1991 UCI Road World Cup explained

1991 UCI Road World Cup
Edition:	3
Competition:	UCI Road World Cup
Dates:	March 23 – October 26
Location:	Canada and Europe
Rounds:	13
Previous:	1990
Next:	1992

The 1991 UCI Road World Cup was the third edition of the UCI Road World Cup. From the 1990 edition, the same events were retained, with the individual time trial finale event this year in Bergamo, Italy, ran as both the Grand Prix des Nations and the Trofeo Baracchi. The competition was won by Italian rider Maurizio Fondriest of .

Races

Date	Race	Report
March 23	Milan–San Remo	Report
April 7	Tour of Flanders	Report
April 14	Paris–Roubaix	Report
April 21	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	Report
April 27	Amstel Gold Race	Report
August 4	Wincanton Classic	Report
August 10	Clásica de San Sebastián	Report
August 18	Züri-Metzgete	Report
September 15	Grand Prix de la Libération	Report
October 6	Grand Prix des Amériques	Report
October 13	Paris–Tours	Report
October 19	Giro di Lombardia	Report
October 26	Grand Prix des Nations	Report

Note: the finale event ran as both the Grand Prix des Nations and the Trofeo Baracchi and 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.

23 March 1991 — Milan-Sanremo 294km (183miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 45"
3			+ 57"
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Milan-Sanremo^[2]

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

7 April 1991 — Tour of Flanders 261km (162miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 45"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 1' 43"
6			+ 1' 48"
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Tour of Flanders^[3]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			42
2			33
3			25
4			22
5			22
6			18
7			18
8			17
9			16
10			16
10			16

14 April 1991 — Paris-Roubaix 266km (165miles)

	Team	Time
1
2	Tonton Tapis–GB	+ 1' 07"
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		+ 1' 41"
10		s.t.

General classification after Paris-Roubaix

	Team	Points
1		42
2		40
3		37
4		29
5		29
6		27
7		25
8		24
9	Tonton Tapis–GB	22
10		22

21 April 1991 — Liège–Bastogne–Liège 267km (166miles)

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		+ 10"
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8	Tonton Tapis–GB	s.t.
9		+ 2' 30"
10	Tonton Tapis–GB	+ 2' 36"

General classification after Liège–Bastogne–Liège^[4]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			62
2			49
3			40
4			36
5			29
6			29
7			27
8			25
9			25
10			24

27 April 1991 — Amstel Gold Race 244km (152miles)

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3	Tonton Tapis–GB	s.t.
4		+ 10"
5		+ 16"
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General classification after Amstel Gold Race^[5]

	Team	Points
1		68
2		56
3		49
4		44
5		43
6	Tonton Tapis–GB	41
7		40
8		38
9		38
10		38

4 August 1991 — Wincanton Classic 234.5km (145.7miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+
3			+
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

	Team	Points
1		68
2		56
3		55
4		54
5		54
6		49
7		45
8		43
9		41
9	Tonton Tapis–GB	41
9		41

10 August 1991 — Clásica de San Sebastián 238km (148miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 55"
3			+ 1' 17"
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			+ 1' 58"
10			s.t.

General classification after Clásica de San Sebastián^[6]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			74
2			68
3			61
4			56
5			55
6			54
7			49
8			47
9			47
10			45

18 August 1991 — Züri-Metzgete 240km (150miles)

	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	Tonton Tapis–GB	s.t.

General classification after Züri-Metzgete

	Team	Points
1		92
2		83
3		72
4		68
5		63
6		55
7		54
8	Tonton Tapis–GB	52
9		49
10		47
10		47
10		47

15 September 1991 — Grand Prix de la Libération 90km (60miles) (TTT)^[7]

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 18"
3		+ 42"
4		+ 1' 25"
5		+ 1' 33"
6		+ 2' 02"
7		+ 2' 34"
8		+ 2' 46"
9		+ 3' 12"
10		+ 3' 17"

General classification after Grand Prix de la Libération

	Team	Points
1		92
2		83
3		72
4		68
5		63
6		55
7		54
8	Tonton Tapis–GB	52
9		49
10		47
10		47
10		47

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

6 October 1991 — Grand Prix des Amériques 224km (139miles)

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

General classification after Grand Prix des Amériques

	Team	Points
1		106
2		84
3		83
4		68
5		67
6		65
7		63
8		55
9	Tonton Tapis–GB	52
10		49

13 October 1991 — Paris-Tours 286km (178miles)

	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 Paris-Tours

	Team	Points
1		106
2		97
3		84
4		84
5		75
6		67
7		65
8		55
9	Tonton Tapis–GB	52
10		49
10		49

19 October 1991 — Giro di Lombardia 243km (151miles)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			+ 35"
4			s.t.
5			+ 2' 09"
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			+ 2' 19"
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General classification after Giro di Lombardia^[8]

	Team	Points
1		114
2		110
3		100
4		84
5		75
6		67
7		65
8		61
9		55
10	Tonton Tapis–GB	52

26 October 1991 — Grand Prix des Nations 64km (40miles) (ITT)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 58"
3			+ 2' 08"
4			+ 2' 12"
5			+ 2' 16"
6			+ 2' 22"
7			+ 2' 24"
8			+ 2' 25"
9			+ 2' 44"
10			+ 3' 20"

General classification after Grand Prix des Nations^[9]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			132
2			121
3			114
4			94
5			82
6			71
7			70
8			67
9			66
10			57

Final standings

Individual

Source:

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	LIB	AME	TOU	LOM	NAT	Pts.
1			9	6	0	1	22	16	20	18		14	0	8	18	132
2			4	12	3	10	14	0	18	22		0	14	13	11	121
3			22	20	0	20	6	0	0	0		0	16	16	14	114
4			8	25	4	12	7	0	0	16		12	0	0	10	94
5			0	22	5	0	11	0	0	25		0	12	0	7	82
6			0	15	25	0	0	14	0	0		11	0	0	6	71
7			0	16	0	3	25	11	0	0		0	0	0	15	70
8			0	0	0	16	0	25	1	0		25	0	0	0	67
9			0	13	16	0	2	10	0	0		0	0	20	5	66
10			0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0		13	18	10	8	57
11		Tonton Tapis–GB	0	10	0	11	20	0	0	11		0	0	0	0	52
12			14	3	0	6	10	0	0	14		0	0	0	4	51
13			25	0	0	0	0	12	10	0		0	0	0	3	50
14			0	9	20	7	13	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	49
15			0	0	12	0	15	0	0	0		0	22	0	0	49
16			0	11	13	0	9	6	8	0		0	0	0	0	47
17			0	0	0	0	0	15	6	0		22	0	3	0	46
18			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	0	6	25	46
19			0	18	0	5	0	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	45
20			0	0	14	8	0	0	0	0		0	20	0	0	42
Race winners out of the top 20
	Rider	Team	MSR	ToF	ROU	LBL	AGR	WIN	CSS	ZUR	LIB	AME	TOU	LOM	NAT	Pts.
22			0	0	0	25	0	0	9	0		0	0	0	0	34
28			0	0	0	4	0	0	25	0		0	0	0	0	29
30			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	25	0	28
32			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	25	0	2	27

* Grand Prix de la Libération gave no points in individual standing (only in team standing)| style="vertical-align:top" |

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		107
2		87
3		65
4		50
5		46

External links

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