Number One! Nicole is now OFFICIALLY the top rider in the World.
For the first time Nicole has risen to No. 1 in the UCI World rankings.

After her recent successes she now has 955 points, 19 more than Susanne Ljunskog who drops to second. Edita Pucinskaite in third has 689.

Nicole's Team Univega-Raleigh-Lifeforce won the Women's Golden Hour in Denmark. It was a Team Time Trial and was round 9 of the World Cup Series.

With T-Mobile finishing fifth Nicole's overall World Cup lead is now up to 118 points with three races to go.

Nicole finished second in the Open de Suède Vargarda, extending her World Cup lead to 99 after her main rivals missed out on points.

Local favourite Suzanne Ljunskog won after sitting on in a two up break with Nicole. Round 9 of the World Cup is a Team Time Trial in Denmark on Sunday.

Nicole wrapped up victory in the Thuringen Rundfahrt by winning the final hilly stage, her fourth individual stage success of the 6 day race in Germany.

She also won both Saturday stages ( the morning Time Trial and afternoon circuit race) as well as stage 2 of the high ranked UCI 2.1 category event.

Nicole won La Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale in France, having lead from start to finish.

She won two stages; breaking away on Mont Ventoux to win stage 4 by over 4 minutes, having also won the opening day short time trial.