Gerrans, RadioShack-Nissan top first WorldTour rankings

Confetti and all, Gerrans on the podium

Confetti and all, Gerrans on the podium (Image credit: Sirotti)

Following his overall victory in the Santos Tour Down Under, GreenEdge's Simon Gerrans became the first leader of the UCI's WorldTour individual rankings.

Gerrans leads runner-up Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) by 19 points, with fellow podium finisher Tiago Machado (RadioShack-Nissan) in third, 15 further points back.

Thanks to the presence of both Machado and Jan Bakelants in the top five on general classification, the RadioShack-Nissan team kicked off the season at the top of the team rankings.

The Luxembourg squad leads Movistar by 7 points, with GreenEdge one point behind.

Strong performances by the home riders, who placed five riders in the points - Gerrans, Sky's Michael Rogers, Rabobank's Michael Matthews and Mark Renshaw and GreenEdge's Robbie McEwen - put Australia atop the nations rankings ahead of Spain and Portugal.

The WorldTour now takes a six-week hiatus before resuming at Paris-Nice on March 4.

WorldTour standings as of January 22, 2012

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1Simon Gerrans (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team106pts
2Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team87Row 1 - Cell 3
3Tiago Machado (Por) Radioshack-Nissan72Row 2 - Cell 3
4Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling61Row 3 - Cell 3
5Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan40Row 4 - Cell 3
6Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling34Row 5 - Cell 3
7Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team20Row 6 - Cell 3
8André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team18Row 7 - Cell 3
9Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team15Row 8 - Cell 3
10Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat7Row 9 - Cell 3
11Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team6Row 10 - Cell 3
12Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD6Row 11 - Cell 3
13Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team5Row 12 - Cell 3
14Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team4Row 13 - Cell 3
15Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep4Row 14 - Cell 3
16Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan3Row 15 - Cell 3
17Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team1Row 16 - Cell 3
18Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale1Row 17 - Cell 3
19Robbie McEwen (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team1Row 18 - Cell 3
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Teams
1Radioshack-Nissan115pts
2Movistar Team108Row 1 - Cell 3
3Greenedge Cycling Team107Row 2 - Cell 3
4Sky Procycling95Row 3 - Cell 3
5Rabobank Cycling Team20Row 4 - Cell 3
6Lotto Belisol Team18Row 5 - Cell 3
7Katusha Team10Row 6 - Cell 3
8FDJ-Big Mat7Row 7 - Cell 3
9Lampre - ISD6Row 8 - Cell 3
10Omega Pharma-Quickstep4Row 9 - Cell 3
11Liquigas-Cannondale1Row 10 - Cell 3
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Nations
1Australia188pts
2Spain114Row 1 - Cell 3
3Portugal72Row 2 - Cell 3
4Belgium40Row 3 - Cell 3
5Norway34Row 4 - Cell 3
6Germany22Row 5 - Cell 3
7Italy10Row 6 - Cell 3
8Belarus7Row 7 - Cell 3
9Russia4Row 8 - Cell 3

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