Valverde remains top of WorldTour standings

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Alejandro Valverde was the man to beat in the Ardennes this year, At Fleche Wallonne he won a third career title(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

There were no changes to the individual, team and nation WorldTour standings following the conclusion of the Tour de Romandie, won by Katusha’s Ilnur Zakarin ahead of teammate Simon Spilak and Chris Froome (Team Sky), with Alejandro Valverde, Etixx-Quick Step and Spain all remaining top of the rankings.

The top-five riders all remained unchanged after the Swiss stage race with Valverde (Movistar) on 338 points leading Richie Porte (Team Sky) by 35 points. Alexander Kristoff (237 points), John Degenkolb (232 points) and Joaquim Rodríguez (230 points) round out the top five. Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) now occupies sixth place, swapping places with Michal Kwiatkowski, after the Tour de Romandie while Nairo Quintana (eighth) and Rigoberto Uran (Tenth) also improved their standings. Zakarin's overall victory sees the Russian climb from 61st to 21st in the standings while Spilak improved from 25th to 13th to further boost Katusha's team tally.

Spain continues to be a stand out leader in the nation standings with 807 points while Australia occupies second with 639 points after leading the standings from the Tour Down Under to La Flèche Wallonne. Colombia holds onto third place with 547 points while France move up from seventh to fourth with 452 points, knocking the Netherlands down into fifth. Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany and Norway complete the top ten.

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Individual
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team	338	pts
2	Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky	303	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha	237	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	John Degenkolb (Ger) Giant-Alpecin	232	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Joaquim Rodríguez (Esp) Team Katusha	230	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Rui Costa (POR) Lampre-Merida	196	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx-Quick Step	195	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	189	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Geraint Thomas (GBr ) Team Sky	184	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Rigoberto Urán (Col) Etixx-Quick Step	183	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team	178	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx-Quick Step	165	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Simon Špilak (Slo) Team Katusha	163	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Ag2r-La Mondiale	156	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Zdenek Štybar (Cze) Etixx-Quick Step	152	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Niki Terpstra (Ned ) Etixx-Quick Step	140	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge	139	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Peter Sagan (SVK) Tinkoff-Saxo	136	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky	130	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ	130	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha	118	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team	115	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Alberto Contador (Esp) Tinkoff-Saxo	114	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Lars Boom (Ned ) Astana	101	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Simon Yates (GBr ) Orica-GreenEdge	92	Row 24 - Cell 3

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Etixx-Quick Step	835	pts
2	Team Katusha	828	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Team Sky	723	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Movistar Team	684	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	BMC Racing Team	411	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Orica-GreenEdge	378	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Tinkoff-Saxo	357	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Lampre-Merida	319	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Giant-Alpecin	302	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Astana	241	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Ag2r-La Mondiale	236	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Lotto-Soudal	236	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Trek Factory Racing	138	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	FDJ	135	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	IAM Cycling	78	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	LottoNL-Jumbo	72	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Cannondale-Garmin	26	Row 16 - Cell 3

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Nations
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Spain	807	pts
2	Australia	639	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Colombia	547	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	France	452	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Netherlands	435	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Italy	379	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Great Britain	376	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Belgium	376	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Germany	248	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Norway	237	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Poland	228	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Czech Republic	206	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Portugal	196	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Switzerland	165	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Slovenia	163	Row 14 - Cell 3