1990 UCI Road World Cup explained

1990 UCI Road World Cup
Edition:	2
Competition:	UCI Road World Cup
Dates:	March 17 – October 27
Location:	Canada and Europe
Rounds:	13
Previous:	1989
Next:	1991

The 1990 UCI Road World Cup was the second edition of the UCI Road World Cup. From the 1989 edition, an individual time trial finale event in Lunel, France, was added. The series was won by Italian rider Gianni Bugno of . The leader jersey with the vertical rainbow was introduced in this edition.

Races

Date	Race	Team	Report
March 17	Milan–San Remo		Report
April 1	Tour of Flanders		Report
April 8	Paris–Roubaix		Report
April 15	Liège–Bastogne–Liège		Report
April 21	Amstel Gold Race	Weinmann	Report
July 29	Wincanton Classic		Report
August 11	Clásica de San Sebastián		Report
August 19	Züri-Metzgete		Report
August 30	Grand Prix des Amériques		Report
September 26	Grand Prix de la Libération		Report
October 14	Paris–Tours		Report
October 20	Giro di Lombardia		Report
October 27	World Cup Finale		Report

The final time trial was an invitation event. The invited riders are the single Cup race winners, the first 10 of the general classification before the last race, the first 10 in the World Ranking and the reigning Wolrd Champion. Some riders forfeit their right to start and some others in the high classification of World Cup are invited.^[1]

Single races details

	Denotes the Classification Leader

In the race results the leader jersey identify the rider who wore the jersey in the race (the leader at the start of the race).

In the general classification table the jersey identify the leader after the race.

17 March 1990 — Milan–San Remo 294km (183miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 4"
3			+ 23"
4			+ 31"
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			+ 1' 02"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Milan–San Remo^[2]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			25
2			22
3			20
4			18
5			16
6			15
7			14
8			13
9			12
10			11

1 April 1990 — Tour of Flanders 262km (163miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			+ 11"
4			s.t.
5			+ 14"
6			+ 23"
7			s.t.
8			+ 37"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Tour of Flanders^[3]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			43
2			34
3			32
4			28
5			27
6			27
7			22
8			22
9			18
10			15
10			15

8 April 1990 — Paris–Roubaix 265km (165miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 3"
6			s.t.
7			+ 7"
8			+ 10"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Paris–Roubaix

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			43
2			39
3			34
4			34
5			32
6			27
7			27
8			25
9			23
10			22
10			22

15 April 1990 — Liège–Bastogne–Liège 256km (159miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 34"
3			s.t.
4			+ 1' 16"
5			s.t.
6			+ 1' 20"
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Liège–Bastogne–Liège

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			58
2			52
3			48
4			39
5			32
6			30
7			27
8			25
9			25
10			23

21 April 1990 — Amstel Gold Race 249km (155miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Amstel Gold Race^[4]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			62
2			61
3			60
4			39
5			38
6			38
7			37
8			33
9			32
10			30

29 July 1990 — Wincanton Classic 239km (149miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 13"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Wincanton Classic^[5]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			86
2			80
3			62
4			39
5			38
6			38
7			37
8			36
9			33
10			32

11 August 1990 — Clásica de San Sebastián 248km (154miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 2' 24"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 2' 29"
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Clásica de San Sebastián^[6]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			86
2			81
3			62
4			42
5			39
6			38
7			38
8			37*
9			37
10			37

Chiappucci gained 38 points but sources say he has 37 points, maybe for some penalties.

19 August 1990 — Züri-Metzgete 240km (150miles)

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		+ 39"
6	Ariostea	s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Züri-Metzgete

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			102
2			81
3			62
4			57*
5			50
6			48
7			43
8			40
9			39
10			38
10			38

Chiappucci gained 58 points but sources say he has 57 points, maybe for some penalties.

30 August 1990 — Grand Prix des Amériques 224km (139miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 30"
3			+ 33"
4			+ 41"
5			+ 1' 40"
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			+ 3' 41"
10			+ 3' 51"

General classification after Grand Prix des Amériques^[7]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			112
2			94
3			75*
4			68
5			65
6			62
7			53
8			48
9			45
10			40

Chiappucci gained 76 points but sources say he has 75 points, maybe for some penalties.

16 September 1990 — Grand Prix de la Libération 88.1km (54.7miles) (TTT)^[8]

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 24"
3		+ 53"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

General classification after Grand Prix de la Libération

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			112
2			94
3			75*
4			68
5			65
6			62
7			53
8			48
9			45
10			40

Chiappucci gained 76 points but sources say he has 75 points, maybe for some penalties.

Grand Prix de la Libération gave no points in individual standing (only in team standing)

14 October 1990 — Paris-Tours 283km (176miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			+ 4"
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Paris-Tours

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			112
2			95
3			78
4			75*
5			71
6			62
7			55
8			53
9			52
10			48

Chiappucci gained 76 points but sources say he has 75 points, maybe for some penalties.

20 October 1990 — Giro di Lombardia 246km (153miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			+ 3' 35"
7			s.t.
8			+ 3' 38"
9			+ 3' 56"
10			+ 4' 06"

General classification after Giro di Lombardia^[9]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			120
2			95
3			89
4			81
5			75*
6			73
7			62
8			57
9			55
10			53
10			53

Chiappucci gained 76 points but sources say he has 75 points, maybe for some penalties.

27 October 1990 — World Cup Finale 50km (30miles) (ITT)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 34"
3			+ 41"
4			+ 1' 06"
5			+ 1' 20"
6			+ 1' 29"
7			+ 1' 43"
8			+ 1' 56"
9			+ 2' 08"
10			+ 2' 16"

General classification after World Cup Finale^[10]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			133
2			99
3			94
4			89
5			82
6			78*
7			68
8			67
9			66
10			65
10			65

Chiappucci gained 79 points but sources say he has 78 points, maybe for some penalties.

Final standings

Individual

Points are awarded to the top 20 classified riders. All riders taking points are classified, there is no minimum races to start.

The points are awarded for every race using the following system:

	Rider	Team	MSR	ToF	ROU	LBL	AGR	WIN	CSS	ZUR	AME	LIB	TOU	LOM	FIN	Pts.
1			25	9	0	14	13	25	0	16	10		0	8	13	133
2			0	22	12	18	8	20	1	0	13		1	0	4	99
3			0	0	0	0	0	22	20	8	15		13	11	5	94
4			0	11	2	0	16	0	0	14	25		3	10	8	89
5			20	7	0	3	0	6	0	12	0		0	25	9	82
6			0	0	0	0	10	18	10	20	18		0	0	3	78*
7			0	0	22	0	0	0	15	0	16		0	0	15	68
8			0	0	14	0	0	0	0	9	22		0	12	10	67
9			7	0	0	0	0	5	0	15	0		25	0	14	66
10			0	0	0	0	0	13	16	0	0		0	16	20	65
11			0	0	0	0	0	11	11	18	0		0	13	12	65
12			18	25	0	15	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	62
13			16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		20	0	7	62
14			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0		0	20	16	61
15			0	0	13	0	25	0	0	0	0		0	0	11	49
16			0	13	0	7	5	0	0	0	0		0	15	6	46
18			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	18	43
17			10	3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0		16	0	0	43
19			0	0	0	6	0	7	0	0	8		0	18	2	41
20			0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0		0	0	22	40
Race winners out of the top 20
	Rider	Team	MSR	ToF	ROU	LBL	AGR	WIN	CSS	ZUR	AME	LIB	TOU	LOM	FIN	Pts.
24			0	0	0	9	2	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	36
34			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	25	26
35			0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	25

** Grand Prix de la Libération gave no points in individual standing (only in team standing)

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Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Top ten position
Blue	Other points position
Purple	Out of points, retiredor did not start

Teams

	Team	Points
1		92
2		77
3		59
4		55
5		52

References

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