Froome moves to fourth in WorldTour standings after Dauphiné win
Spain regains nations lead, Sky remains top team
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) remains in top spot in the individual rankings of the UCI WorldTour, but Sunday’s victory for Chris Froome (Sky) in the Critérium du Dauphiné has seen the Briton move up from ninth to fourth overall.
Froome’s teammate Richie Porte’s second place overall in the Dauphiné, meanwhile, has gained the 2013 Paris-Nice winner two spots in the WorldTour rankings, moving the Australian into fifth. Thus while the top three spots remain completely unchanged, with Cancellara at 351 points, Giro d’Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) at 322 and Peter Sagan (Cannondale) with 312, Froome is now just one point behind Sagan, with 311, while Porte's total is 305.
Froome’s resurgence in the WorldTour standings is a just reflection of the 28-year-old Briton’s impressive domination in the Critérium du Dauphiné, where he took third in the mid-week time trial, moved into the lead 24 hours later at Valmorel, the race’s first major summit finish, and then concluded Sunday’s final mountain test, at Risoul, in second place on the stage.
Overall, Froome completes what is both a hugely prestigious win in itself and a key dress rehearsal for the Briton’s bid for victory in the Tour de France in July with a 58-second advantage over teammate Porte, while Spain’s Dani Moreno (Katusha) is third, at 2:12.
It is Froome’s ninth win this season, following outright victories in the Tour of Oman, Critérium International and the Tour de Romandie, as well as a second place and a stage win in Tirreno-Adriatico. Should he meet with further success in the Tour de France, the overall top spot in the WorldTour rankings looks well within his reach at the end of July.
In the nations classification, Spain regained control of the lead from Colombia, briefly heading the rankings after their strong collective performance in the Giro d’Italia. With five riders in the top 10 overall, Spain jumped from third to first and now leads by 49 points on Colombia. Neither Colombia nor Italy, with 766 and 720 points respectively, scored any points in the Dauphiné.
The other major mover in the nations classification is Great Britain. Even though the country remains in fourth place, thanks to the Critérium du Dauphiné it has now added 112 points for a total of 622 points, solidifying their advantage over Australia, who remains in fifth spot.
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Unsurprisingly, given Porte’s and Froome’s performances, Sky remains in the top spot of the WorldTour team rankings, but considerably reinforced that position. Already 184 points ahead of Katusha after the Giro d’Italia, Sky now has an advantage of 310 points on the Russian squad, while Movistar Team remains in third at 633 points.
1 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard | 351 | pts |
2 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 322 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 312 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 311 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 305 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale | 255 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | 247 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha | 246 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 213 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 192 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha | 189 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 182 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling | 176 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | 153 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha | 151 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 142 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 140 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 132 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 132 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | 118 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | 117 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 113 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 111 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 111 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 100 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 98 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 95 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha | 90 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | 90 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | 86 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team | 83 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 80 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 80 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha | 76 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 72 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | 72 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 70 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 70 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 66 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 66 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 64 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | 64 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 63 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 62 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 61 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 61 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | 59 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 58 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 58 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack Leopard | 52 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | 51 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 51 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 50 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard | 42 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 41 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 41 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 41 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 40 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 40 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 40 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 38 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 37 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 34 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 33 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 32 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp | 32 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 30 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 30 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 26 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | 24 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | 24 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp | 24 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 24 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 23 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha | 22 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 21 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 20 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | 20 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 20 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 18 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard | 18 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard | 18 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 17 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | 16 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano | 16 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 16 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha | 16 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 15 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 14 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 14 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 14 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 12 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha | 12 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard | 11 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 10 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 10 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | 10 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 10 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
100 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 9 | Row 99 - Cell 3 |
101 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 9 | Row 100 - Cell 3 |
102 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge | 8 | Row 101 - Cell 3 |
103 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 8 | Row 102 - Cell 3 |
104 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 7 | Row 103 - Cell 3 |
105 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 7 | Row 104 - Cell 3 |
106 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard | 6 | Row 105 - Cell 3 |
107 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 6 | Row 106 - Cell 3 |
108 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 6 | Row 107 - Cell 3 |
109 | Francois Parisien (Can) Team Argos-Shimano | 6 | Row 108 - Cell 3 |
110 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge | 6 | Row 109 - Cell 3 |
111 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 6 | Row 110 - Cell 3 |
112 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 6 | Row 111 - Cell 3 |
113 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling | 5 | Row 112 - Cell 3 |
114 | Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 5 | Row 113 - Cell 3 |
115 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 5 | Row 114 - Cell 3 |
116 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | Row 115 - Cell 3 |
117 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ | 4 | Row 116 - Cell 3 |
118 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 4 | Row 117 - Cell 3 |
119 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 4 | Row 118 - Cell 3 |
120 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 4 | Row 119 - Cell 3 |
121 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | Row 120 - Cell 3 |
122 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 4 | Row 121 - Cell 3 |
123 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 4 | Row 122 - Cell 3 |
124 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha | 4 | Row 123 - Cell 3 |
125 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard | 3 | Row 124 - Cell 3 |
126 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 3 | Row 125 - Cell 3 |
127 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | Row 126 - Cell 3 |
128 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | 2 | Row 127 - Cell 3 |
129 | Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 2 | Row 128 - Cell 3 |
130 | Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack Leopard | 2 | Row 129 - Cell 3 |
131 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 2 | Row 130 - Cell 3 |
132 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | 2 | Row 131 - Cell 3 |
133 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha | 2 | Row 132 - Cell 3 |
134 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling | 2 | Row 133 - Cell 3 |
135 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | 2 | Row 134 - Cell 3 |
136 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 2 | Row 135 - Cell 3 |
137 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 2 | Row 136 - Cell 3 |
138 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 2 | Row 137 - Cell 3 |
139 | Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 2 | Row 138 - Cell 3 |
140 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 1 | Row 139 - Cell 3 |
141 | Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team | 1 | Row 140 - Cell 3 |
142 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1 | Row 141 - Cell 3 |
143 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | 1 | Row 142 - Cell 3 |
144 | Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1 | Row 143 - Cell 3 |
145 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano | 1 | Row 144 - Cell 3 |
146 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ | 1 | Row 145 - Cell 3 |
147 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 1 | Row 146 - Cell 3 |
148 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team | 1 | Row 147 - Cell 3 |
149 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 1 | Row 148 - Cell 3 |
150 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | 1 | Row 149 - Cell 3 |
151 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 1 | Row 150 - Cell 3 |
152 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | 1 | Row 151 - Cell 3 |
153 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1 | Row 152 - Cell 3 |
154 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 1 | Row 153 - Cell 3 |
155 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 1 | Row 154 - Cell 3 |
156 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1 | Row 155 - Cell 3 |
157 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 1 | Row 156 - Cell 3 |
158 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | 1 | Row 157 - Cell 3 |
159 | Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1 | Row 158 - Cell 3 |
1 | Spain | 811 | pts |
2 | Colombia | 766 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Italy | 720 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Great Britain | 622 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Australia | 553 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Belgium | 408 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Netherlands | 398 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | France | 366 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Switzerland | 362 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Slovakia | 322 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Poland | 313 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | United States | 296 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Slovenia | 266 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Ireland | 247 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Czech Republic | 120 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Norway | 106 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Portugal | 94 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Germany | 86 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Denmark | 66 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Russia | 43 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Lithuania | 32 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Estonia | 30 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Canada | 30 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Costa Rica | 24 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Austria | 18 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Croatia | 18 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | South Africa | 7 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Ukraine | 6 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Finland | 4 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Kazakhstan | 4 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Sweden | 2 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
1 | Sky Procycling | 1062 | pts |
2 | Katusha | 752 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Movistar Team | 633 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Astana Pro Team | 530 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | RadioShack Leopard | 481 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 479 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Garmin-Sharp | 465 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | BMC Racing Team | 437 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Ag2R La Mondiale | 418 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Lampre-Merida | 392 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 368 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 346 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 318 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Orica-GreenEdge | 212 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 162 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Lotto Belisol | 148 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | FDJ | 121 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 107 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Team Argos-Shimano | 56 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |