2. UPDATE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS AT THE 15TH AUGUST 2011

Each nation has a precise number of riders defined by the different UCI rankings at 15 August 2011.

MEN ELITE ROAD RACE

Countries qualified according to the classification by nations drawn up on 15 August 2011 of the UCI World Classification and UCI Continental Circuits, and according to the individual classifications of the World Classification and UCI Continental Circuits:

Qualified Nations by the UCI WorldTour Classification Max. Participation 1 ESP Spain 2 ITA 3 AUS 14 enrolled of whom 9 starters 4 BEL 5 GER 6 GBR Great Britain 12 enrolled of whom 8 starters 7 LUX Luxembourg 9 enrolled of whom 6 starters 8 USA United States of America 9 NED Netherlands 14 enrolled of whom 9 starters 10 FRA

Qualified Nations by the UCI Africa Tour Max. Participation

1 MAR 9 enrolled of whom 6 starters

2 ERI 5 enrolled of whom 3 starters

Qualified Nations by the UCI America Tour Max. Participation

1 COL 9 enrolled of whom 6 starters 2 VEN 3 BRA 4 ARG 5 enrolled of whom 3 starters 5 CHI Chile

Qualified Nations by the UCI Asia Tour Max. Participation

1 IRI Islamic Republic of 9 enrolled of whom 6 starters 2 JPN 5 enrolled of whom 3 starters 3 KAZ 6 enrolled of whom 4 starters

UCI Sport and Technical Department 1 Qualified Nations by the UCI Europe Tour Max. participation 1 SLO 2 RUS Russia 3 POR Portugal 9 enrolled of whom 6 starters 4 POL Poland 5 UKR Ukraine 6 CRO Croatia 7 TUR Turkey 5 enrolled of whom 3 starters 8 LTU Lithuania 9 DEN Denmark 9 enrolled of whom 6 starters 10 AUT 11 CZE Czech Republic 12 EST Estonia 5 enrolled of whom 3 starters 13 BLR Belarus 14 BUL Bulgaria 15 SWE Sweden 16 NOR Norway 6 enrolled of whom 4 starters

Qualified Nations by the UCI Oceania Tour Max. Participation

1 NZL New-Zealand 5 enrolled of whom 3 starters

Qualified Countries by the UCI individual UCI WorldTour ranking:

Nations which have one rider in the first 100 at individual UCI WorldTour ranking: Switzerland (SUI) 6 enrolled of whom 4 starters (CAN) 5 enrolled of whom 3 starters Ireland (IRL) 5 enrolled of whom 3 starters Slovakia (SVK) 5 enrolled of whom 3 starters

Nations which have one rider ranked in the individual UCI WorldTour ranking: Costa Rica (CRC) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter (LAT) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter

Nations qualified by the individual ranking of the UCI continental circuits:

Algeria (ALG) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter

Cuba (CUB) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter Uruguay (URU) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter Ecuador (ECU) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter

Hungary (HUN) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter Greece (GRE) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter (ROU) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter Serbia (SRB) 2 enrolled of whom 1 starter

UCI Sport and Technical Department 2 MEN UNDER 23 ROAD RACE

Countries qualified according to the classification by nations of the UCI Continental Circuits and Nation’s Cup drawn up on 15 August 2011: (ranking will be revised on 12.09.2011)

Qualified Nations by the UCI Africa Tour Max. Participation

1 RSA 10 enrolled of whom 5 starters

2 ALG Algeria 8 enrolled of whom 4 starters 3 ERI Eritrea 6 enrolled of whom 3 starters 4 CMR Cameroun

Qualified Nations by the UCI America Tour Max. Participation

1 VEN Venezuela 2 USA United States of America 10 enrolled of whom 5 starters 3 ARG Argentina 4 COL Colombia 5 AHO Netherlands Antilles 8 enrolled of whom 4 starters 6 BIZ Belize 7 BRA Brazil 8 ANT Antigua and Bermudas 6 enrolled of whom 3 starters 9 ESA El Salvador

Qualified Nations by the UCI Asia Tour Max. Participation

1 KAZ Kazakhstan 10 enrolled of whom 5 starters 2 KOR Korea 3 MAS Malaysia 8 enrolled of whom 4 starters 4 HKG Hong-Kong 5 MGL Mongolia 6 enrolled of whom 3 starters 6 CHN China

UCI Sport and Technical Department 3 Qualified Nations by the UCI Europe Tour Max. participation 1 ITA Italy 2 FRA France 3 NED Netherlands 4 RUS Russia 5 GER Germany 6 BEL Belgium 7 GBR Great Britain 8 LAT Latvia 10 enrolled of whom 5 starters 9 ESP Spain 10 POL Poland 11 BLR Belarus 12 TUR Turkey 13 SWE Sweden 14 UKR Ukraine 15 NOR Norway 16 DEN Denmark 17 AUT Austria 18 GRE Greece 8 enrolled of whom 4 starters 19 ISR Israel 20 CZE Czech Republic 21 IRL Ireland 22 SRB Serbia 23 SLO Slovenia 6 enrolled of whom 3 starters 24 POR Portugal 25 SUI Switzerland 26 MDA Moldavia

Qualified Nations by the UCI Oceania Tour Max. Participation 1 AUS Australia 10 enrolled of whom 5 starters 2 NZL New-Zealand 6 enrolled of whom 3 starters

If a nation is included in the final classification of the men's Under 23 Nations Cup, but that nation is not yet qualified, it may register 2 riders, 1 of whom will be a starter. According to the ranking at 15 August the following nations are concerned: Ethiopia (ETH), Canada (CAN), Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and Uzbekistan (UZB).

The first 5 nations of the final classification of the men's Under 23 Nations Cup are entitled to an extra rider. The ranking of the Nations Cup will be updated and published on 12 September, the day after the last round of the Nations Cup. The nations concerned will be informed from 12 September.

According to the article 9.2.012, the following U23 Continental Champions may be entered in addition to the number of participants which are accorded to their federation: CC Europe KERN Julian GER CC America MONTEIRO Gideoni BRA CC Asia JANG Gyung Gu KOR CC Africa JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt RSA

CC Oceania LANG Richard AUS

UCI Sport and Technical Department 4 WOMEN ELITE ROAD RACE

Countries qualified according to the classification by nations of the UCI Women Elite drawn up on 15.08.2011:

Qualified Nations by the UCI Women Elite ranking Participation Max. 1 NED Netherlands 2 GER Germany 3 SWE Sweden 14 enrolled of whom 7 starters 4 GBR Great Britain 5 ITA Italy 6 RUS Russia 7 USA United States of America 8 BEL Belgium 9 AUS Australia 10 CAN Canada 12 enrolled of whom 6 starters 11 FRA France 12 LTU Lituania 13 LUX Luxembourg 14 NZL 15 UKR Ukraine 16 RSA South Africa 17 EST Estonia 18 SUI Switzerland 10 enrolled of whom 5 starters 19 BLR Belarus 20 ESA El Salvador

The other nations and the non ranked nations will have the possibility to qualify 6 riders of whom 3 to start.

The following outgoing World Champion may be entered added to the national selection:

CM BRONZINI Giorgia ITA

The following outgoing Continental Champions may be entered in addition to the number of participants which are accorded to their federation.

CC Europe PANKOVA Larisa RUS CC America HUGHES Clara CAN CC Asia HSIAO Mei Yu TPE CC Africa LAUWRENS Lylanie RSA CC Oceania GILLOW Shara AUS

UCI Sport and Technical Department 5 MEN JUNIOR ROAD RACE

The number of riders able to take part in the Junior Men’s World Road Race Championship 2011, on the basis of article 9.2.014 of UCI regulations.

Qualified Nations by the 2010 UCI final Junior Nation’s Cup ranking Participation Max. 1 USA United States 2 RUS Russia 3 AUS Australia 4 DEN Denmark 5 BEL Belgium 12 enrolled of 6 GER Germany whom 6 starters 7 FRA France 8 NED Netherlands 9 ITA Italy 10 POR Portugal 11 LUX Luxembourg 12 GBR Great Britain 10 enrolled of 13 SLO Slovenia whom 5 starters 14 NZL New Zealand 15 CAN Canada 16 SUI Switzerland 17 CZE Czech Republic 8 enrolled of whom 18 NOR Norway 4 starters 19 JPN Japan 20 AUT Austria

All other National Federations: 6 riders of whom 3 to start

The following outgoing Continental Champions may be entered in addition to the number of participants which are accorded to their federation.

CC Europe LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri FRA CC Asia PARK Sang-Hoon KOR CC Oceania WATSON Calvin AUS

WOMEN JUNIORS ROAD RACE

Each National Federation shall be entitled to enter 8 competitors of whom 4 to ride.

The following outgoing Continental Champions may be entered in addition to the number of participants which are accorded to their federation.

CC Europe RATTO Rossella ITA CC Asia LEUNG Bo Yee HKG CC Oceania MUNDY Jessica AUS

UCI Sport and Technical Department 6 ALL CATEGORIES

All National Federations may enter 4 riders of whom 2 may start.

The following outgoing World Champions may be entered added to the national selection:

Men Elite: CANCELLARA Fabian SUI Women Elite: POOLEY Emma GBR

The following outgoing Continental Champions may be entered in addition to the number of participants to which their National Federations are entitled under qualifying rules:

Men Elite CC Amérique MESSINEO Leandro ARG CC Afrique TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel ERI CC Asie WACKER Eugen KGZ CC Océanie DICKESON William AUS

Women Elite CC Europe LESUEUR Mélodie FRA CC Amérique HUGHES Clara CAN CC Asie CHANPENG Nontasin THA CC Afrique LAUWRENS Lylanie RSA CC Océanie GILLOW Shara AUS

Men Under 23 CC Europe PAILLOT Yoann FRA CC Amérique CARRETERO Ramon PAN CC Asie BUI Minh Thuy VIE CC Afrique JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt RSA CC Océanie HOWSON Damien AUS

Men Juniors CC Europe BETTIOL Alberto ITA CC Asie KOLAHDOUZ Amir IRI CC Océanie SCHULTZ Nicholas AUS

Women Juniors CC Europe RATTO Rossella ITA CC Asie JEONG Soo-Jeong KOR CC Océanie ALLEN Jessica AUS

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