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Gilbert takes over WorldTour rankings lead from Evans

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Cycling News
Published:
September 12, 2011, 15:42,
Updated:
September 12, 2011, 15:55
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Second Edition Cycling News, Monday, September 12, 2011
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) wins in Quebec City

Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) wins in Quebec City

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Omega Pharma-Lotto new team leader, Spain remains top nation

Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) is the new leader of the UCI WorldTour rankings following his performance in Canada's two single-day WorldTour events: Friday's Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec and Sunday's Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. Gilbert won in Quebec on Friday to bump previous WorldTour leader and future 2012 teammate Cadel Evans (BMC) from the top spot and then extended his lead on Sunday with a third place finish in Montreal.

Gilbert's 130 points earned in Canada bring his season total to 698. Evans now holds second overall with 574 points while Alberto Contador remains in third with 471 points.

In addition to the one-day races in Canada, the season's final Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España, wrapped up on Sunday and provided a rankings boost to the top performers. Joaquim Rodriguez moved from 5th to 4th place, leapfrogging Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD), but the biggest move in the top-20 was made by Bradley Wiggins (Sky) who jumped from 18th to 7th following his 3rd place finish.

Defending Vuelta champion Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) was not able to add another Vuelta title to his palmares, finishing 7th in the 2011 edition, but nonetheless the Italian moved from 15th to 9th on the WorldTour standings.

Vuelta revelation and runner-up Chris Froome (Sky) made his first appearance of the season in the WorldTour rankings, entering in 25th place.

Gilbert's continued success this season has also affected the team rankings as his Omega Pharma-Lotto squad now occupies the top position, formerly held by Leopard Trek which drops to second. The Belgian ProTour team now leads Leopard Trek by 61 points while Sky moves up into third overall, 93 points behind Omega Pharma-Lotto.

Spain remains atop the nation rankings with 1,357 points, but Belgium has closed the gap and moved into second place with 1,163 points. Italy moves into third with 1,112 points while Australia dropped from 2nd to 4th with 1,082 points.

Only two events remain on the WorldTour calendar for 2011, the Tour of Beijing, October 5-9, and the Giro di Lombardia, October 15.

UCI WorldTour rankings - Individuals
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 698 pts
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 574  
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 471  
4 Joaquím Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 366  
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 357  
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 307  
7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 289  
8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 284  
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 272  
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 260  
11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 252  
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 252  
13 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 243  
14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 230  
15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 222  
16 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 217  
17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 207  
18 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 206  
19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 203  
20 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 194  
21 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 184  
22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 170  
23 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 169  
24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 158  
25 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 157  
26 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 152  
27 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 143  
28 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 140  
29 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 136  
30 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 135  
31 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 132  
32 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 125  
33 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 123  
34 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121  
35 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 120  
36 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 118  
37 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 116  
38 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 111  
39 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 110  
40 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 108  
41 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 106  
42 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 102  
43 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 101  
44 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 101  
45 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo 100  
46 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard 100  
47 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 100  
48 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 95  
49 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek 94  
50 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 94  
51 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 91  
52 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 91  
53 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 90  
54 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 90  
55 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team 90  
56 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86  
57 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 81  
58 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 80  
59 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 80  
60 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 78  
61 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 76  
62 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 74  
63 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 73  
64 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 71  
65 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 71  
66 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 71  
67 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 70  
68 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70  
69 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 70  
70 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 67  
71 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 66  
72 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 60  
73 Grégory Rast (Swi) Team RadioShack 60  
74 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 58  
75 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 58  
76 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 57  
77 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 56  
78 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 54  
79 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 54  
80 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 51  
81 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 50  
82 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team 50  
83 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 50  
84 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 50  
85 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 46  
86 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 44  
87 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 43  
88 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 42  
89 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 40  
90 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 40  
91 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 38  
92 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 36  
93 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek 35  
94 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 33  
95 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 32  
96 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31  
97 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 30  
98 ** 30  
99 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 28  
100 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28  
101 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 28  
102 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack 27  
103 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 26  
104 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 26  
105 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 26  
106 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 26  
107 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 26  
108 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 25  
109 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 24  
110 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 24  
111 John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad 24  
112 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 23  
113 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 22  
114 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack 22  
115 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 22  
116 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 22  
117 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 22  
118 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 21  
119 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 21  
120 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20  
121 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 20  
122 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 20  
123 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 18  
124 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling 17  
125 Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana 16  
126 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 16  
127 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 16  
128 Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad 16  
129 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 14  
130 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 14  
131 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 14  
132 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 13  
133 Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad 13  
134 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 12  
135 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 12  
136 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 11  
137 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 11  
138 Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling 11  
139 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack 10  
140 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 10  
141 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 10  
142 Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana 10  
143 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Procycling 10  
144 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10  
145 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 10  
146 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 10  
147 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 10  
148 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 10  
149 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 9  
150 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 8  
151 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 7  
152 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7  
153 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 7  
154 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 7  
155 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 6  
156 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6  
157 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) HTC-Highroad 6  
158 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 6  
159 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Team RadioShack 6  
160 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6  
161 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6  
162 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 6  
163 Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team 6  
164 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5  
165 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5  
166 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 5  
167 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 5  
168 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 5  
169 Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad 5  
170 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 4  
171 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 4  
172 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 4  
173 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 4  
174 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 4  
175 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 4  
176 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 4  
177 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek 4  
178 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 4  
179 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 4  
180 Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 3  
181 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3  
182 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2  
183 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 2  
184 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 2  
185 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD 2  
186 Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2  
187 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2  
188 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 2  
189 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2  
190 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2  
191 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 2  
192 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2  
193 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 2  
194 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2  
195 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 2  
196 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 2  
197 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 2  
198 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2  
199 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katusha Team 2  
200 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard 1  
201 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1  
202 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 1  
203 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1  
204 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 1  
205 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 1  
206 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Team RadioShack 1  
207 Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad 1  
208 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 1  
209 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1  
210 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 1  
211 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1  
212 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 1  
213 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1  
214 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1  
215 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1  
216 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1  
217 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 1  
218 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 1  
219 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1  
220 Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1  
221 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 1  
222 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1  
UCI WorldTour rankings - Teams
1 Omega Pharma-Lotto 1079 pts
2 Leopard Trek 1018  
3 Sky Procycling 986  
4 BMC Racing Team 877  
5 HTC-Highroad 780  
6 Lampre - ISD 754  
7 Liquigas-Cannondale 715  
8 Saxo Bank Sungard 689  
9 Rabobank Cycling Team 673  
10 Team Garmin-Cervelo 644  
11 Team Radioshack 639  
12 Katusha Team 552  
13 Movistar Team 474  
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 471  
15 Pro Team Astana 412  
16 Quickstep Cycling Team 371  
17 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 369  
18 Ag2R La Mondiale 342  
UCI WorldTour rankings - Nations
1 Spain 1357 pts
2 Belgium 1163  
3 Italy 1112  
4 Australia 1082  
5 Great Britain 790  
6 Netherlands 693  
7 Germany 692  
8 United States 551  
9 Luxembourg 536  
10 Norway 389  
11 France 386  
12 Switzerland 380  
13 Denmark 285  
14 Kazakhstan 234  
15 Ireland 219  
16 Slovenia 219  
17 Slovakia 208  
18 Colombia 175  
19 Portugal 163  
20 Czech Republic 136  
21 Belarus 86  
22 Austria 74  
23 Russian Federation 72  
24 Argentina 28  
25 Canada 26  
26 New Zealand 17  
27 Uzbekistan 14  
28 Japan 10  
29 Ukraine 7  
30 Croatia 6  
31 Latvia 6  
32 Sweden 5  
33 Poland 3  
34 Lithuania 2  
35 Costa Rica 1  

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