Quintana up to second on WorldTour standings after Tour de Romandie win

Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) on the podium of the Tour de Romandie.

Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) on the podium of the Tour de Romandie. (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Nairo Quintana's second WorldTour general classification of 2016 at the Tour de Romandie lifted the Movistar rider from sixth to second on the individual standings although Peter Sagan holds onto his lead despite a break from racing since Paris-Roubaix. There was no change at the top of the team or nation standings with Tinkoff and Spain enjoying another week in charge.

Quintana's Tour de Romandie victory lifted the Colombian's points tally from 178 to 285 points and continues his run of finishing on the podium in his first three WorldTour races of the season. The 25-year-old won the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya in March before finishing third overall at the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco and discussed the possibility of adding the Tour de Suisse to his race calendar next month as a final warm up race for July's Tour de France.

"Why not ride the Tour de Suisse? I like this country, they've always treated me well here," said Quintana who will first head home to Boyaca, Colombia. "I've still not decided what to do, though. What is clear is we've got a goal, we know how to work for it and we don't have to worry about what the others do. We'll do our thing as best we can so we can reach the start of the Tour in the best possible condition."

Ilnur Zakarin was another big mover in the top-ten with the Katusha rider improving from tenth to fifth after he finished fourth overall at the Tour de Romandie, a week after his fifth place at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Romandie runner-up Thibaut Pinot improved his standings from 16th to eighth after another impressive early-season showing that including a debut time trial win in a WorldTour race.

In total 130 riders have now scored WorldTour points with Sagan enjoying a healthy lead out in front on 329 points.

While Tinkoff continues to lead the team standings, Movistar jumped from sixth to third thanks to Quintana's win and teammate Jon Izaguirre's third place. At the bottom of the team standings, Tom Dumoulin's fifth place at Tour de Romandie lifted Giant-Alpecin from 18th to 15th place as Dimension Data dropped to last place. Astana and AG2R are the only other teams with less then 100 points on 84.

In the nation standings, there was no change to the top ten although there were two new entrants. Andrey Amador's first WorldTour points of the season has seen Costa Rica enter the standings in 26th place while Spain remains top on 693 points. Cannondale's Ramunas Navardauskas also picked up his and Lithuania's first points of the season with the European nation now sitting in last place of the 30 nations with one point.

The next WorldTour race on the calendar is the Giro d'Italia with 170 points awarded to the winner

WorldTour standings - May 1

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Individual
#Rider Name (Country) TeamHeader Cell - Column 2 Header Cell - Column 3
1Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team329pts
2Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team285Row 1 - Cell 3
3Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team280Row 2 - Cell 3
4Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team222Row 3 - Cell 3
5Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha211Row 4 - Cell 3
6Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky204Row 5 - Cell 3
7Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo201Row 6 - Cell 3
8Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ200Row 7 - Cell 3
9Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo166Row 8 - Cell 3
10Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team162Row 9 - Cell 3
11Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida152Row 10 - Cell 3
12Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky147Row 11 - Cell 3
13Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ137Row 12 - Cell 3
14Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team131Row 13 - Cell 3
15Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team130Row 14 - Cell 3
16Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step126Row 15 - Cell 3
17Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky120Row 16 - Cell 3
18Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge119Row 17 - Cell 3
19Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha106Row 18 - Cell 3
20Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky105Row 19 - Cell 3
21Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky104Row 20 - Cell 3
22Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge102Row 21 - Cell 3
23Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge100Row 22 - Cell 3
24Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky92Row 23 - Cell 3
25Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal84Row 24 - Cell 3
26Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step82Row 25 - Cell 3
27Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team81Row 26 - Cell 3
28Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step80Row 27 - Cell 3
29Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step72Row 28 - Cell 3
30Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha71Row 29 - Cell 3
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamHeader Cell - Column 2 Header Cell - Column 3
1Tinkoff Team771pts
2Team Sky680Row 1 - Cell 3
3Movistar Team577Row 2 - Cell 3
4BMC Racing Team576Row 3 - Cell 3
5Team Katusha488Row 4 - Cell 3
6Etixx - Quick-Step417Row 5 - Cell 3
7FDJ412Row 6 - Cell 3
8Orica-GreenEdge398Row 7 - Cell 3
9Trek-Segafredo239Row 8 - Cell 3
10Team LottoNl-Jumbo216Row 9 - Cell 3
11Lampre - Merida189Row 10 - Cell 3
12Lotto Soudal170Row 11 - Cell 3
13Cannondale Pro Cycling115Row 12 - Cell 3
14IAM Cycling114Row 13 - Cell 3
15Team Giant-Alpecin114Row 14 - Cell 3
16AG2R La Mondiale84Row 15 - Cell 3
17Astana Pro Team84Row 16 - Cell 3
18Dimension Data75Row 17 - Cell 3
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Nations
#Rider Name (Country) TeamHeader Cell - Column 2 Header Cell - Column 3
1Spain693pts
2Australia579Row 1 - Cell 3
3Belgium557Row 2 - Cell 3
4Colombia524Row 3 - Cell 3
5France519Row 4 - Cell 3
6Great Britain398Row 5 - Cell 3
7Switzerland359Row 6 - Cell 3
8Slovakia329Row 7 - Cell 3
9Netherlands301Row 8 - Cell 3
10Russia270Row 9 - Cell 3
11Norway158Row 10 - Cell 3
12Portugal152Row 11 - Cell 3
13Ireland126Row 12 - Cell 3
14Italy120Row 13 - Cell 3
15Poland105Row 14 - Cell 3
16Czech Republic92Row 15 - Cell 3
17Luxembourg78Row 16 - Cell 3
18United States66Row 17 - Cell 3
19Denmark62Row 18 - Cell 3
20Slovenia55Row 19 - Cell 3
21Canada54Row 20 - Cell 3
22Germany44Row 21 - Cell 3
23Latvia20Row 22 - Cell 3
24New Zealand6Row 23 - Cell 3
25Kazakhstan6Row 24 - Cell 3
26Costa Rica4Row 25 - Cell 3
27South Africa4Row 26 - Cell 3
28Eritrea2Row 27 - Cell 3
29Belarus1Row 28 - Cell 3
30Lithuania1Row 29 - Cell 3

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