Contador top of WorldTour rankings ahead of Tour de France

With the Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse both raced and won, 17 WorldTour races have now been completed in 2014 and it is Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) who sits atop the individual rankings ahead of the 101st Tour de France.

Contador conceded the lead in the individual ranking to Nairo Quintana (Movistar) after the Colombian’s Giro d'Italia victory but his second place overall at the Dauphiné behind Andrew Talanksy (Garmin-Sharp) saw Contador climb back onto the top step with 397 points.

Quintana sits second on 345 points while after a record breaking third consecutive overall victory at the Tour de Suisse, World Champion Rui Costa's (Lampre-Merida) first win in the rainbow jersey saw him collect 100 WorldTour points to move up 12 places on the rankings to third place on 268 points.

After claiming his debut win for Lampre-Merida, a relieved Costa was quick to thank his teammates and fans for their support.

"This win pays back me and my teammates for all the work we've done this week, we're happy," he said after pulling on the winner's yellow jersey.

"It's not easy to win in this [World Champion's] jersey. But I'm happy to race wearing this jersey and wanted to win wearing it. I'm not superstitious or anything and it's just great to win a third Tour de Suisse as World Champion. This win is also for all the Portuguese cycling fans that cheered for me during all of the Tour de Suisse."

Omega Pharma-Quick Step's reign as the best team continues having led since the Tour of Flanders in April with a haul of 796 points. Movistar are the second ranked team on 781 points with Tinkoff-Saxo third on 647 points.

Spain remain top of the nation's rankings, as they have done since the Volta a Catalunya, with a dominant 899 points. In second place over 200 points behind the Iberian nation, Colombia have earned 695 points and are followed by the Netherlands on 613 points and Australia in 612 points.

The next WorldTour race is the Tour de France from July 5-27 and with 200 points awarded to the overall winner, the three-week stage race is decisive in deciding the overall rankings.

Both Contador and Costa are riding the Tour and have the opportunity to add to their tallies while Quintana's next goal is the Vuelta a España in August, which awards 170 points to the overall winner.

Of the 175 riders who have scored at least one WorldTour point, 26 other riders have scored WorldTour points but they were ineligible as members of non-WorldTour teams.

 

Standings

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Individual
#Rider Name (Country) TeamHeader Cell - Column 2 Header Cell - Column 3
1Alberto Contador (ESP) Tinkoff-Saxo397pts
2Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar Team345Row 1 - Cell 3
3Rui Costa (POR) Lampre-Merida268Row 2 - Cell 3
4Simon Gerrans (AUS) Orica-GreenEdge264Row 3 - Cell 3
5Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Trek Factory Racing262Row 4 - Cell 3
6Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team262Row 5 - Cell 3
7Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) Omega Pharma-Quick Step251Row 6 - Cell 3
8Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma-Quick Step200Row 7 - Cell 3
9Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) Belkin Pro Cycling200Row 8 - Cell 3
10Peter Sagan (SVK) Cannondale197Row 9 - Cell 3
11Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Ag2r-La Mondiale197Row 10 - Cell 3
12Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team188Row 11 - Cell 3
13John Degenkolb (GER) Giant-Shimano176Row 12 - Cell 3
14Simon Špilak (SLO) Team Katusha173Row 13 - Cell 3
15Chris Froome (GBR) Team Sky163Row 14 - Cell 3
16Rigoberto Urán (COL) Omega Pharma-Quick Step155Row 15 - Cell 3
17Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha153Row 16 - Cell 3
18Wilco Kelderman (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling138Row 17 - Cell 3
19Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp135Row 18 - Cell 3
20Roman Kreuziger (CZE) Tinkoff-Saxo135Row 19 - Cell 3
21Bauke Mollema (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling132Row 20 - Cell 3
22Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) Ag2r-La Mondiale132Row 21 - Cell 3
23Geraint Thomas (GBR) Team Sky125Row 22 - Cell 3
24Diego Ulissi (ITA) Lampre-Merida125Row 23 - Cell 3
25Fabio Aru (ITA) Astana124Row 24 - Cell 3
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamHeader Cell - Column 2 Header Cell - Column 3
1Omega Pharma-Quick Step796pts
2Movistar Team781Row 1 - Cell 3
3Tinkoff-Saxo647Row 2 - Cell 3
4Ag2r-La Mondiale598Row 3 - Cell 3
5Team Katusha537Row 4 - Cell 3
6BMC Racing Team531Row 5 - Cell 3
7Belkin Pro Cycling518Row 6 - Cell 3
8Team Sky476Row 7 - Cell 3
9Trek Factory Racing458Row 8 - Cell 3
10Lampre-Merida438Row 9 - Cell 3
11Orica-GreenEdge406Row 10 - Cell 3
12Garmin-Sharp386Row 11 - Cell 3
13Giant-Shimano341Row 12 - Cell 3
14Astana322Row 13 - Cell 3
15Cannondale252Row 14 - Cell 3
16FDJ.fr248Row 15 - Cell 3
17Lotto-Belisol216Row 16 - Cell 3
18Team Europcar159Row 17 - Cell 3
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Nations
#Rider Name (Country) TeamHeader Cell - Column 2 Header Cell - Column 3
1Spain899pts
2Colombia695Row 1 - Cell 3
3Netherlands613Row 2 - Cell 3
4Australia612Row 3 - Cell 3
5Italy586Row 4 - Cell 3
6Belgium567Row 5 - Cell 3
7France500Row 6 - Cell 3
8Great Britain485Row 7 - Cell 3
9Germany352Row 8 - Cell 3
10Switzerland340Row 9 - Cell 3
11Poland324Row 10 - Cell 3
12United States271Row 11 - Cell 3
13Portugal270Row 12 - Cell 3
14Slovenia228Row 13 - Cell 3
15Czech Republic220Row 14 - Cell 3

 

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