Previous series leader Simon Gerrans has vaulted back to the top of the UCI’s WorldTour ranking as a result of yesterday’s victory in Milan-Sanremo, going from fourth to first thanks to the points gained.
The GreenEdge rider is one of many who improve their positions in the Italian Classic, the fourth race in the UCI’s series.
Tirreno-Adriatico winner Vincenzo Nibali’s third place gives him additional points but doesn’t see his position change. The Italian remains second overall, and is now 28 points off the top slot.
Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde’s decision not to ride the Italian Classic has cost him his place atop the standings. The Team Movistar leader opted instead to compete in the Volta a Catalunya, which starts tomorrow, and knows a strong performance there will move him back up the table.
Some others who also missed Milan-Sanremo also slipped down, with Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) going from third to fourth, Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil DCM) remaining fifth, Chris Horner (RadioShack Nissan), Roman Kreuziger (Astana) and Tiago Machado (RadioShack Nissan) each slipping a place to seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.
Strong performances yesterday saw runner-up Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Nissan) move from 35th to sixth, and fourth-placed finisher Peter Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale) move from 28th to tenth.
Cancellara’s points helped secure his team’s place atop the standings, with the points he picked up being more than enough to fend off a surge from sixth place by Nibali’s and Sagan’s team.
Sky drops a place to third, while Gerran’s GreenEdge squad jumps from seventh to fourth thanks to his win.
The points gained also helped ensure that Australia improved place to second in the countries’ ranking, although it wasn’t enough to prevent Italy moving up a slot into first position.
Previous leader Spain drops to third, but is expected to move back up again once the Catalunya points are taken into consideration.
The Netherlands, the United States and Britain stay fourth, fifth and sixth.
UCI WorldTour ranking, 17 Feb 12:
Individuals:
1 (4) GERRANS Simon (GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM (GEC) 210
2 (2) NIBALI Vincenzo (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 182
3 (1) VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro (MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 167
4 (3) WIGGINS Bradley (SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 112
5 (5) WESTRA Lieuwe (VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 92
6 (35) CANCELLARA Fabian (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) 86
7 (6) HORNER Christopher (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) 84
8 (7) KREUZIGER Roman (ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 78
9 (8) MACHADO Tiago (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) 72
10 (28) SAGAN Peter (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 69
11 (9) SPILAK Simon (KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 62
12 (10) NOCENTINI Rinaldo (AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 61
13 (11) ROGERS Michael (SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 61
14 (12) HOOGERLAND Johnny (VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 51
15 (13) VAN GARDEREN Tejay (BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 51
16 (14) RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin (KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 46
17 (15) JEANNESSON Arnold (FDJ-BIG MAT (FDJ) 40
18 (16) BAKELANTS Jan (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) 40
19 (27) FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar (KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 40
20 (17) BOASSON HAGEN Edvald (SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 40
21 (18) SCARPONI Michele (LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 31
22 (19) MONFORT Maxime (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) 30
23 (20) GREIPEL André (LOTTO BELISOL TEAM (LTB) 22
24 (-) BALLAN Alessandro (BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 20
25 (21) POELS Wouter (VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 20
26 (22) CHAVANEL Sylvain (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) 20
27 (23) MORENO BAZAN Javier (MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 20
28 (24) MATTHEWS Michael (RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 15
29 (30) BENNATI Daniele (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) 11
30 () OSS Daniel (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 10
31 (25) RIBLON Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 10
32 (26) KISERLOVSKI Robert (ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 10
33 (29) MEERSMAN Gianni (LOTTO BELISOL TEAM (LTB) 8
34 (31) SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon (RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 7
35 (32) DE GENDT Thomas (VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 7
36 (33) HUTAROVICH Yauheni (FDJ-BIG MAT (FDJ) 7
37 (34) MEYER Cameron (GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM (GEC) 6
38 (38) BOONEN Tom (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) 6
39 (39) LARSSON Gustav (VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 6
40 (36) PETACCHI Alessandro (LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 6
41 (37) CAVENDISH Mark (SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 6
42 (42) RENSHAW Mark (RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 5
43 (41) BOLE Grega (LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 5
44 (40) ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin (MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 5
45 (43) VICIOSO ARCOS Angel (KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 4
46 (44) VORGANOV Eduard (KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 4
47 (45) CIOLEK Gerald (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) 4
48 (46) VOIGT Jens (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) 4
49 (47) FARRAR Tyler (GARMIN - BARRACUDA (GRM) 3
50 (48) LEIPHEIMER Levi (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) 3
51 (49) FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier (KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 2
52 (50) HAUSSLER Heinrich (GARMIN - BARRACUDA (GRM) 2
53 (51) PERAUD Jean-Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 2
54 (55) GAVAZZI Francesco (ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 1
55 (53) BOARO Manuele (TEAM SAXO BANK (SAX) 1
56 (59) VIVIANI Elia (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 1
57 (52) BELLETTI Manuel (AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 1
58 (54) TUFT Svein (GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM (GEC) 1
59 (56) HENDERSON Greg (LOTTO BELISOL TEAM (LTB) 1
60 (57) VANMARCKE Sep (GARMIN - BARRACUDA (GRM) 1
61 (58) HUSHOVD Thor (BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 1
62 (60) SABATINI Fabio (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 1
63 (61) MCEWEN Robbie (GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM (GEC) 1
Nations:
1 (2) ITALY , 305
2 (3) AUSTRALIA , 297
3 (1) SPAIN , 280
4 (4) NETHERLANDS , 163
5 (5) UNITED STATES , 141
6 (6) GREAT BRITAIN , 118
7 (7) BELGIUM , 91
8 (17) SWITZERLAND , 86
9 (8) CZECH REPUBLIC , 78
10 (9) PORTUGAL , 72
11 (10) FRANCE , 72
12 (15) SLOVAKIA , 69
13 (11) SLOVENIA , 67
14 (12) NORWAY , 41
15 (13) GERMANY , 30
16 (14) CROATIA , 10
17 (16) BELARUS , 7
18 (18) SWEDEN , 6
19 (19) RUSSIA , 4
20 (20) CANADA , 1
21 (21) NEW ZEALAND , 1
Teams:
1 (1) RADIOSHACK-NISSAN (RNT) (LUX) 312
2 (6) LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) (ITA) 263
3 (2) SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) (GBR) 219
4 (7) GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM (GEC) (AUS) 218
5 (3) MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) (ESP) 192
6 (4) VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) (NED) 176
7 (5) KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) (RUS) 156
8 (8) ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) (KAZ) 89
9 (9) AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) (FRA) 74
10 (10) BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) (USA) 72
11 (11) FDJ-BIG MAT (FDJ) (FRA) 47
12 (12) LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) (ITA) 42
13 (13) OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) (BEL) 33
14 (14) LOTTO BELISOL TEAM (LTB) (BEL) 31
15 (15) RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) (NED) 27
16 (16) GARMIN - BARRACUDA (GRM) (USA) 6
17 (17) TEAM SAXO BANK (SAX) (DEN) 1