Sagan surges to WorldTour lead
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Thanks to his victory in Gent-Wevelgem, world champion Peter Sagan became the new leader of the UCI WorldTour, surpassing Richie Porte (BMC), who has led the rankings since landing on the podium at Paris-Nice. Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), who finished second overall in the Volta a Catalunya, is now third.
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was the biggest mover, making his debut in the rankings at eighth after winning Catalunya by a slim seven seconds over Contador.
Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), who was previously second overall, slipped to fourth after coming ninth in Gent-Wevelgem.
In the team standings, Tinkoff have taken over top spot with a haul of 474 points with Team Sky dropping to second place on 463 points while BMC are third with 448 points. Giant-Alpecin remain bottom of the 18 teams with eight points.
Australia continue to top the nation standings with 450 points with no change to the top five.
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UCI WorldTour rankings as of March 28, 2016
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team | 229 | pts |
| 2 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 222 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team | 171 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 162 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 137 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky | 115 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 113 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 104 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 104 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky | 102 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha | 96 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 92 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo | 86 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 84 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step | 76 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 71 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step | 70 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff Team | 68 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ | 60 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 54 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 52 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 52 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team | 51 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha | 50 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | 50 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 50 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 46 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | 40 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 40 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | 37 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge | 31 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
| 32 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | 30 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
| 33 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | 30 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
| 34 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 30 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
| 35 | Fernando Gaviria (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step | 28 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
| 36 | Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team | 22 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
| 37 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lotto Soudal | 21 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
| 38 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal | 21 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
| 39 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | 20 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
| 40 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 17 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
| 41 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 16 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
| 42 | Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 14 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
| 43 | Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ | 11 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
| 44 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha | 10 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
| 45 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 10 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
| 46 | Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | 9 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
| 47 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | 8 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
| 48 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 7 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
| 49 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 7 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
| 50 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | 6 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
| 51 | Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 6 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
| 52 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 6 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
| 53 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 6 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
| 54 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 6 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
| 55 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data | 6 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
| 56 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 6 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
| 57 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 5 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
| 58 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step | 4 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
| 59 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 4 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
| 60 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team | 4 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
| 61 | Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | 4 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
| 62 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 4 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
| 63 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ | 4 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
| 64 | Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 4 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
| 65 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 4 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
| 66 | Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | 4 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
| 67 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 4 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
| 68 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 4 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
| 69 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge | 4 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
| 70 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | 4 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
| 71 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 4 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
| 72 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 4 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
| 73 | Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha | 2 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
| 74 | Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 2 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
| 75 | Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff Team | 2 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
| 76 | Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling | 2 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
| 77 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | 2 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
| 78 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 2 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
| 79 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data | 2 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
| 80 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 2 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
| 81 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling | 2 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
| 82 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 2 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
| 83 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 2 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
| 84 | Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step | 2 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
| 85 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data | 2 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
| 86 | Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida | 1 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
| 87 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team | 1 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
| 88 | Carlos Verona (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step | 1 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
| 89 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Dimension Data | 1 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
| 90 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | 1 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
| 91 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
| 92 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
| 93 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
| 94 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
| 95 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
| 96 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 1 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
| 97 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tinkoff | 474 | pts |
| 2 | Team Sky | 463 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | BMC Racing Team | 448 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | FDJ | 262 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Etixx - Quick Step | 215 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Team Katusha | 211 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Movistar Team | 197 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Orica GreenEdge | 181 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Lotto Soudal | 146 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Trek Factory Racing | 134 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | AG2R La Mondiale | 83 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 75 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Astana Pro Team | 72 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | 67 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | IAM Cycling | 34 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Team Dimension Data | 19 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Lampre - Merida | 17 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Team Giant - Alpecin | 8 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 450 | pts |
| 2 | Belgium | 361 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 297 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Spain | 284 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | France | 264 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Colombia | 253 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 229 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 158 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Russia | 155 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Poland | 103 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Italy | 92 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Ireland | 76 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 76 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Canada | 54 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | United States | 52 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Norway | 48 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 45 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 42 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Germany | 8 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 6 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 6 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 5 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Portugal | 4 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | South Africa | 4 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Denmark | 2 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Eritrea | 2 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Belarus | 1 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
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