Goss heads UCI WorldTour rankings after Milan-San Remo triumph

Matt Goss’ (HTC-Highroad) Milan-San Remo victory has seen him take a commanding lead at the head of the UCI WorldTour rankings. The Australian inherits the top spot from fellow countryman Cadel Evans (BMC) and teammate Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad), winners of Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice respectively.

Goss has been a hugely consistent performer in WorldTour events in 2011 and that regularity is reflected by the ample margin of his lead. As well as picking up 100 points for winning Milan-San Remo, Goss took stage wins the Santos Tour Down Under and Paris-Nice to bring his total to 203.

Michele Scarponi’s (Lampre-ISD) strong showings at Milan-San Remo and Tirreno-Adriatico see him move up to second in the standings, albeit 85 points behind Goss. Evans and Martin remained locked together in joint 3rd place, while Tour Down Under winner Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Cervélo) lies in 5th.

It looks as though Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) and Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) will be difficult to separate throughout the spring, and the duo head north for the cobbled classics level on 86 points apiece.

With WorldTour points up for grabs at both Gent-Wevelgem and the Volta a Catalunya in the next seven days, there may well be a significant shake up in the rankings in the coming week, but given his current form, Matt Goss has every reason to be confident of building on his lead in Belgium.

Goss’ HTC-Highroad squad have a healthy advantage at the top of the team standings, well clear of the early season’s other dominant force, Rabobank. BMC’s leaders Evans and Alessandro Ballan have contributed handsomely to their team’s third place in the standings, while RadioShack lie in 4th.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, Quick Step remain the only of the eighteen ProTeams to have failed to pick up a single WorldTour ranking point so far in 2011, while Saxo Bank-SunGard’s reliance on Alberto Contador so far is reflected by its 17th place in the standings.

Not surprisingly, given the exploits of Goss, Evans and Meyer at WorldTour level, Australia stand top of the national rankings, ahead of Italy. Great Britain currently lie in 4th place, and will be hoping to maintain a position in the top ten in order to ensure that Mark Cavendish will have a full complement of support at the world championships in Copenhagen.

The top ten nations in the UCI WorldTour rankings on August 15 are entitled to field nine riders at the Worlds.

 

WorldTour rankings after Milan-San Remo

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Individual
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad203pts
2Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD118Row 1 - Cell 3
3Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team108Row 2 - Cell 3
4Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad108Row 3 - Cell 3
5Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo106Row 4 - Cell 3
6Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack88Row 5 - Cell 3
7Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek86Row 6 - Cell 3
8Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto86Row 7 - Cell 3
9Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling82Row 8 - Cell 3
10Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team80Row 9 - Cell 3
11Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling74Row 10 - Cell 3
12Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale71Row 11 - Cell 3
13Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team70Row 12 - Cell 3
14Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale62Row 13 - Cell 3
15Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team60Row 14 - Cell 3
16Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi59Row 15 - Cell 3
17Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team52Row 16 - Cell 3
18Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team50Row 17 - Cell 3
19Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team46Row 18 - Cell 3
20Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale41Row 19 - Cell 3
21Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad40Row 20 - Cell 3
22André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto38Row 21 - Cell 3
23Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack30Row 22 - Cell 3
24Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack30Row 23 - Cell 3
25Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD26Row 24 - Cell 3
26Biel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale20Row 25 - Cell 3
27Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack20Row 26 - Cell 3
28Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team12Row 27 - Cell 3
29Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling11Row 28 - Cell 3
30Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team10Row 29 - Cell 3
31Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana10Row 30 - Cell 3
32Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team10Row 31 - Cell 3
33Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo10Row 32 - Cell 3
34Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard9Row 33 - Cell 3
35Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo8Row 34 - Cell 3
36Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team RadioShack7Row 35 - Cell 3
37Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana7Row 36 - Cell 3
38Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD5Row 37 - Cell 3
39Stuart O'grady (Aus) Leopard Trek4Row 38 - Cell 3
40Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling4Row 39 - Cell 3
41Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek4Row 40 - Cell 3
42Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team4Row 41 - Cell 3
43Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD4Row 42 - Cell 3
44Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team4Row 43 - Cell 3
45Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team4Row 44 - Cell 3
46Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team2Row 45 - Cell 3
47Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale2Row 46 - Cell 3
48Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad2Row 47 - Cell 3
49Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team2Row 48 - Cell 3
50Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD2Row 49 - Cell 3
51Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale2Row 50 - Cell 3
52Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team2Row 51 - Cell 3
53Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard2Row 52 - Cell 3
54Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling2Row 53 - Cell 3
55Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team2Row 54 - Cell 3
56Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto1Row 55 - Cell 3
57Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team1Row 56 - Cell 3
58Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling1Row 57 - Cell 3
59Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo1Row 58 - Cell 3
60Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto1Row 59 - Cell 3
61Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team1Row 60 - Cell 3
62Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad1Row 61 - Cell 3
63Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team1Row 62 - Cell 3
64Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling1Row 63 - Cell 3
65Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling1Row 64 - Cell 3
66David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team1Row 65 - Cell 3
67Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 66 - Cell 2 Row 66 - Cell 3
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Team
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1HTC-Highroad354pts
2Rabobank Cycling Team216Row 1 - Cell 3
3BMC Racing Team178Row 2 - Cell 3
4Team Radioshack175Row 3 - Cell 3
5Sky Procycling173Row 4 - Cell 3
6Lampre - ISD155Row 5 - Cell 3
7Liquigas-Cannondale138Row 6 - Cell 3
8Omega Pharma-Lotto126Row 7 - Cell 3
9Team Garmin-Cervelo125Row 8 - Cell 3
10Leopard Trek94Row 9 - Cell 3
11Ag2R La Mondiale61Row 10 - Cell 3
12Euskaltel-Euskadi59Row 11 - Cell 3
13Katusha Team56Row 12 - Cell 3
14Movistar Team50Row 13 - Cell 3
15Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team19Row 14 - Cell 3
16Pro Team Astana17Row 15 - Cell 3
17Saxo Bank Sungard11Row 16 - Cell 3
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Nation
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Australia497pts
2Italy361Row 1 - Cell 3
3Germany236Row 2 - Cell 3
4Great Britain157Row 3 - Cell 3
5Netherlands150Row 4 - Cell 3
6Belgium113Row 5 - Cell 3
7Spain108Row 6 - Cell 3
8Switzerland86Row 7 - Cell 3
9France69Row 8 - Cell 3
10Portugal30Row 9 - Cell 3
11Slovenia30Row 10 - Cell 3
12United States30Row 11 - Cell 3
13New Zealand11Row 12 - Cell 3
14Argentina9Row 13 - Cell 3
15Sweden4Row 14 - Cell 3
16Russia4Row 15 - Cell 3
17Slovakia2Row 16 - Cell 3
18Colombia2Row 17 - Cell 3
19Costa Rica1Row 18 - Cell 3

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