Sagan surges to WorldTour lead

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Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) wins Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Nairo Quintana (Movistar) steps on the podium as the winner of Volta a Catalunya (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Richie Porte (BMC) Volta a Catalunya (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) was second overall in Catalunya (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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

Individual
#	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

Teams
#	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

Nations
#	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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