Slagter leads the WorldTour ranking after Tour Down Under success

Tom-Jelte Slagter's overall victory at the Tour Down Under has given him and his Blanco Pro Cycling Team the lead in the first UCI WorldTour rankings of 2013.

Slagter scored 100 points for overall victory and 11 points for his stage results, to give him a total of 111 points. With teammates Wilco Kelderman scoring 40 points and Mark Renshaw a further six points, the Blanco Pro Cycling Team topped the team rankings with a total of 157 points, make for a successful start to the racing season for the troubled Dutch squad.

Euskaltel Euskadi is a distant second with 91 points and the Movistar Team is third with 87 points after both Spanish teams placed two riders in the top 15 overall. Javier Moreno was second overall for the Movistar Team, scoring 86 points tan dos is second to Slagter in the individual rankings. Britain's Geraint Thomas is third with 77 points after finishing third and winning a stage.

Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) is ninth in the individual ranking, with 18 points, after winning three stages in Australia.

Spain leads the nation ranking with a total of 177 points thanks to strong performances from Javier Moreno and brothers Jon and Gorka Izaguirre Insausti of Euskaltel Euskadi. They finished fourth and seventh overall at the Santos Tour Down Under to place Spain ahead of the Netherlands -second with 152 points, with Great Britain a more distant third with 78 points.

The next race on the WorldTour calendar is Paris-Nice in France between March 3-10.

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WorldTour - Individuals
1Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team111pts
2Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team86Row 1 - Cell 3
3Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling77Row 2 - Cell 3
4Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi61Row 3 - Cell 3
5Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack Leopard52Row 4 - Cell 3
6Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team40Row 5 - Cell 3
7Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi30Row 6 - Cell 3
8Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida20Row 7 - Cell 3
9André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol18Row 8 - Cell 3
10Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard11Row 9 - Cell 3
11Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge6Row 10 - Cell 3
12Mark Renshaw (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team6Row 11 - Cell 3
13Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge5Row 12 - Cell 3
14Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ4Row 13 - Cell 3
15Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ4Row 14 - Cell 3
16Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida4Row 15 - Cell 3
17Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling2Row 16 - Cell 3
18Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team2Row 17 - Cell 3
19Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff2Row 18 - Cell 3
20Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team1Row 19 - Cell 3
21Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team1Row 20 - Cell 3
22Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp1Row 21 - Cell 3
23Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol1Row 22 - Cell 3
24Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step1Row 23 - Cell 3
25Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp1Row 24 - Cell 3
26Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team1Row 25 - Cell 3
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WorldTour - Teams
1Blanco Pro Cycling Team157pts
2Euskaltel-Euskadi91Row 1 - Cell 3
3Movistar Team87Row 2 - Cell 3
4Sky Procycling79Row 3 - Cell 3
5RadioShack Leopard63Row 4 - Cell 3
6Lampre-Merida24Row 5 - Cell 3
7Lotto Belisol19Row 6 - Cell 3
8Orica-GreenEdge11Row 7 - Cell 3
9FDJ8Row 8 - Cell 3
10BMC Racing Team2Row 9 - Cell 3
11Team Saxo-Tinkoff2Row 10 - Cell 3
12Garmin-Sharp2Row 11 - Cell 3
13Astana Pro Team1Row 12 - Cell 3
14Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team1Row 13 - Cell 3
15Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team1Row 14 - Cell 3
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WorldTour - Nations
1Spain177pts
2Netherlands152Row 1 - Cell 3
3Great Britain78Row 2 - Cell 3
4Belgium55Row 3 - Cell 3
5Italy26Row 4 - Cell 3
6Australia20Row 5 - Cell 3
7Germany18Row 6 - Cell 3
8Portugal11Row 7 - Cell 3
9Finland4Row 8 - Cell 3
10France4Row 9 - Cell 3
11Norway2Row 10 - Cell 3
12United States1Row 11 - Cell 3

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