Impey still top of WorldTour rankings

Despite not racing either the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad or the Abu Dhabi Tour, Daryl Impey remains top of the individual WorldTour rankings. The South African amassed 800 points over the Australian summer via his overall Tour Down Under win and second place finish at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

After the four opening WorldTour races of 2018, Impey's Mitchelton-Scott outfit has been replaced at the top of the team rankings by QuickStep-Floors. The Belgium squad has 1169 points compared to the 1056 points of the Australian team.

Of the first four WorldTour races of 2018, the Tour Down Under awarded 500 points to the winner while at the following three races, 300 points was on offer.

Michael Valgren (Astana) rises to ninth after his weekend victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) was making his 2018 WorldTour debut at the Abu Dhabi Tour and enters the rankings seventh with 340 points following his overall win.

Richie Porte (BMC) remains in second place overall with 460 points. Belgian Dries Devenyns (QuickStep-Floors) is currently third in the rankings with 400 points. 165 riders in total have scored WorldTour points so far in 2018.

In the team rankings, Bora–Hansgrohe sit third best with 823 points. BMC Racing is third on 787 points. Despite 13 riders scoring points so far in 2018, LottoNL-Jumbo are 12th on 387 points. At the bottom of the 18 WorldTour teams is FDJ on 81 poins.

The next WorldTour race in 2018 is the one-day Strade Bianche (3 March) with 300 points on the line for the winner.

WorldTour rankings - 26 February

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott800pts
2Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team460Row 1 - Cell 3
3Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors400Row 2 - Cell 3
4Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates370Row 3 - Cell 3
5Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors362Row 4 - Cell 3
6Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe340Row 5 - Cell 3
7Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team340Row 6 - Cell 3
8Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data340Row 7 - Cell 3
9Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team320Row 8 - Cell 3
10Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb250Row 9 - Cell 3
11Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky250Row 10 - Cell 3
12Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team230Row 11 - Cell 3
13Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale215Row 12 - Cell 3
14Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors181Row 13 - Cell 3
15Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo175Row 14 - Cell 3
16Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky175Row 15 - Cell 3
17Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida150Row 16 - Cell 3
18Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott146Row 17 - Cell 3
19Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team135Row 18 - Cell 3
20André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal135Row 19 - Cell 3
21Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team130Row 20 - Cell 3
22Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team126Row 21 - Cell 3
23Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo125Row 22 - Cell 3
24Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb123Row 23 - Cell 3
25Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe120Row 24 - Cell 3
26Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors120Row 25 - Cell 3
27Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo120Row 26 - Cell 3
28Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe115Row 27 - Cell 3
29Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb115Row 28 - Cell 3
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Quick-Step Floors1169pts
2Mitchelton-Scott1056Row 1 - Cell 3
3Bora-Hansgrohe823Row 2 - Cell 3
4BMC Racing Team787Row 3 - Cell 3
5Astana Pro Team729Row 4 - Cell 3
6Team Sunweb677Row 5 - Cell 3
7Team Sky582Row 6 - Cell 3
8UAE Team Emirates563Row 7 - Cell 3
9Dimension Data451Row 8 - Cell 3
10Trek-Segafredo406Row 9 - Cell 3
11Bahrain-Merida397Row 10 - Cell 3
12LottoNL-Jumbo387Row 11 - Cell 3
13Movistar Team380Row 12 - Cell 3
14EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale323Row 13 - Cell 3
15Lotto Soudal276Row 14 - Cell 3
16AG2R La Mondiale268Row 15 - Cell 3
17Katusha-Alpecin219Row 16 - Cell 3
18Groupama-FDJ81Row 17 - Cell 3

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