Peter Sagan extends WorldTour ranking lead with Paris-Roubaix victory

World Champion Peter Sagan has extended his lead atop the individual WorldTour rankings with his first Paris-Roubaix victory. Sagan replaced Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) at the head of the rankings following the Tour of Flanders and now has 1626 points to his name. Third place for Niki Terpstra at Paris-Roubaix, a week after the QuickStep-Floors rider won Tour of Flanders, has elevated the Dutchman into second place on 1297 points. Valverde sits third on the rankings with 1079 points.

Vuelta a Pais Vasco winner Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo) sits 18th on the standings with 611 points after the first one-week WorldTour stage race victory of his career.

Of the riders to have raced Paris-Roubaix and finish top ten, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) has subsequently risen seventh positions into fifth place, Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) has improved five places to sit sixth while Sep Vanmarcke (EF Education-Drapac) jumps from 16th to 11th. The biggest improver though was Silvan Dillier (AG2R-La Mondiale) with the Swiss national champion up 156 places to sit in 28th place on 420 points.

329 riders have now scored WorldTour points in the 2018 season.

Following Paris-Roubaix, QuickStep-Floors continue to dominate the team rankings. The Belgian team has amassed 5366 points with Sagan's Bora-Hansgrohe team a distant second on 3426 points. Of the 18 teams, Katusha-Alpecin are bottom with just 885 points and are joined by Dimension Data as the only squads to have scored less than 1000 points.

The next race on the WorldTour calendar is the Amstel Gold Race (15 April) with 500 points to be awarded to the winner. La Flèche Wallonne follows three days later with 400 points to the victor. The Ardennes week then concludes 22 April with Liège–Bastogne–Liège where 500 points are also awarded to the winner. The next WorldTour stage race on the calendar is the Tour de Romandie in late-April.

WorldTour rankings - 9 April

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe1626pts
2Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors1297Row 1 - Cell 3
3Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team1079Row 2 - Cell 3
4Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal986Row 3 - Cell 3
5Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team953Row 4 - Cell 3
6Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo935Row 5 - Cell 3
7Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott861Row 6 - Cell 3
8Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors855Row 7 - Cell 3
9Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ827Row 8 - Cell 3
10Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors817Row 9 - Cell 3
11Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale800Row 10 - Cell 3
12Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott760Row 11 - Cell 3
13Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team745Row 12 - Cell 3
14Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team657Row 13 - Cell 3
15Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky641Row 14 - Cell 3
16Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida633Row 15 - Cell 3
17Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors630Row 16 - Cell 3
18Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo611Row 17 - Cell 3
19Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida590Row 18 - Cell 3
20Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale557Row 19 - Cell 3
21Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team555Row 20 - Cell 3
22Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott549Row 21 - Cell 3
23Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo520Row 22 - Cell 3
24Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida516Row 23 - Cell 3
25Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team509Row 24 - Cell 3
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Quick-Step Floors5366pts
2Bora-Hansgrohe3426Row 1 - Cell 3
3Movistar Team78528:00:00Row 2 - Cell 3
4Mitchelton-Scott77423:45:36Row 3 - Cell 3
5BMC Racing Team75503:45:36Row 4 - Cell 3
6Bahrain-Merida59784:00:00Row 5 - Cell 3
7Team Sky57408:14:24Row 6 - Cell 3
8AG2R La Mondiale2247Row 7 - Cell 3
9Lotto Soudal2159Row 8 - Cell 3
10Trek-Segafredo2113Row 9 - Cell 3
11Astana Pro Team1981Row 10 - Cell 3
12LottoNL-Jumbo1720Row 11 - Cell 3
13EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale1592Row 12 - Cell 3
14Team Sunweb1493Row 13 - Cell 3
15UAE Team Emirates1234Row 14 - Cell 3
16Groupama-FDJ1203Row 15 - Cell 3
17Dimension Data963Row 16 - Cell 3
18Katusha-Alpecin885Row 17 - Cell 3

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