Valverde seals 2015 individual WorldTour victory

Alejandro Valverde will be top-ranked rider on the UCI WorldTour standings for a second year running after he finished seventh place overall at the Vuelta a Espana. Valverde leads compatriot Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha), 615 points to 474 and with Il Lombardia the sole remaining WorldTour race on the calendar in 2015 in which riders can pick up individual points.With 100 for the winner at the Italian monument, the Movistar rider has an unassailable lead.

Valverde took over the standings from Team Sky's Riche Porte when he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in April with third overall at the Tour de France and Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian helping the 35-year-old further extend his lead.

Rodríguez's second place overall and 130 WorldTour points at the Vuelta lifted the 36-year-old from seventh to second on the overall standings. Vuelta overall winner Fabio Aru (Astana) was another big move inside the top ten as he jumped from 14th to fifth with 448 points. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) also lifted himself higher up the standings, moving from fifth to third with 457 points to his name.

Third place for Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) at the GP de Québec was good enough for 50 points but the Norwegian slips from second to fourth on 453 points. The winner of the Canadian one-day race, Rigoberto Urán, sits 12th on the standings after his first road success in 2015 on 301 points.

Tim Wellen's solo victory at the GP de Montréal saw the Lotto Soudal rider move up from 35th to 23rd.

With Valverde and Rodriguez top of the individual standings, Spain has a huge 764 point lead over Colombia who have accumulated 1069 points across the season. Since 2009, Spain has been the top ranked nation in all but one year when Italy took the honours in 2010. Great Britain (1041) and Italy are the only nations to have crossed the 1000 point threshold so far with Belgium the fifth best on 905.

The team standings look likely to be decided on the final day of racing in October with Movistar (1526) and Katusha (1419) the clear favourites for the title. Movistar have been the best team in the last two seasons but with 200 points on offer at the World Championships in the team time trial event, Team Sky (1254) could find themselves challenging for the top gong. At the bottom end of the team standings, IAM Cycling have collected just 189 points in its first season at the top level of the sport while Cannondale-Garmin (340) and FDJ (369) also languish near the bottom.

 

WorldTour standings

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Individual
#Rider Name (Country) TeamstandingsHeader Cell - Column 3
1Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team615pts
2Joaquim Rodríguez (Esp) Team Katusha474Row 1 - Cell 3
3Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team457Row 2 - Cell 3
4Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha453Row 3 - Cell 3
5Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana448Row 4 - Cell 3
6Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky430Row 5 - Cell 3
7Alberto Contador (Esp) Tinkoff-Saxo407Row 6 - Cell 3
8Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team324Row 7 - Cell 3
9Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida324Row 8 - Cell 3
10Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky314Row 9 - Cell 3
11John Degenkolb (Ger) Giant-Alpecin302Row 10 - Cell 3
12Rigoberto Urán (Col) Etixx-Quick Step301Row 11 - Cell 3
13Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky283Row 12 - Cell 3
14Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Giant-Alpecin271Row 13 - Cell 3
15Simon Špilak (Slo) Team Katusha269Row 14 - Cell 3
16Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo257Row 15 - Cell 3
17Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ249Row 16 - Cell 3
18Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale242Row 17 - Cell 3
19Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge221Row 18 - Cell 3
20Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing212Row 19 - Cell 3
21Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale206Row 20 - Cell 3
22André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Soudal203Row 21 - Cell 3
23Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto-Soudal195Row 22 - Cell 3
24Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx-Quick Step195Row 23 - Cell 3
25lnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha194Row 24 - Cell 3
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamstandingsHeader Cell - Column 3
1Team Katusha1526pts
2Movistar Team1419Row 1 - Cell 3
3Team Sky1254Row 2 - Cell 3
4Etixx-Quick Step988Row 3 - Cell 3
5Tinkoff-Saxo929Row 4 - Cell 3
6Astana916Row 5 - Cell 3
7BMC Racing Team810Row 6 - Cell 3
8Lotto-Soudal702Row 7 - Cell 3
9Orica-GreenEdge695Row 8 - Cell 3
10Giant-Alpecin649Row 9 - Cell 3
11AG2R La Mondiale587Row 10 - Cell 3
12Lampre-Merida566Row 11 - Cell 3
13Trek Factory Racing459Row 12 - Cell 3
14LottoNL-Jumbo375Row 13 - Cell 3
15FDJ369Row 14 - Cell 3
16Cannondale-Garmin340Row 15 - Cell 3
17IAM Cycling189Row 16 - Cell 3
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Nations
#Rider Name (Country) TeamstandingsHeader Cell - Column 3
1Spain1833pts
2Colombia1069Row 1 - Cell 3
3Great Britain1041Row 2 - Cell 3
4Italy1006Row 3 - Cell 3
5Belgium905Row 4 - Cell 3
6Netherlands848Row 5 - Cell 3
7France781Row 6 - Cell 3
8Australia777Row 7 - Cell 3
9Germany587Row 8 - Cell 3
10Norway453Row 9 - Cell 3
11Poland376Row 10 - Cell 3
12Portugal355Row 11 - Cell 3
13Czech Republic306Row 12 - Cell 3
14Slovenia294Row 13 - Cell 3
15Switzerland270Row 14 - Cell 3
16Slovakia257Row 15 - Cell 3
17Russia257Row 16 - Cell 3
18United States158Row 17 - Cell 3
19Denmark115Row 18 - Cell 3
20Ireland111Row 19 - Cell 3
21Canada102Row 20 - Cell 3
22Costa Rica93Row 21 - Cell 3
23Luxembourg74Row 22 - Cell 3
24Lithuania50Row 23 - Cell 3
25South Africa49Row 24 - Cell 3
26Ukraine40Row 25 - Cell 3
27Belarus32Row 26 - Cell 3
28Estonia25Row 27 - Cell 3
29New Zealand16Row 28 - Cell 3
30Kazakhstan6Row 29 - Cell 3
31Croatia6Row 30 - Cell 3
32Austria5Row 31 - Cell 3
33Latvia2Row 32 - Cell 3
34Argentina2Row 33 - Cell 3

 

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