Peter Sagan and Valverde climb WorldTour rankings

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Peter Sagan wins Gent-Wevelgem 2018(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

After a busy week of WorldTour racing, it is all change at the top of the men’s standings. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has jumped from sixth to the top of the individual men's WorldTour rankings after claiming his third Volta a Catalunya title, while Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) also surged up the rankings from 14th to second thanks to his win at Gent-Wevelgem.

Valverde won two stages on his way to overall success at Catalunya, putting him to the top of the unofficial victory list too, with eight to his name already. Valverde went into the final stage with a slim 16-second advantage over Team Sky’s Egan Bernal, but his victory was all but sealed when Bernal crashed in the final kilometres. Movistar went on to dominate the podium, with Nairo Quintana taking second, while Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) edged out Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) for the final podium spot.

Sagan rose to second in WorldTour individual standings thanks to his win on Sunday. After a disappointing E3 Harelbeke on Friday, Sagan looked in much better form at Gent-Wevelgem. The World Champion played a quiet, tactical game on the road to Wevelgem, with his teammate Marcus Burghardt putting himself off the front to distract attention from his team leader. Sagan then launched his sprint early to beat a distraught Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) to the line.

After leading the WorldTour individual rankings since his Tour Down Under win in January, Daryl Impey slipped to third place. Indeed, the top ten was shaken up, with Viviani and Arnaud Demare (FDJ) climbing to fourth and fifth respectively. Strade Bianche winner Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal) slipped four places to sixth place, while victory on the final stage victory and fourth place overall at Catalunya helped Simon Yates move up two spots to seventh. Marc Soler (Movistar), Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) and Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) round out the top 10.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Points	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	1039	pts
2	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	951	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott	862	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors	817	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	792	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal	766	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott	760	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team	745	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky	613	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	570	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott	550	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	510	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	500	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	495	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team	460	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team	454	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale	427	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors	412	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	400	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	395	Row 19 - Cell 3

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Team Classification
#	Team	Points
1	Quick-Step Floors	3163
2	Mitchelton-Scott	3140
3	Movistar Team	2677
4	BMC Racing Team	2386
5	Bora-Hansgrohe	2333
6	Team Sky	2096
7	Bahrain-Merida	2067
8	Lotto Soudal	1696
9	AG2R La Mondiale	1613
10	Astana Pro Team	1404
11	Groupama-FDJ	1126
12	Team Sunweb	1089
13	UAE Team Emirates	1042
14	LottoNL-Jumbo	1022
15	EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	953
16	Trek-Segafredo	931
17	Dimension Data	707
18	Katusha-Alpecin	617