Ranking 1879

#	Rider	Team	Country	Score
1.	Charles TERRONT Individual	Individual	FRA	864
2.	George William WALLER Individual	Individual	GBR	743
3.	Herbert Liddell CORTIS Individual	Individual	GBR	455
4.	William DENOIELLE Individual	Individual	USA	390
5.	Henry W. HIGHAM Individual	Individual	GBR	384
6.	T. ANDREWS Individual	Individual	GBR	322
7.	John KEEN Individual	Individual	GBR	299
8.	David STANTON Individual	Individual	GBR	291
9.	Bill CANN Individual	Individual	GBR	278
10.	Fred LEES Individual	Individual	GBR	260
11.	Daniel BELARD Individual	Individual	USA	208
12.	Lemon HART Individual	Individual	GBR	189
13.	William RUTLAND Individual	Individual	USA	188
14.	Charles DENOIELLE Individual	Individual	USA	183
15.	A. EVANS Individual	Individual	GBR	165
16.	W.H. DARLING Individual	Individual	USA	146
17.	Harry LEEMING Individual	Individual	GBR	139
18.	Henri "R.R.- Raoul Richard" PAGIS Individual	Individual	FRA	134
19.	William E. HARDING Individual	Individual	USA	134
20.	Frederick Thomas EAST Individual	Individual	GBR	123
21.	H. THRESHER Individual	Individual	GBR	122
22.	Thomas WELSH Individual	Individual	USA	122
23.	A.P. MESSINGER Individual	Individual	USA	116
24.	Léon VILTARD Individual	Individual	FRA	115
25.	Jules NADAL Individual	Individual	FRA	113
26.	William Thomas "Billy" THORN Individual	Individual	GBR	110
27.	Frank WHITE Individual	Individual	GBR	110
28.	Frederick George MAYOR Individual	Individual	GBR	105
29.	Adrien GAULTIER Individual	Individual	FRA	104
30.	Charles HOMMEY Individual	Individual	FRA	96
31.	J.C. MERCER Individual	Individual	GBR	96
32.	Herbert Sydenham CLARKE Individual	Individual	GBR	94
33.	William Langstaff AINSLIE Individual	Individual	GBR	93
34.	Walter PHILLIPS Individual	Individual	GBR	85
35.	Arthur "Bradley" KEEN Individual	Individual	GBR	77
36.	George HARRISON Individual	Individual	USA	76
37.	Ernest METRAL Individual	Individual	SUI	73
38.	Cuthbert David VESEY Individual	Individual	GBR	65
39.	Francis FitzPatrick TOWER Individual	Individual	GBR	60
40.	Osmond Philip FISHER Individual	Individual	GBR	58
41.	Harry OSBORNE Individual	Individual	GBR	57
42.	M. TISSIER Individual	Individual	FRA	55
43.	Jules TERRONT Individual	Individual	FRA	55
44.	James GRANDJEAN Individual	Individual	SUI	54
45.	Thomas HARRISON Individual	Individual	USA	51
46.	HUCHET Individual	Individual	FRA	49
47.	Robert Gerald TROLLOPE Individual	Individual	GBR	49
48.	Wadham WYNDHAM Individual	Individual	GBR	49
49.	Théodore MOTTAZ Vélo Club de Genève	Vélo Club de Genève	SUI	46
50.	ROLLAND Individual	Individual	FRA	46
51.	TRICE Individual	Individual	FRA	44
52.	John NICHOLLS Individual	Individual	GBR	41
53.	S. RAWSON Individual	Individual	GBR	39
54.	Arthur Philip Charles PERCEVAL Individual	Individual	GBR	39
55.	Arthur Henry KOCH Individual	Individual	GBR	37
56.	Miguel SANTOS Individual	Individual	ESP	37
57.	Archibald Alfred Egles WEIR Individual	Individual	GBR	37
58.	Joseph "Jiel" LAVAL Individual	Individual	FRA	37
59.	Ion KEITH-FALCONER Individual	Individual	GBR	37
60.	S. BURGESS Individual	Individual	GBR	37
61.	Herman C. EGGERS Individual	Individual	USA	37
62.	Dante Giovanni FADIGATI Individual	Individual	ITA	37
63.	MOINE Individual	Individual	FRA	35
64.	Arthur HERBERT Individual	Individual	GBR	33
65.	Albert DERKINDEREN Individual	Individual	NED	33
66.	W. POPPLEWELL Individual	Individual	GBR	33
67.	Eugenio HONTAN Individual	Individual	ESP	33
68.	Charles Henry Fehler CHRISTIE Individual	Individual	GBR	33
69.	Adrien VÉRAN Individual	Individual	FRA	33
70.	George E. EDLIN Individual	Individual	GBR	33
71.	Fred T. MERRILL Individual	Individual	USA	33
72.	Giovanni LAMPUGNANI Individual	Individual	ITA	33
73.	J. "Véloce" CROMBAC Individual	Individual	SUI	30
74.	SÉCHEHAYE Individual	Individual	SUI	30
75.	Charles Archibald Edmund POLLOCK Individual	Individual	GBR	30
76.	Palmer DALTON Individual	Individual	GBR	29
77.	A.S. BROWN Individual	Individual	GBR	29
78.	Cipriano SANTOS Individual	Individual	ESP	29
79.	Robert Waddilove MCLEOD Individual	Individual	GBR	29
80.	E. L. Individual	Individual	FRA	29
81.	Robert PATRICK Individual	Individual	GBR	29
82.	Victor CHARLES Individual	Individual	FRA	29
83.	Albert MINET Individual	Individual	FRA	29
84.	A.A. BENNETT Individual	Individual	USA	29
85.	Esante CAMPANI Individual	Individual	ITA	29
86.	H. NICHOLLS Individual	Individual	GBR	29
87.	Georges PIHAN Individual	Individual	FRA	27
88.	MAGNIN Individual	Individual	SUI	27
89.	Theo GODLEE Individual	Individual	GBR	26
90.	FABING Individual	Individual	FRA	26
91.	Ernest Augustus RUNTZ Individual	Individual	GBR	26
92.	BROUILLAT Individual	Individual	FRA	26
93.	W. PACKER Individual	Individual	GBR	26
94.	W. ROYSTON Individual	Individual	USA	26
95.	Alfredo MARRA Individual	Individual	ITA	26
96.	BÉAL Individual	Individual	FRA	23
97.	LORIOT Individual	Individual	FRA	23
98.	T.M. KEMP Individual	Individual	GBR	23
99.	Henry Revell REYNOLDS IV Individual	Individual	GBR	23
100.	CHARTIER Individual	Individual	FRA	23

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This is the ranking of the most successful professional cyclists in the world in 1879. Use the year and country filters below to look at the same overall ranking until a specific year in the past and/or for a specific country. Riders score points based on their results in the races. These points depend on the (historic) importance of the race, the competition during the race and the toughness of the course. Click on any rider to get an all time overview of the rider with details on the scores and rank for the various seasons and the most important results for each year.

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