Megan Guarnier goes top of Women's WorldTour rankings after Tour of California victory
Boels Dolmans continue to dominate after seven races
Overall victory in the Women's Tour of California saw Megan Guarnier become the third Boels-Dolmans rider to win a round of the newly created Women's WorldTour and also lead the individual rankings. World Champion and teammate Lizzie Armitstead won the first round of the Women's WorldTour at Strade Bianchi to become the first leader of the standings for Boels Dolmans while Chantal Blaak's Gent-Wevelgem win saw the Dutch woman become the second overall leader from the team.
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Women's Tour of California stage 1 victory atop Heavenly Mountain Resort set up Guarnier for her first GC win of the season and first win at WorldTour level to catapult her from third to first on the standings with 504 points.
Guarnier now leads Wiggle-High5's Emma Johansson on the standings with Armitstead dropping from first to third and Blaak from second to fourth. Johansson's eighth place overall in California saw her rise from fourth to second on 398 points. Kristin Armstrong entered the standings in 18th place after her second place overall with 93 riders having now scored points.
With Evelyn Stevens' third place in California, Boels-Dolmans' further extended its lead in the team standings with a tally of 1564 points. Wiggle-High5 stay second, despite adding to its haul of 954 points, as do the other top six teams with Twenty16 - Ridebiker's entry onto the standings in seventh causing a slight change to the bottom half of the top-ten. Podium Ambition Pro Cycling P/B Club La Santa and the USA National Team also scored points for the first time this season with 27 teams in total on the ranking board.
In the best young rider standings, Rabo-Liv's Katarzyna Niewiadoma stays top while Maria Vittoria Sperotto enters the standings in sixth place with four points.
The next race on the Women's WorldTour is the June 5 Philadelphia International Cycling Classic on the other side of America before returning to Europe with the Aviva Women's Tour in mid-June.
Women's WorldTour rankings - May 23
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# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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1 (3) | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 504 | pts |
2 (4) | Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 | 398 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 (1) | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 368 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 (2) | Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 349 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 (5) | Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 300 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 (6) | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 235 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 (7) | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Liv-Plantur | 235 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 (8) | Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-AIS | 209 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 (9) | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 202 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 (18) | Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 201 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 (10) | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle High5 | 169 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 (41) | Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 157 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 (11) | Ting Ying Huang (Tpe) | 156 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 (12) | Jolanda Neff (Swi) Servetto Footon | 144 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 (15) | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon SRAM Racing | 140 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 (14) | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing | 132 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 (13) | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica-AIS | 124 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 (-) | Kristin Armstrong (USA) Twenty16 - Ridebiker | 118 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 (42) | Coryn Rivera (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 106 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 (16) | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | 104 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 (17) | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 101 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 (25) | Amy Pieters (Ned) Wiggle High5 | 98 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 (19) | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 95 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 (20) | Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Ale' Cipollini | 92 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 (21) | Carmen Small (USA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 86 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 (22) | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon SRAM Racing | 85 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 (23) | Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 85 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 (24) | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 85 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 (26) | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 84 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 (-) | Leah Thomas (USA) Twenty16 - Ridebiker | 60 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 (1) | Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 1564 | pts |
2 (2) | Wiggle High5 | 954 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 (3) | Raboliv Womencyclingteam | 860 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 (4) | Orica - AIS | 446 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 (5) | Canyon SRAM Racing | 397 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 (6) | Team Liv-Plantur | 291 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 (-) | Twenty16 - Ridebiker | 236 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 (7) | Ale Cipollini | 212 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 (8) | Servetto Footon | 180 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 (9) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 170 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 (17) | UnitedHealthcare Professional Women's Cycling Team | 164 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 (10) | Chinese Taipei | 156 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 (11) | Hitec Products | 146 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 (12) | Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | 140 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 (13) | Cylance Pro Cycling | 114 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 (14) | Lotto Soudal Ladies | 109 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 (15) | Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 94 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 (16) | BTC City Ljubljana | 83 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 (21) | Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank | 73 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 (18) | BePink | 24 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 (19) | Astana Women's Team | 20 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 (20) | Lensworld-Zannata | 18 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 (22) | Korea | 10 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
23 (22) | Thailand | 10 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 (-) | United States | 8 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 (-) | Podium Ambition Pro Cycling P/B Club La Santa | 6 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 (24) | Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | 2 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 (1) | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 24 | pts |
2 (2) | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 (6) | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 10 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 (3) | Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon SRAM Racing | 10 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 (4) | Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 (-) | Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) Servetto Footon | 4 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 (5) | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 (7) | Sofia Beggin (Ita) Astana Women's Team | 4 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 (-) | Lucy Garner (GBr) Wiggle High5 | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 (8) | Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 (9) | Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 2 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 (10) | Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Etixx | 2 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 (11) | Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Astana Women's Team | 2 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |