A sea of humanity awaited the peloton each time up the Cauberg. (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The allocations for the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Florence are shaping up, with August 15th as the deadline for countries to be awarded their spots for the marquee event. The top 10 countries in the WorldTour rankings will be able to field 9 riders, so long as they have at least that many in the individual rankings.

After the Tour of Poland, only five countries have qualified to field full teams: nations rankings leaders Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, and France.

At the Tour of Poland, the unthinkable happened for Belgium, as the country dropped to 11th in the nations rankings, thanks in part to a poorly timed mechanical that hit RadioShack's Ben Hermans in the time trial, dropping him from 9th overall to 12th.

"After two kilometers my chain came off in the final time trial," Hermans told Het Nieuwsblad. "I stopped for 20 seconds, and getting back up to speed you lose quickly half a minute. Eventually I was 22 seconds short of ninth place. This is a great pity for myself and for Belgium. The twelfth place in the standings gives as many points as 100th: zero."

The United States is in a similar position, having only achieved 12th overall in the rankings for countries. The Americans were 18 points out of the top 10, while Belgium missed by 8. However, Belgium will get an additional spot for outgoing world champion Philippe Gilbert, while the USA will get only six starters.

Great Britain, with WorldTour leader Christopher Froome, was third in the nations rankings, but with eight riders in the individual standings they will only be able to start eight, while Colombia, with just four riders in the rankings, may start six under the UCI's rules.

Similarly, Slovakia looks set to field six even though only Peter Sagan and Peter Velits earned WorldTour points.

The full rules for qualification can be found on the UCI website.

WorldTour rankings as of August 3, 2013

1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 587 pts 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 409 3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 390 4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 366 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard 355 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 334 7 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 327 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 322 9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 308 10 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 287 11 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 255 12 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 252 13 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 239 14 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 227 15 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 213 16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 211 17 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha 199 18 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 194 19 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 165 20 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 161 21 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 160 22 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 154 23 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 153 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 151 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 142 26 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 141 27 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 140 28 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 127 29 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 118 30 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 117 31 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 113 32 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 112 33 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 111 34 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 111 35 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 111 36 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 104 37 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 100 38 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 92 39 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 92 40 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 90 41 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 86 42 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 84 43 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 84 44 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 83 45 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 80 46 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 76 47 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 48 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 76 49 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 76 50 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 70 51 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 70 52 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 68 53 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 65 54 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 64 55 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 64 56 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 64 57 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 61 58 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 58 59 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 60 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 55 61 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 53 62 Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 52 63 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 51 64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 50 65 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 44 66 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard 42 67 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 41 68 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 41 69 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 41 70 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 40 71 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 40 72 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 40 73 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 40 74 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 38 75 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 37 76 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 37 77 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 34 78 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 34 79 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 80 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 32 81 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 30 82 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 29 83 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 26 84 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 25 85 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 25 86 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 24 87 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 23 88 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 23 89 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 90 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 22 91 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 22 92 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 21 93 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 21 94 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 20 95 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 20 96 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 20 97 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 20 98 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 19 99 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 18 100 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard 18 101 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard 18 102 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano 17 103 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 104 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 16 105 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 16 106 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 16 107 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 14 108 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 14 109 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 14 110 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 13 111 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 13 112 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 12 113 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12 114 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 12 115 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 12 116 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard 11 117 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 11 118 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 10 119 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 120 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 10 121 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 10 122 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 10 123 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 10 124 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 125 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 9 126 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 9 127 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 9 128 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 9 129 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8 130 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 7 131 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard 6 132 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Argos-Shimano 6 133 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 6 134 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 6 135 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6 136 Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack Leopard 6 137 Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 5 138 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling 5 139 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5 140 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4 141 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ 4 142 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 143 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 4 144 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4 145 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack Leopard 4 146 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 4 147 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 4 148 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 4 149 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 4 150 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4 151 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 4 152 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 4 153 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 4 154 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4 155 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha 4 156 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 157 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 158 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 3 159 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 160 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ 2 161 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Argos-Shimano 2 162 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2 163 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano 2 164 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 2 165 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 2 166 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha 2 167 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 2 168 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 2 169 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2 170 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 2 171 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 2 172 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack Leopard 2 173 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 2 174 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 2 175 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2 176 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1 177 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1 178 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1 179 David Tanner (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1 180 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1 181 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1 182 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1 183 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica-GreenEdge 1 184 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1 185 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 186 Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team 1 187 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1 188 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1 189 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1 190 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1 191 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1 192 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin Sharp 1 193 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1 194 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ 1 195 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ 1 196 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 1 197 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1 198 Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1

Nation # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Spain 1282 pts 2 Colombia 1001 3 Great Britain 970 4 Italy 737 5 Netherlands 651 6 Australia 607 7 France 532 8 Poland 439 9 Switzerland 438 10 Slovakia 419 11 Belgium 412 12 United States Of America 402 13 Czech Republic 348 14 Ireland 317 15 Slovenia 278 16 Germany 259 17 Portugal 250 18 Denmark 166 19 Norway 153 20 Estonia 84 21 Russian Federation 45 22 Lithuania 33 23 Canada 31 24 Costa Rica 25 25 Austria 24 26 Croatia 18 27 South Africa 8 28 Ukraine 6 29 Finland 4 30 Luxembourg 4 31 Kazakhstan 4 32 Belarus 2 33 Sweden 2