Kazakhstan lost one line in International Cyclists Union rating

Kazakhstan lost one line in the rating of the International Cyclists Union, UCI official website writes. Kazakhstan national team is ranked 31st in the updated list. There are no changes in the first three lines. Spain is the leader. It is followed by Italy and Australia. Astana team has retained the 14th line in the rating of teams. Leopard is the first in the list and BMC is still the second. Omega Pharma-Lotto got to the third line by pushing HTC to the forth place. Recently retired Aleksandr Vinokourov is still the best of Kazakhstan cyclists by personal score and is ranked 10th. His partner from Astana Czech Roman Kreuzigerlost lost one line and is now ranked 25th. Winner of Tour de France-2011 Cadel Evans from Australia is leading the rating. Significant changes in the UCI rating will, most probably, happen after completion of Vuelta, one of the most prestigious multi-day races. It will be held in Spain from August 20 to September 11. Astana team has not announced its cyclists for this race yet.