Quintana rises to top of WorldTour standings with Vuelta a Espana victory
Movistar and Spain retain lead in team and nation standings
Victory in the 2016 Vuelta a Espana has seen Nairo Quintana move to the top of the UCI WorldTour standings despite Peter Sagan's GP de Quebec victory and second place at the GP de Montreal. The Colombian, who becomes the fifth leader on on the standings, has accumulated 609 points which also sees Movistar lead the team standings with Spain the top nation
Quintana's overall victory, the second grand tour of his career after his 2014 Giro d'Italia victory, was sealed on the final day stage into the Spanish capital and saw him jump straight into first place. Vuelta runner-up Chris Froome briefly held second place on the standings but it was only a few hours later before Sagan jumped into second with his runner-up position in Montreal.
With one stage race left on the 2016 WorldTour calendar, Quintana leads Sagan by 34 points and is the only rider to have passed the 600 point barrier. Froome won't race again in 2016 and looks like holding onto third place with 564 points while Alberto Contador is fourth on 428 points.
With Quintana top of the standings and Alejandro Valverde in fifth place, Movistar are outright leader's in the team standings with 1411 points with the soon to be defunct Tinkoff second on 1277 points. Team Sky, 1187 points, and BMC, 1067 points, are the other two teams to have passed the 100 points barrier. At the other end of the standings, Dimension Data are last of the 18 teams on 283 points. IAM Cycling, who also will fold at the end of the season, are 17th on 336 points.
Spain's hold on the nation standings continues with 1415 points compared to second place Colombia on 1318 points while Great Britain is the third nation with over 1000 points on 1050. France (943 points) and Australia (908 points) are fourth and fifth on the standings.
In total, 35 nations have scored points with Lithuania bottom of those on a solitary point.
The Eneco Tour is the next WorldTour event of the season, taking place September 19-25 with Il Lombardia the final event on the calendar the following Saturday.
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WorldTour standings - September 11
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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1 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 609 | pts |
2 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff | 585 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky | 564 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Alberto Contador (Esp) Tinkoff | 428 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 396 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 394 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 359 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 314 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Dan Martin (Irl) Etixx–Quick-Step | 280 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica–BikeExchange | 251 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Ion Izagirre (Esp) Movistar Team | 250 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana | 241 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha | 239 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky | 234 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 226 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Joaquim Rodríguez (Esp) Team Katusha | 211 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 206 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) LottoNL–Jumbo | 201 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Rui Costa (Por) Lampre–Merida | 194 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale–Drapac | 185 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica–BikeExchange | 184 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Trek–Segafredo | 176 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek–Segafredo | 160 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Arnaud Démare (Fra) FDJ | 153 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx–Quick-Step | 149 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 148 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | 146 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge | 144 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 138 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 132 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 130 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | 130 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 129 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin | 124 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 121 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | 120 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 119 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 118 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling | 115 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 111 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team | 110 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team | 109 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky | 108 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 108 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 108 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge | 106 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 104 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge | 101 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 100 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 98 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Movistar Team | 1411 | pts |
2 | Tinkoff | 1277 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Team Sky | 1187 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | BMC Racing Team | 1067 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Orica–BikeExchange | 809 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Team Katusha | 786 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Etixx–Quick-Step | 736 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Trek–Segafredo | 565 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Cannondale–Drapac | 546 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | FDJ | 515 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Astana | 463 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Lotto–Soudal | 459 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Lampre–Merida | 442 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | LottoNL–Jumbo | 422 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | AG2R La Mondiale | 418 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Team Giant–Alpecin | 404 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | IAM Cycling | 336 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Team Dimension Data | 283 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Spain | 1415 | pts |
2 | Colombia | 1318 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Great Britain | 1050 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | France | 943 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Australia | 908 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Belgium | 860 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Italy | 771 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Netherlands | 604 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Slovakia | 585 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Switzerland | 416 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Russia | 336 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Germany | 335 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Norway | 333 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Ireland | 286 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | United States | 280 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Poland | 225 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Portugal | 218 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Luxembourg | 175 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Czech Republic | 161 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Denmark | 133 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | South Africa | 101 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Slovenia | 98 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Costa Rica | 68 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Canada | 54 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | New Zealand | 46 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Belarus | 40 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Kazakhstan | 28 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Latvia | 20 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Estonia | 16 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Argentina | 15 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Austria | 14 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Sweden | 6 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Croatia | 4 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Eritrea | 2 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Lithuania | 1 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |