Sagan new leader of WorldTour
Spain remains top nation, Sky continues to lead team standings
After moving into the UCI WorldTour individual rankings lead with a runner-up finish Friday at E3 Harelbeke, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) extended his lead in the rankings with a solo victory at Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday.
Sagan celebrated his first UCI WorldTour Classic victory by pulling a wheelie while crossing the finish line.
"It's great to have won. This race perhaps isn't a monument, one of the biggest Classics, like Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix but I'm still very happy," he said.
The Slovakian champion scored 80 points for his victory at Gent-Wevelgem, increasing his points total to 232. Classics rival Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Leopard), who soloed to victory at the E3 Harelbeke, is second overall with 151 points.
Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) is third in the individual ranking with 144 points after he finished second overall in the Volta a Catalunya stage race in Spain. The week-long stage race was won by Ireland's Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp), with Italy's Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) third overall.
Martin scored 100 points for his overall victory and debuts at eighth overall in the individual ranking.
Team Sky continues to lead the team ranking, while Spain stays on top of the nations ranking. Team Sky has a total of 407 points. Katusha is second with 268 points and RadioShack-Leopard is third with 266 points.
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Dan Martin: King of Catalunya
Daniel Martin also celebrated his first major UCI WorldTour success on Sunday. The Irish climber confirmed his potential by winning stage four with a solo attack from the day's early break and then defended his slim race lead with intelligence and some excellent support from his team.
Martin lives in Catalunya and so celebrated winning his "home" race.
"I'm really, really happy. Winning at home is very special," he said. "This is the best win of my career and I think it's the best I've ever performed. Now my next goal is to do well in the Ardennes Classics in April."
The UCI WorldTour continues in Belgium on Easter Sunday with the Tour of Flanders. Sagan is the favourite for victory but will face strong competition from Cancellara plus 2012 winner Tom Boonen and his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team.
1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 232 | pts |
2 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard | 151 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha | 144 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 142 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | 117 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 113 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 111 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | 107 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 106 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 92 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 86 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | 86 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 72 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 71 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 71 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 70 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 62 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 61 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 61 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 61 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha | 60 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack Leopard | 52 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | 51 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 50 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 50 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard | 42 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 41 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 41 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 40 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha | 40 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | 40 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 32 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 32 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 30 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | 30 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 30 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | 24 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | 22 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 22 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 21 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha | 20 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 20 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 20 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 18 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 16 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 15 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 14 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 12 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 12 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 11 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard | 11 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 10 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | 10 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 8 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack Leopard | 6 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 6 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 6 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 6 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 6 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 6 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Francois Parisien (Can) Team Argos-Shimano | 6 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 6 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 6 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 6 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge | 6 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 6 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | 6 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling | 5 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 5 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 4 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ | 4 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 4 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 4 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 4 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 4 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha | 4 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 4 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 4 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 3 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 2 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 2 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard | 2 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 2 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 2 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 1 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 1 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 1 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 1 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 1 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard | 1 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ | 1 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 1 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 1 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
100 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | 1 | Row 99 - Cell 3 |
101 | Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1 | Row 100 - Cell 3 |
1 | Spain | 395 | pts |
2 | Italy | 319 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Great Britain | 309 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | France | 266 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Netherlands | 245 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Slovakia | 238 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | United States | 230 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Switzerland | 160 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Australia | 145 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Belgium | 143 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Ireland | 107 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Slovenia | 101 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Poland | 101 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Colombia | 70 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Germany | 43 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Norway | 28 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Costa Rica | 24 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Austria | 18 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Portugal | 11 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Ukraine | 6 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Canada | 6 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Finland | 4 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Kazakhstan | 4 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Russia | 4 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Croatia | 2 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
1 | Sky Procycling | 407 | pts |
2 | Katusha | 268 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | RadioShack Leopard | 266 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 248 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 244 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Garmin-Sharp | 205 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 203 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | BMC Racing Team | 198 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Movistar Team | 188 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Astana Pro Team | 176 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Lampre-Merida | 168 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 94 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Ag2R La Mondiale | 85 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 74 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 63 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Orica-GreenEdge | 62 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | FDJ | 57 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Lotto Belisol | 33 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Team Argos-Shimano | 12 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |