Quintana up to second on WorldTour standings after Tour de Romandie win
Sagan and Tinkoff continue reign as top individual and team
Nairo Quintana's second WorldTour general classification of 2016 at the Tour de Romandie lifted the Movistar rider from sixth to second on the individual standings although Peter Sagan holds onto his lead despite a break from racing since Paris-Roubaix. There was no change at the top of the team or nation standings with Tinkoff and Spain enjoying another week in charge.
Quintana's Tour de Romandie victory lifted the Colombian's points tally from 178 to 285 points and continues his run of finishing on the podium in his first three WorldTour races of the season. The 25-year-old won the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya in March before finishing third overall at the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco and discussed the possibility of adding the Tour de Suisse to his race calendar next month as a final warm up race for July's Tour de France.
"Why not ride the Tour de Suisse? I like this country, they've always treated me well here," said Quintana who will first head home to Boyaca, Colombia. "I've still not decided what to do, though. What is clear is we've got a goal, we know how to work for it and we don't have to worry about what the others do. We'll do our thing as best we can so we can reach the start of the Tour in the best possible condition."
Ilnur Zakarin was another big mover in the top-ten with the Katusha rider improving from tenth to fifth after he finished fourth overall at the Tour de Romandie, a week after his fifth place at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Romandie runner-up Thibaut Pinot improved his standings from 16th to eighth after another impressive early-season showing that including a debut time trial win in a WorldTour race.
In total 130 riders have now scored WorldTour points with Sagan enjoying a healthy lead out in front on 329 points.
While Tinkoff continues to lead the team standings, Movistar jumped from sixth to third thanks to Quintana's win and teammate Jon Izaguirre's third place. At the bottom of the team standings, Tom Dumoulin's fifth place at Tour de Romandie lifted Giant-Alpecin from 18th to 15th place as Dimension Data dropped to last place. Astana and AG2R are the only other teams with less then 100 points on 84.
In the nation standings, there was no change to the top ten although there were two new entrants. Andrey Amador's first WorldTour points of the season has seen Costa Rica enter the standings in 26th place while Spain remains top on 693 points. Cannondale's Ramunas Navardauskas also picked up his and Lithuania's first points of the season with the European nation now sitting in last place of the 30 nations with one point.
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WorldTour standings - May 1
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team | 329 | pts |
2 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 285 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team | 280 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 222 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha | 211 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky | 204 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 201 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 200 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo | 166 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 162 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | 152 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 147 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 137 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team | 131 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | 130 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step | 126 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | 120 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 119 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 106 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 105 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky | 104 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge | 102 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 100 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 92 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 84 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | 82 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | 81 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | 80 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step | 72 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha | 71 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tinkoff Team | 771 | pts |
2 | Team Sky | 680 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Movistar Team | 577 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | BMC Racing Team | 576 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Team Katusha | 488 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Etixx - Quick-Step | 417 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | FDJ | 412 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Orica-GreenEdge | 398 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Trek-Segafredo | 239 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 216 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Lampre - Merida | 189 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Lotto Soudal | 170 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 115 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | IAM Cycling | 114 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Team Giant-Alpecin | 114 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | AG2R La Mondiale | 84 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Astana Pro Team | 84 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Dimension Data | 75 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Header Cell - Column 2 | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Spain | 693 | pts |
2 | Australia | 579 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Belgium | 557 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Colombia | 524 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | France | 519 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Great Britain | 398 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Switzerland | 359 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Slovakia | 329 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Netherlands | 301 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Russia | 270 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Norway | 158 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Portugal | 152 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Ireland | 126 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Italy | 120 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Poland | 105 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Czech Republic | 92 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Luxembourg | 78 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | United States | 66 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Denmark | 62 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Slovenia | 55 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Canada | 54 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Germany | 44 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Latvia | 20 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | New Zealand | 6 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Kazakhstan | 6 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Costa Rica | 4 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | South Africa | 4 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Eritrea | 2 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Belarus | 1 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Lithuania | 1 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |