Your chance to help shape IG Markets Pro Cycling Index
IG Markets is giving the public a chance to rank several races used to create its Pro Cycling Index.
The company is inviting users to determine the importance of three events: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal, Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec and the Tour of Beijing. All three events are relative newcomers on the cycling scene and their importance is hard to determine - hence the public vote.
Users can help to rank the three aforementioned events via the Pro Cycling Index Facebook page.
The IG Markets Pro Cycling Index is a season-long ranking of professional riders based on their results. Points are awarded to riders in each of the 120 counting events.
Unsurprisingly, the 2011 index was topped by the winning machine that is Belgian Philippe Gilbert. Alberto Contador placed second, with Cadel Evans in third. Highest placed British rider was Mark Cavendish in fifth.
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Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, an exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed.
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