Nibali surges up WorldTour rankings following Giro d'Italia victory

The fans get their picture of Nibali on the podium

The fans get their picture of Nibali on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Vincenzo Nibali's second Giro d'Italia victory, and fourth career Grand Tour win, has elevated the Astana rider from 46th place to fourth  in the WorldTour standings with 231 points. Peter Sagan continues to lead the individual rankings on 329 points, with his Tinkoff team also retaining top stop on 819 points, ahead of Movistar in second on 730 points, while Spain is the new top nation.

Nibali's haul of 185 points from the Giro sees the Italian enter the top-ten standings for the first time and moves Astana up the team standings from 17th to tenth. Second place overall at the Giro for Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) earned the Colombian 150 points, his first of the season, and places him 15th in the rankings. 159 riders in total have now earned WorldTour points.

Steven Kruijswijk was also a beneficiary of a good Giro with the Dutchman collecting 100 points and entering the rankings in 23rd place. Alejandro Valverde added to his early season haul of WorldTour points with third at the Giro and moves from 27th to seventh on 205 points. Nairo Quintana (285 points) and Alberto Contador (280 points) remain in second and third despite not racing any WorldTour events this month.

With Tinkoff remaining top team, Sky and Movistar swapped second and third on the rankings with the Spanish squad now up to 730 points. Dimension Data are bottom of the 18 teams with 114 points.

Of the 33 nations to have accumulated points thus far in the WorldTour season, it's Spain who is on top with 817 points, ahead of Colombia on 792 points. With 579 points, Australia slips from second to third with Italy a big mover from 14th to seventh on 399 points. Lithuania is in last place with a solitary point.

The Critérium du Dauphiné (5–12 June) and Tour de Suisse (11-19 June) are the next two WorldTour events on the calendar, followed by the Tour de France (2-24 July). 

UCI WorldTour Rankings - 30 May

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Individual
#Rider Name (Country) TeamHeader Cell - Column 2 Header Cell - Column 3
1Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff329pts
2Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team285Row 1 - Cell 3
3Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff280Row 2 - Cell 3
4Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana231Row 3 - Cell 3
5Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team222Row 4 - Cell 3
6lnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha219Row 5 - Cell 3
7Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team205Row 6 - Cell 3
8Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky204Row 7 - Cell 3
9Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) LottoNL–Jumbo201Row 8 - Cell 3
10Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ200Row 9 - Cell 3
11Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Trek–Segafredo168Row 10 - Cell 3
12Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team162Row 11 - Cell 3
13Arnaud Démare (Fra) FDJ153Row 12 - Cell 3
14Rui Costa (Por) Lampre–Merida152Row 13 - Cell 3
15Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica–GreenEdge150Row 14 - Cell 3
16Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx–Quick-Step149Row 15 - Cell 3
17Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky147Row 16 - Cell 3
18Jon Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team131Row 17 - Cell 3
19Samuel Sánchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team130Row 18 - Cell 3
20Dan Martin (Irl) Etixx–Quick-Step126Row 19 - Cell 3
21an Stannard (Gbr) Team Sky120Row 20 - Cell 3
22Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge119Row 21 - Cell 3
23Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL–Jumbo118Row 22 - Cell 3
24Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha106Row 23 - Cell 3
25Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky105Row 24 - Cell 3
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamHeader Cell - Column 2 Header Cell - Column 3
1Tinkoff819pts
2Movistar Team730Row 1 - Cell 3
3Team Sky680Row 2 - Cell 3
4BMC Racing Team628Row 3 - Cell 3
5Orica–GreenEdge517Row 4 - Cell 3
6Team Katusha496Row 5 - Cell 3
7Etixx–Quick-Step494Row 6 - Cell 3
8FDJ428Row 7 - Cell 3
9LottoNL–Jumbo361Row 8 - Cell 3
10Astana308Row 9 - Cell 3
11Trek–Segafredo267Row 10 - Cell 3
12Lampre–Merida243Row 11 - Cell 3
13Lotto–Soudal211Row 12 - Cell 3
14Cannondale189Row 13 - Cell 3
15Giant–Alpecin167Row 14 - Cell 3
16IAM Cycling134Row 15 - Cell 3
17AG2R La Mondiale129Row 16 - Cell 3
18Team Dimension Data114Row 17 - Cell 3
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Nations
#Rider Name (Country) TeamHeader Cell - Column 2 Header Cell - Column 3
1Spain817pts
2Colombia762Row 1 - Cell 3
3Australia579Row 2 - Cell 3
4Belgium557Row 3 - Cell 3
5France535Row 4 - Cell 3
6Netherlands423Row 5 - Cell 3
7Italy399Row 6 - Cell 3
8Great Britain398Row 7 - Cell 3
9Switzerland361Row 8 - Cell 3
10Slovakia329Row 9 - Cell 3
11Russia290Row 10 - Cell 3
12Poland187Row 11 - Cell 3
13Portugal170Row 12 - Cell 3
14Norway162Row 13 - Cell 3
15Germany162Row 14 - Cell 3

 

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