Sagan surges to WorldTour lead
Contador moves into third behind Porte
Thanks to his victory in Gent-Wevelgem, world champion Peter Sagan became the new leader of the UCI WorldTour, surpassing Richie Porte (BMC), who has led the rankings since landing on the podium at Paris-Nice. Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), who finished second overall in the Volta a Catalunya, is now third.
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was the biggest mover, making his debut in the rankings at eighth after winning Catalunya by a slim seven seconds over Contador.
Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), who was previously second overall, slipped to fourth after coming ninth in Gent-Wevelgem.
In the team standings, Tinkoff have taken over top spot with a haul of 474 points with Team Sky dropping to second place on 463 points while BMC are third with 448 points. Giant-Alpecin remain bottom of the 18 teams with eight points.
Australia continue to top the nation standings with 450 points with no change to the top five.
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UCI WorldTour rankings as of March 28, 2016
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team | 229 | pts |
2 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 222 | |
3 | Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team | 171 | |
4 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 162 | |
5 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 137 | |
6 | Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky | 115 | |
7 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 113 | |
8 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 104 | |
9 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 104 | |
10 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky | 102 | |
11 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha | 96 | |
12 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 92 | |
13 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo | 86 | |
14 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 84 | |
15 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step | 76 | |
16 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 71 | |
17 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step | 70 | |
18 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff Team | 68 | |
19 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ | 60 | |
20 | Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 54 | |
21 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 52 | |
22 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 52 | |
23 | Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team | 51 | |
24 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha | 50 | |
25 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | 50 | |
26 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 50 | |
27 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 46 | |
28 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | 40 | |
29 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 40 | |
30 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | 37 | |
31 | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge | 31 | |
32 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | 30 | |
33 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | 30 | |
34 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 30 | |
35 | Fernando Gaviria (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step | 28 | |
36 | Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team | 22 | |
37 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lotto Soudal | 21 | |
38 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal | 21 | |
39 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | 20 | |
40 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 17 | |
41 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 16 | |
42 | Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 14 | |
43 | Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ | 11 | |
44 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha | 10 | |
45 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 10 | |
46 | Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | 9 | |
47 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | 8 | |
48 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 7 | |
49 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 7 | |
50 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | 6 | |
51 | Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 6 | |
52 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 6 | |
53 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 6 | |
54 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 6 | |
55 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data | 6 | |
56 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 6 | |
57 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 5 | |
58 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step | 4 | |
59 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 4 | |
60 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team | 4 | |
61 | Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | 4 | |
62 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 4 | |
63 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ | 4 | |
64 | Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 4 | |
65 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 4 | |
66 | Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | 4 | |
67 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 4 | |
68 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 4 | |
69 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge | 4 | |
70 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | 4 | |
71 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 4 | |
72 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 4 | |
73 | Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha | 2 | |
74 | Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 2 | |
75 | Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff Team | 2 | |
76 | Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling | 2 | |
77 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | 2 | |
78 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 2 | |
79 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data | 2 | |
80 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 2 | |
81 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling | 2 | |
82 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 2 | |
83 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 2 | |
84 | Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step | 2 | |
85 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data | 2 | |
86 | Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida | 1 | |
87 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team | 1 | |
88 | Carlos Verona (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step | 1 | |
89 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Dimension Data | 1 | |
90 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | 1 | |
91 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 | |
92 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | |
93 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1 | |
94 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 1 | |
95 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 | |
96 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 1 | |
97 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tinkoff | 474 | pts |
2 | Team Sky | 463 | |
3 | BMC Racing Team | 448 | |
4 | FDJ | 262 | |
5 | Etixx - Quick Step | 215 | |
6 | Team Katusha | 211 | |
7 | Movistar Team | 197 | |
8 | Orica GreenEdge | 181 | |
9 | Lotto Soudal | 146 | |
10 | Trek Factory Racing | 134 | |
11 | AG2R La Mondiale | 83 | |
12 | Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 75 | |
13 | Astana Pro Team | 72 | |
14 | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | 67 | |
15 | IAM Cycling | 34 | |
16 | Team Dimension Data | 19 | |
17 | Lampre - Merida | 17 | |
18 | Team Giant - Alpecin | 8 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 450 | pts |
2 | Belgium | 361 | |
3 | Great Britain | 297 | |
4 | Spain | 284 | |
5 | France | 264 | |
6 | Colombia | 253 | |
7 | Slovakia | 229 | |
8 | Switzerland | 158 | |
9 | Russia | 155 | |
10 | Poland | 103 | |
11 | Italy | 92 | |
12 | Ireland | 76 | |
13 | Luxembourg | 76 | |
14 | Canada | 54 | |
15 | United States | 52 | |
16 | Norway | 48 | |
17 | Netherlands | 45 | |
18 | Czech Republic | 42 | |
19 | Germany | 8 | |
20 | New Zealand | 6 | |
21 | Kazakhstan | 6 | |
22 | Slovenia | 5 | |
23 | Portugal | 4 | |
24 | South Africa | 4 | |
25 | Denmark | 2 | |
26 | Eritrea | 2 | |
27 | Belarus | 1 |

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