics!