Peter Sagan into first place on WorldTour rankings after Tour of Flanders

With sixth place at the Tour of Flanders, world champion Peter Sagan of Bora-Hansgrohe has moved top of the WorldTour rankings for the first time in season 2018.

Sagan now has 1126 points to his name and overtakes Alejandro Valverde who remains on 1079 points after skipping Tour of Flanders. Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal) has jumped into third place with 986 points while Tour of Flanders winner Niki Terpstra is fourth with 972 points.

In the team rankings, QuickStep-Floors continues to lead with an increased tally of 4588 points. Mitchelton-Scott are second on 3154.99 points with BMC third on 2765.99 points. At the bottom end of the 18 teams are Katusha-Alpecin on 667 points.

A number of riders made a big leap up the standings after De Ronde, including Mads Pedersen who improved 51 places to 19th. Terpstra improved by 12 places with Phillipe Gilbert moving up eight places into seventh place. Michael Andersen moved up 11 places and is now 13th overall.

With 13 WorldTour events now raced and won in 2018, 311 riders have scored points. QuickStep-Floors has 20 riders with WorldTour points thus far in the season while Team Sky has 22 riders to have scored points. At UAE Team Emirates, only 12 riders have scored WorldTour points in the 2018 season.

The WorldTour rankings will next be updated after the Vuelta al Pais Vasco and Paris-Roubaix with 400 and 500 points respectively for the winners.

WorldTour rankings - April 1

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe1126pts
2Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team1079Row 1 - Cell 3
3Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal986Row 2 - Cell 3
4Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors972Row 3 - Cell 3
5Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott861.57Row 4 - Cell 3
6Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ827Row 5 - Cell 3
7Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors820Row 6 - Cell 3
8Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors817Row 7 - Cell 3
9Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott760Row 8 - Cell 3
10Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team745Row 9 - Cell 3
11Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo710Row 10 - Cell 3
12Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team678.57Row 11 - Cell 3
13Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team657Row 12 - Cell 3
14Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky633.43Row 13 - Cell 3
15Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale625Row 14 - Cell 3
16Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida590Row 15 - Cell 3
17Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott549.57Row 16 - Cell 3
18Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors530Row 17 - Cell 3
19Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo520Row 18 - Cell 3
20Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida500Row 19 - Cell 3
21Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale497Row 20 - Cell 3
22Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team460Row 21 - Cell 3
23Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team453.57Row 22 - Cell 3
24Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors400Row 23 - Cell 3
25Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates395Row 24 - Cell 3
26Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors389Row 25 - Cell 3
27Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates379Row 26 - Cell 3
28Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale368Row 27 - Cell 3
29Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida365Row 28 - Cell 3
30Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe356Row 29 - Cell 3
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Quick-Step Floors4588pts
2Mitchelton-Scott3154.99Row 1 - Cell 3
3BMC Racing Team2765.99Row 2 - Cell 3
4Movistar Team2728Row 3 - Cell 3
5Bora-Hansgrohe2547Row 4 - Cell 3
6Team Sky2244.01Row 5 - Cell 3
7Bahrain-Merida2159Row 6 - Cell 3
8Lotto Soudal1942Row 7 - Cell 3
9Astana Pro Team1769Row 8 - Cell 3
10Trek-Segafredo1707Row 9 - Cell 3
11AG2R La Mondiale1698Row 10 - Cell 3
12Team Sunweb1396Row 11 - Cell 3
13EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale1258Row 12 - Cell 3
14Groupama - FDJ1171Row 13 - Cell 3
15LottoNL-Jumbo1144Row 14 - Cell 3
16UAE Team Emirates1097Row 15 - Cell 3
17Dimension Data928Row 16 - Cell 3
18Katusha-Alpecin667Row 17 - Cell 3

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