SA riders are prominent on the latest global UCI rankings, especially on the individual lists for African and Asian continental tours.

In Africa, Barloworld-Valsir’s  Tiaan Kannemeyer, the winner of the Giro del Capo,  tops the rankings with 111 points along with his team mate, Ryan Cox, who is lying third with 82 points.

On the Asian tours, Aussie Olympic madison gold medallist, Graeme Brown, heads the log with a massive tally of 156 points, but the Tour de Langkawi winner, Cox, is breathing down his neck with a superb total of 154 points, while Tiaan Kannemeyer is again an excellent sixth with 87 points.