Simon Yates to be crowned WorldTour champion ahead of Peter Sagan

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Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) celebrates after stage 20(Image credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) is set to be crowned 2018 WorldTour champion at the end of this week. The Briton remains at the top of the rankings after Il Lombardia and the Tour of Turkey wrapped up this weekend, with this week's Tour of Guangxi the final event on the WorldTour calendar.

Yates stands on 3,072 points, with Sagan on 2,992 and Valverde on 2,609. None of them are racing the Tour of Guangxi, so there are no more opportunities for the standings to chance. In fact, no one in the top 15 is racing in China this week, so the only changes that can be expected are minor rises for Trek-Segafredo's Jasper Stuyven (19th), FDJ's Arnaud Démare (20th), and BMC's Richie Porte (25th). For Stuyven or Démare to crack the top 10 they'd have to win every stage and the overall.

The big riser thanks to this weekend's action was Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), whose 500 points for his Il Lombardia victory catapulted him 17 places into 17th overall. Runner-up Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) jumped some 23 places to go 35th, while third-placed Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing) leaped 19 places into 37th. Fourth-placed Rigoberto Urán (EF-Drapac) moved 18 places to sit just outside the top 50, and fifth-placed Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) was fifth at Lombardia and rose seven places into 18th.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott	3072	pts
2	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	2992	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	2609	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky	2534	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	2442	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors	2399	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb	2393	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors	2161	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky	1976	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb	1975	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo	1951	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team	1803	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team	1610	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	1530	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale	1516	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky	1515	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ	1500	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal	1480	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo	1456	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	1448	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	1447	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	1417	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	1403	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors	1380	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team	1368	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors	1324	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates	1323	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team	1209	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky	1204	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott	1137	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	1127	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates	1101	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal	1095	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott	1072	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	1046	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors	1021	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team	991	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	987	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	980	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team	956	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe	929	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo	906	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo	904	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	858	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team	842	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott	842	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	842	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	841	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team	807	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	798	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	797	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe	779	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team	775	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team	774	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe	750	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors	741	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	728	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	698	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida	686	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates	669	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe	664	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb	640	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	629	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott	619	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb	618	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo	608	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo	577	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team	564	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	560	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors	537	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo	520	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors	512	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin	508	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	497	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data	497	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data	462	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	462	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ	459	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe	458	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	457	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale	455	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	454	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal	448	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo	443	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott	442	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	416	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb	413	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo	406	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team	404	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ	397	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team	395	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky	391	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	388	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team	387	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal	349	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team	349	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	343	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team	336	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky	332	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky	328	Row 99 - Cell 3

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Team Ranking
#	Team Name	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Quick-Step Floors	13048	pts
2	Team Sky	9818	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Bora-Hansgrohe	8838	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	BMC Racing Team	8749	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Mitchelton-Scott	8488	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Astana Pro Team	7513	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Bahrain-Merida	7394	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Movistar Team	7218	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Team Sunweb	7216	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Team LottoNl-Jumbo	6998	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	AG2R La Mondiale	6344	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	UAE Team Emirates	5430	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Trek-Segafredo	5392	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Groupama-FDJ	5092	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Lotto Soudal	4684	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale	4246	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Katusha-Alpecin	2727	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Dimension Data	1896	Row 17 - Cell 3

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UCI World Ranking
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	4168	pts
2	Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott	3160	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors	3106	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	3092	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors	2991	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky	2777	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	2744	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb	2693	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal	2663	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	2545	Row 9 - Cell 3

Patrick is a freelance sports writer and editor. He’s an NCTJ-accredited journalist with a bachelor’s degree in modern languages (French and Spanish). Patrick worked full-time at Cyclingnews for eight years between 2015 and 2023, latterly as Deputy Editor.