Third place overall at Paris-Nice has elevated Richie Porte (BMC) to top stop on the individual WorldTour standings, disposing compatriot Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge). Geraint Thomas' overall win at the 'race to the sun' has seen Team Sky replace Orica-GreenEdge as the top team. There was no change to the nation standings with Australian holding onto its lead. In total, 43 riders have scored points with racing at Tirreno-Adriatico yet to be considered.
Second place at the Tour Down Under and third at Paris-Nice was enough for Porte to jump to 159 points and take a clear lead in the individual standings. Sky's Sergio Henao moved into second place on 115 points, his sixth place in Paris-Nice adding to his third overall at the Tour Down Under.
Thomas earned his first WorldTour points of the season, 104 in total, to enter the standings in fourth place while Alberto Contador's second place at Paris-Nice was worth 86 points and fifth place.
Team Sky's performance in Paris-Nice have seen the British squad jump to first place with 227 points as Orica-GreenEdge are bumped into second place on 171 points, closely followed by BMC on 166 points. All 18 WorldTour teams have scored points although three - LottoNl-Jumbo, Etixx-Quick Step and IAM Cycling currently only have a solitary point.
With 367 points, Australia has a commanding lead in the nation standings with Spain a distant second at the early-stages of the season on 199 points. Great Britain (145) and Colombia (115) are the only other nations to have reached triple figures. Of the 18 nations to have scored points, Slovenia and the Czech Republic are down the bottom on one a piece.
The WorldTour rankings will be adjusted upon the conclusion of Tirreno-Adriatico on Tuesday with the first one-day race of the WorldTour calendar, Milan–San Remo, taking place Sunday March 19 with 100 points awarded to the winer.
WorldTour standings - March 13, 2016
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | points | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 159 | pts |
| 2 | Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky | 115 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 112 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 104 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team | 86 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff Team | 68 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha | 66 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 54 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team | 51 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | 40 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge | 31 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 30 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal | 21 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lotto Soudal | 21 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 16 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 12 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ | 11 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 8 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | 8 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 7 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 6 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 6 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 6 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 6 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 6 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 5 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | 4 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 4 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 4 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | 4 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
| 32 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 4 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
| 33 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 2 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
| 34 | Andr_ Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 2 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
| 35 | Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff Team | 2 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
| 36 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
| 37 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
| 38 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 1 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
| 39 | Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida | 1 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
| 40 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 1 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
| 41 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | 1 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
| 42 | Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
| 43 | Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling | 1 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | points | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Sky | 227 | pts |
| 2 | Orica-GreenEdge | 171 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | BMC Racing Team | 166 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Tinkoff Team | 156 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Movistar Team | 92 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Team Katusha | 73 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 62 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Lotto Soudal | 50 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | AG2R La Mondiale | 40 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | FDJ | 18 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Trek-Segafredo | 12 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Lampre - Merida | 11 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Dimension Data | 8 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Astana Pro Team | 6 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Team Giant-Alpecin | 4 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 1 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Etixx - Quick-Step | 1 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | IAM Cycling | 1 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | points | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 367 | pts |
| 2 | Spain | 199 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 145 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Colombia | 115 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Russia | 67 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Canada | 54 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Italy | 44 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | France | 38 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 12 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Belgium | 11 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 6 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 6 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Norway | 6 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 6 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Portugal | 4 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Germany | 2 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 1 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 1 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
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