Tour de Romandie winner Cadel Evans and third-placed rider Alexandre Vinokourov are two of the biggest movers in the latest UCI WorldTour rankings, thanks to their strong performances in the Swiss race.
Evans has jumped from tenth to third in the standings, while Vinokourov moves up a considerable 21 places to tenth overall. Tony Martin, who placed second in the WorldTour event, has moved from twelfth to seventh.
Classic specialist Philippe Gilbert’s recent run of success means he is still well clear at the top of the rankings, having collected 356 points. The Omega Pharma Lotto rider is 120 points clear of Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek), who remains second, and 124 ahead of Evans.
Milan-San Remo winner Matt Goss (HTC Highroad) and Andreas Klöden (Team RadioShack) are fourth and fifth, each being bumped down a place by the Tour de Romandie winner.
Chris Horner (Team RadioShack) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) slip out of the top ten, going from eight and ninth respectively to eleventh and twelfth.
The effects of Romandie are pronounded in some areas, but the nations’ list remains practically identical to before. In terms of placings, Great Britain’s one-slot move upwards from eleventh is the only change to the top ten. It displaces Luxembourg, but a strong Tour de France campaign by either or both of the Schlecks should see them move the country upwards once again.
Gilbert’s Belgium continues to lead, while Australia, Spain, Italy and Germany are the next in line.
There is more movement in the team’s list, with HTC-Highroad zooming up from fourth place to displace Leopard Trek at the top. Team RadioShack and Omega Pharma Lotto each drop a place, going to third and fourth, while Evans’s BMC Racing Team gains thanks to Romandie and rises three places to fifth.
With the emphasis moving away from one day races and short stage races, the UCI ranking will change less in the weeks ahead. The next WorldTour event is the three-week Giro d'Italia, which begins next Saturday in Turin. It is followed by the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de Suisse.
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UCI WorldTour rankings, 2 May 11:
Individual rankings:
1 (1) GILBERT Philippe, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 356
2 (2) CANCELLARA Fabian, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 236
3 (10) EVANS Cadel, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 232
4 (3) GOSS Matthew Harley, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 203
5 (4) KLÖDEN Andreas, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 202
6 (5) SCARPONI Michele, LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 202
7 (12) MARTIN Tony, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 197
8 (6) SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel, EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) 163
9 (7) GESINK Robert, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 156
10 (31) VINOKOUROV Alexandre, PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 146
11 (8) HORNER Christopher, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 143
12 (9) BOONEN Tom, QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 140
13 (11) RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 127
14 (35) INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 110
15 (13) URAN URAN Rigoberto, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 107
16 (14) MEYER Cameron, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 106
17 (15) CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 106
18 (45) PINOTTI Marco, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 102
19 (16) NUYENS Nick, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 100
20 (17) VAN SUMMEREN Johan, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 100
21 (18) BALLAN Alessandro, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 100
22 (19) SCHLECK Frank, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 94
23 (20) BASSO Ivan, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 92
24 (21) NIBALI Vincenzo, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 91
25 (22) TONDO VOLPINI Xavier, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 90
26 (23) SWIFT Ben, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 89
27 (24) CHAVANEL Sylvain, QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 80
28 (25) GREIPEL André, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 78
29 (26) WIGGINS Bradley, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 75
30 (27) SCHLECK Andy, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 72
31 (28) MARTIN Daniel, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 72
32 (29) TJALLINGII Maarten, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 70
33 (30) MATTHEWS Michael, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 70
34 (32) BENNATI Daniele, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 60
35 (33) FARRAR Tyler, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 60
36 (34) KREUZIGER Roman, PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 60
37 (36) RAST Grégory, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 60
38 (55) BRAJKOVIC Janez, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 60
39 (37) LEUKEMANS Björn, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 54
40 (38) TEN DAM Laurens, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 52
41 (39) GERRANS Simon, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 51
42 (40) BAK Lars Ytting, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 50
43 (41) LANGEVELD Sebastian, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 50
44 (42) POZZATO Filippo, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 50
45 (43) VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 46
46 (44) EISEL Bernhard, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 44
47 (46) FUGLSANG Jakob, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 41
48 (48) PERAUD Jean-Christophe, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 41
49 (47) SÖRENSEN Chris, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 41
50 (-) WEENING Pieter, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 40
51 (49) HINCAPIE George, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 40
52 (50) VAN AVERMAET Greg, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 40
53 (58) CUNEGO Damiano, LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 33
54 (51) LOPEZ GARCIA David, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 32
55 (52) KOLOBNEV Alexandr, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 30
56 (53) ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor, EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) 30
57 (54) MONDORY Lloyd, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 30
58 (56) MACHADO Tiago, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 30
59 (57) FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 29
60 (-) BRUTT Pavel, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 26
61 (59) VANENDERT Jelle, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 22
62 (60) LEIPHEIMER Levi, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 22
63 (61) ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 21
64 (62) KADRI Biel, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 20
65 (63) HUSHOVD Thor, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 20
66 (64) PETACCHI Alessandro, LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 15
67 (65) MOLLEMA Bauke, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 14
68 (66) CARDOSO Manuel Antonio Leal, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 13
69 (67) HESJEDAL Ryder, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 12
70 (68) DE GENDT Thomas, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 12
71 (117) TALANSKY Andrew, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 11
72 (69) HENDERSON Greg, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 11
73 (70) HERMANS Ben, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 10
74 (71) MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 10
75 (72) GODDAERT Kristof, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 10
76 (76) SEELDRAEYERS Kevin, QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 10
77 (73) FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 10
78 (74) BOOM Lars, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 10
79 (75) DAVIS Allan, PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 10
80 (77) KIRYIENKA Vasili, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 10
81 (78) HAEDO Juan José, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 9
82 (79) HAUSSLER Heinrich, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 8
83 (80) DI GREGORIO Rémy, PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 7
84 (81) MCEWEN Robbie, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 7
85 (82) LE MEVEL Christophe, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 6
86 (83) MARTENS Paul, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 6
87 (-) ZABRISKIE David, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 6
88 (-) CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan, EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) 6
89 (103) PORTE Richie, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 6
90 (84) GAVAZZI Francesco, LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 6
91 (85) SMUKULIS Gatis, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 6
92 (-) MILLAR David, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 5
93 (86) THOMAS Geraint, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 5
94 (110) CHEREL Mikael, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 5
95 (87) LÖVKVIST Thomas, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 4
96 (88) MONFORT Maxime, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 4
97 (89) HAYMAN Mathew, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 4
98 (90) O'GRADY Stuart, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 4
99 (-) KVACHUK Oleksandr, LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 4
100 (-) VIGANO Davide, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 4
101 (-) PHINNEY Taylor, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 4
102 (91) VANDEWALLE Kristof, QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 4
103 (92) ULISSI Diego, LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 4
104 (93) POELS Wouter, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 4
105 (94) NIZZOLO Giacomo, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 4
106 (95) GALIMZYANOV Denis, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 4
107 (96) COOKE Baden, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 2
108 (-) WESTRA Lieuwe, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 2
109 (98) GADRET John, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 2
110 (108) CARRARA Matteo, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 2
111 (-) SAMOILAU Branislau, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 2
112 (105) RENSHAW Mark, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 2
113 (-) HOWARD Leigh, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 2
114 (97) DI LUCA Danilo, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 2
115 (99) LIGTHART Pim, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 2
116 (100) SAGAN Peter, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 2
117 (101) OSS Daniel, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 2
118 (102) MALORI Adriano, LAMPRE - ISD (LAM) 2
119 (104) BROWN Graeme, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 2
120 (106) PEREZ MORENO Ruben, EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) 2
121 (107) DE HAES Kenny, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 2
122 (-) FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 1
123 (-) GASPAROTTO Enrico, PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 1
124 (-) LEQUATRE Geoffroy, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 1
125 (-) SABATINI Fabio, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 1
126 (119) SUTTON Christopher, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 1
127 (111) WILSON Matthew, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 1
128 (-) BOBRIDGE Jack, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 1
129 (116) FLENS Rick, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 1
130 (121) RABON Frantisek, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 1
131 (122) GRABSCH Bert, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 1
132 (109) BAKELANTS Jan, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 1
133 (112) GOLAS Michal, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 1
134 (113) ROELANDTS Jurgen, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 1
135 (114) SIEBERG Marcel, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 1
136 (115) AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA Andrey, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 1
137 (118) VIVIANI Elia, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 1
138 (120) FEILLU Romain, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 1
Nations:
1 (1) BELGIUM, 750
2 (2) AUSTRALIA, 662
3 (3) SPAIN, 596
4 (4) ITALY, 587
5 (5) GERMANY, 484
6 (6) NETHERLANDS, 368
7 (7) SWITZERLAND, 296
8 (8) UNITED STATES, 276
9 (9) FRANCE, 178
10 (11) GREAT BRITAIN, 174
11 (10) LUXEMBOURG, 166
12 (15) KAZAKHSTAN, 146
13 (12) DENMARK, 132
14 (13) COLOMBIA, 107
15 (14) IRELAND, 72
16 (16) CZECH REPUBLIC, 61
17 (20) SLOVENIA, 60
18 (19) RUSSIA, 60
19 (17) AUSTRIA, 44
20 (18) PORTUGAL, 44
21 (21) NORWAY, 20
22 (22) CANADA, 12
23 (24) BELARUS, 12
24 (23) NEW ZEALAND, 11
25 (25) ARGENTINA, 9
26 (26) LATVIA, 6
27 (27) SWEDEN, 4
28 (- ) UKRAINE, 4
29 (28) SLOVAKIA, 2
30 (29) POLAND, 1
31 (30) COSTA RICA, 1
Teams:
1 (4) HTC-HIGHROAD (THR), USA, 596
2 (1) LEOPARD TREK (LEO), LUX, 503
3 (2) TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH), USA, 495
4 (3) OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO), BEL, 459
5 (8) BMC RACING TEAM (BMC), USA, 416
6 (5) RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB), NED, 398
7 (6) TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM), USA, 358
8 (7) SKY PROCYCLING (SKY), GBR, 333
9 (11) MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV), ESP, 299
10 (9) SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS), DEN, 262
11 (10) LAMPRE - ISD (LAM), ITA, 260
12 (13) KATUSHA TEAM (KAT), RUS, 243
13 (12) QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST), BEL, 234
14 (16) PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST), KAZ, 224
15 (14) EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS), ESP, 201
16 (15) LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ), ITA, 188
17 (17) AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM), FRA, 106
18 (18) VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD), NED, 74