Vakoc, Van Avermaet climb UCI World Rankings
Van der Breggen leads women's rankings
Although Tour Down Under winner Simon Gerrans continues to lead the new UCI World Rankings thanks to his victory in the only WorldTour race so far this season, the latest batch of race winners have climbed up the ladder to threaten the Orica-GreenEdge rider's lead. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winner Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) went from 43rd to ninth in the rankings, while Jasper Stuyven's win in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne propelled him from an anonymous 416th to 25th overall.
Dual winner this weekend, Petr Vakoc (Etixx-Quickstep) moved into fourth after taking the Drome Classic and Classic Sud Ardèche.
Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) moved into third overall thanks to a second place in Gran Premio Città di Lugano behind Sonny Cobrelli, who moved into 10th.
Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) moved back into the top 10 thanks to a second place in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, now in sixth behind Sergio Henao (Sky).
The UCI World Ranking is intended to be calculated on a 12-month moving window of results, but until next season it is based only on results from January 1, 2016.
On the women's side, Anna van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv) continues to enjoy the lead of an actual rolling ranking system over world champion Lizzie Armitstead, who leapfrogged Jolien D'Hoore thanks to her win in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
Vakoc leads the UCI Europe Tour, while African Continental Champion Issak Tesfom Okubamariam leads his continental tour. Dayer Quintana (Movistar) heads up the UCI America Tour rankings, Peter Kennaugh (Sky) leads the Oceania Tour and Asian champion King Lok Cheung kept his lead in the Asia Tour.
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Rankings as of February 28, 2016
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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1 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 755 | pts |
2 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 485 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 455 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | 410 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | 405 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 400 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff Team | 370 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 365 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 355 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 350 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | King Lok Cheung (HKg) | 320 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | 316 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Issak Tesfom Okubamariam (Eri) | 316 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data | 315 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 307 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 282 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step | 276 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling | 275 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | 270 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie | 268 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Andrea Fedi (Ita) Southeast - Venezuela | 260 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 258 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 255 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Grega Bole (Slo) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 255 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | 246 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 1223 | pts |
2 | Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 965 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Wiggle High5 | 929 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 | 902 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 866 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) Hitec Products | 734 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon-SRAM | 725 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 701 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 680 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 680 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM | 644 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 607 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | 585 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Wiggle High5 | 519 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 512 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-AIS | 506 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 471 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 467 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 458 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon-SRAM | 447 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM | 441 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | 432 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM | 424 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Orica-AIS | 398 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Liv-Plantur | 382 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | 390 | pts |
2 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 365 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 360 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 350 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 307 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 282 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Andrea Fedi (Ita) Southeast - Venezuela | 260 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 258 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 255 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Grega Bole (Slo) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 255 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Issak Tesfom Okubamariam (Eri) | 316 | pts |
2 | Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data | 200 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | 180 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie | 173 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data | 150 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 132 | pts |
2 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 106 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 105 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team | 90 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Team Illuminate | 70 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | King Lok Cheung (HKg) | 320 | pts |
2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | 270 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 250 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step | 245 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 240 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | 311 | pts |
2 | Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling | 155 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling | 150 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | 144 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | 131 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |