October 21, 2007 – Australia’s Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) has won the UCI 2007 ProTour individual rankings with 247 points over Italy’s Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in second at 197, and Spain’s Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) with 191 points in third. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Caisse d’Epargne was a close fourth behind Contador with 190 points. No Canadians feature on the list of 240 ProTour riders.

The final event of the 2007 ProTour was yesterday’s 242km Giro di Lombardia won by Italy’s Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) where Evans finished sixth. Neither Contador nor Valverde competed at the final event with Valverde bowing out due to a fever.

Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas, was leading the UCI ProTour with 242 points before the UCI ruled on October 16 that the Italian be excluded from the ProTour rankings. This followed a decision by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) to ban Di Luca from racing for three-months on a doping-related offence. Di Luca is said to be preparing to appeal to the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Meanwhile, CSC topped the team rankings with 392 points, followed by Liquigas with 354, and Caisse d’Epargne with 337 among the 20 ProTour teams in 2007.

2007 ProTour Final

Individual Standings

1. Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 247 pts
2. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 197
3. Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 191
4. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 190
5. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 182
6. Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 172
7. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 165
8. Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 165
9. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 159
10. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne 145
11. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 135
12. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 127
13. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 120
14. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 118
15. Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 111
16. Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 111
17. Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 101
18. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 95
19. Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 88
20. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 88
21. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 87
22. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 82
23. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 79
24. Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78
25. Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 78
26. Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 73
27. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 71
28. David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 71
29. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 70
30. Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 70
31. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 70
32. Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 67
33. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 66
34. Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne 65
35. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65
36. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64
37. Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64
38. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62
39. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 57
40. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56
41. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 54
42. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 54
43. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 54
44. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53
45. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 52
46. Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48
47. Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 45
48. Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45
49. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45
50. David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43
51. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 43
52. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42
53. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 42
54. Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 42
55. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 42
56. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41
57. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 41
58. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41
59. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 40
60. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40
61. Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39
62. Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 39
63. David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 38
64. Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 36
65. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 36
66. Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 36
67. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34
68. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34
69. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 32
70. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 32
71. Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 31
72. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 31
73. David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 31
74. Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 31
75. Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 30
76. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30
77. Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 30
78. Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 30
79. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 30
80. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 30
81. Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29
82. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29
83. Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 23
84. Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22
85. Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 22
86. John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 20
87. Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19
88. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 18
89. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 18
90. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 18
91. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 16
92. Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
93. Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 15
94. Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 15
95. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 15
96. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 15
97. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 15
98. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 15
99. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 14
100. Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 13
101. Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 12
102. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12
103. Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11
104. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 11
105. Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 11
106. Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 11
107. Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10
108. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 10
109. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10
110. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10
111. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 10
112. Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10
113. Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
114. Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 10
115. George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10
116. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10
117. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 9
118. Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 9
119. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 9
120. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 8
121. Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 8
122. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8
123. Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8
124. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 8
125. Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 8
126. Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 8
127. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 8
128. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 8
129. Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8
130. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 8
131. Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
132. Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8
133. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 8
134. Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8
135. Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 8
136. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 7
137. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7
138. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 7
139. Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 7
140. Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 7
141. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7
142. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 7
143. Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7
144. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7
145. Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7
146. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7
147. Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
148. Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 7
149. Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7
150. Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 6
151. Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 6
152. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6
153. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6
154. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6
155. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 6
156. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6
157. Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6
158. Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 5
159. Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 5
160. Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 5
161. Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5
162. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5
163. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5
164. Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 5
165. Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 5
166. Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5
167. Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5
168. Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 5
169. José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
170. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4
171. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 4
172. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 4
173. Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne 4
174. Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 4
175. Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 4
176. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 4
177. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 4
178. Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
179. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3
180. Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3
181. Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
182. Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 3
183. David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
184. Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 3
185. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3
186. Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
187. Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 3
188. Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3
189. David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
190. Nicholas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 3
191. Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
192. Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3
193. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
194. Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
195. Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
196. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
197. Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 3
198. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
199. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3
200. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
201. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2
202. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2
203. Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2
204. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2
205. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2
206. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2
207. Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 2
208. Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2
209. Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 2
210. Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2
211. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
212. Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
213. Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
214. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2
215. Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
216. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2
217. Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
218. Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
219. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2
220. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2
221. Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2
222. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 2
223. Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1
224. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
225. Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1
226. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
227. Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
228. Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1
229. José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1
230. Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1
231. Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
232. Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1
233. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1
234. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1
235. Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1
236. Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 1
237. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1
238. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1
239. Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1
240. Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1

Team Standings

1. Team CSC 392 pts
2. Liquigas 354
3. Caisse D’Epargne 337
4. Ag2R Prevoyance 324
5. Quick Step – Innergetic 310
6. Saunier Duval – Prodir 306
7. Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 300
8. Rabobank 300
9. Predictor-Lotto 293
10. Lampre-Fondital 258
11. Euskaltel – Euskadi 227
12. Astana 218
13. T-Mobile Team 212
14. Gerolsteiner 207
15. Credit Agricole 182
16. Bouygues Telecom 178
17. Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 177
18. Team Milram 148
19. Française des Jeux 137
20. Unibet.Com 127