Porte, Fuglsang climb WorldTour rankings as Van Avermaet holds firm

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Richie Porte crossing the finish line on stage 8 of the Critérium du Dauphiné(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) is still holding firm after almost three months atop the WorldTour rankings. Van Avermaet soared into the lead after a stellar start to his Classics campaign and built up such an advantage that he has been untouchable so far, despite not scoring points since Liege-Bastogne-Liege in April. He still has 423 points over the next best rider in the standings, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar).

Back in the individual standings, there were a few more movers and shakers. Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) made it into the top 10, while Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) and Daniel Martin (Quick-Step Floors) both moved up places – to fourth and seventh respectively – as Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) both slipped back. Dumoulin is likely to make some ground back up at this week’s Tour de Suisse.

Despite having two riders in the top three, BMC Racing are still some way behind the leaders of the team competition, Quick-Step Floors. The latter has four riders in the top 20, with Martin, Philippe Gilbert, Fernando Gaviria and Julian Alaphilippe. BMC Racing has just Van Avermaet and Porte, with their next best rider Rohan Dennis down in 27th. Dennis took victory in the Tour de Suisse prologue and wore the race leader’s jersey for a day, as did his teammate Stefan Kung. However, Gilbert also claimed a stage for Quick-Step Floors so that 1,752-point gap is unlikely to close too much.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Score	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	2528	pts
2	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	2105	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team	1867	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb	1851	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky	1711	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	1670	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors	1565	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	1536	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	1305	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo	1213	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky	1152	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ	1068	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	1066	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	979	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors	961	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	955	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo	900	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin	876	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors	785	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott	775	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team	764	Row 20 - Cell 3

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Team standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Quick-Step Floors	8890	pts
2	BMC Racing Team	7138	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Movistar Team	5714	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Team Sky	5371	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Orica-Scott	5341	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Trek-Segafredo	4822	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Team Sunweb	4044	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Bora-Hansgrohe	3847	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Katusha-Alpecin	3084	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Team LottoNl-Jumbo	3010	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Bahrain-Merida	2780	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Cannondale-Drapac	2765	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	AG2R La Mondiale	2532	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	UAE Team Emirates	2520	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Astana Pro Team	2491	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	FDJ	2412	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Lotto Soudal	2324	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Dimension Data	1530	Row 17 - Cell 3