Contador takes over WorldTour standings
No change to team or nation standings with Tinkoff and Spain remaining top
Fifth at Criterium du Dauphine has seen Alberto Contador rise to the top of the UCI WorldTour rankings for the first time in 2016, demoting teammate and world champion Peter Sagan into second place. Tinkoff, the team of Contador and Sagan, retains its place as the top team with Spain continuing to lead the nation standings.
Victory in the Dauphine prologue saw Contador wear the leader's yellow jersey for four days before slipping to third on stage 5. The 33-year-old then dropped to fifth the following day and remained in that position at the conclusion of stage 5 to add 55 points to his tally of WorldTour points in 2016.
With Sagan currently racing at the Tour de Suisse, the Slovakian could move back to top of the standings at the conclusion of the nine-day race in June 19 but for now sits second in 329 points.
BMC's Richie Porte, one of four riders to lead the rankings so far in 2016, moves up from fifth to third after he finished fourth overall as Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Giro d'Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) dropping to fourth and fifth respectively.
With his third career Dauphine win, Chris Froome (Sky) jumps from 73rd to 20th on the rankings with 136 points while third place finisher Dan Martin improves from 20th to tenth on 204 points.
In total, 165 riders have scored points in 2016.
While Tinkoff hold onto first place with 876 points, there was no change to the top four team with Etixx-Quick Step the biggest mover from seventh to fifth. Team Dimension Data remain bottom of the 18 teams with 128 points, just six behind IAM Cycling.
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With Contador on top of the standings, Spain's position as the number one ranked nation continues as they continue to lead Colombia by over 100 points having accumulated 874 points so far this season. France jump from third to fifth on 673 points with Australia fourth on 647, and Belgium fifth on 558 points.
Sitting bottom of the 33 nations is Lithuania thanks to Ramūnas Navardauskas' solitary point thus far in 2016.
WorldTour rankings - June 12
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team | 337 | pts |
2 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team | 329 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 290 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 285 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 231 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha | 219 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 206 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | 205 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky | 204 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step | 204 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 201 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo | 168 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 163 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 153 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | 152 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge | 150 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step | 149 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 148 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 138 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | 136 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team | 131 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | 130 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | 128 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | 120 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 119 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 118 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 110 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 105 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky | 104 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge | 102 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tinkoff | 876 | pts |
2 | Movistar Team | 730 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Team Sky | 713 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | BMC Racing Team | 697 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Etixx - Quick Step | 618 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Orica GreenEdge | 517 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Team Katusha | 500 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | FDJ | 434 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 361 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Astana Pro Team | 328 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Trek - Segafredo | 269 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Lampre - Merida | 253 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | AG2R La Mondiale | 215 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Lotto Soudal | 215 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | 189 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Team Giant - Alpecin | 167 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | IAM Cycling | 134 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Team Dimension Data | 128 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Spain | 874 | pts |
2 | Colombia | 762 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | France | 673 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Australia | 647 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Belgium | 558 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Great Britain | 503 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Netherlands | 424 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Italy | 399 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Switzerland | 361 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Slovakia | 329 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Russia | 290 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Ireland | 204 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Poland | 187 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Norway | 174 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Portugal | 170 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Germany | 162 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Luxembourg | 155 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Denmark | 96 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Czech Republic | 92 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Slovenia | 79 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | United States | 72 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Costa Rica | 68 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Canada | 54 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Belarus | 40 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Latvia | 20 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | South Africa | 17 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Estonia | 16 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Austria | 12 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | New Zealand | 6 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Kazakhstan | 6 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Sweden | 2 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Eritrea | 2 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Lithuania | 1 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |