Men’s WorldTour Rankings

Following his third place finish in the overall classification in last weekend’s Paris-Nice, Richie Porte (BMC) has moved up into the top position in the individual WorldTour rankings, eclipsing fellow Australian rider, Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge).

Second place at the Tour Down Under and third at Paris-Nice was enough for Porte to jump to 159 points and take a clear lead in the individual standings.

Meanwhile, Team Sky’s Sergio Henao moved into second place with 115 points, with his sixth place finish in Paris-Nice and third place finish in the overall standings in the Tour Down Under, propelling the Colombian rider in the standings. 

Geraint Thomas’ overall win at Pairs-Nice, saw Team Sky move up into the top slot in the teams WorldTour rankings, outscoring Orica-GreenEdge. However, Australia remains in the number one spot as the top nation in the rankings.

Team Sky’s performance in Paris-Nice earned enough points, to see the British team move into first place with 227 points, while bumping Orica-GreenEdge into second place on 171 points, closely followed by BMC on 166 points.

Thomas himself, now ranks in fourth place in the individual standings, while Alberto Contador’s second place finished at Paris-Nice, moved the Spanish rider into fifth place.

With 367 points, Australia has a commanding lead in the nation standings with Spain a distant second at the early-stages of the season on 199 points. Great Britain (145) and Colombia (115) are the only other nations to have reached triple figures. Of the 18 nations to have scored points, Slovenia and the Czech Republic are down the bottom on one a piece.

The WorldTour rankings will likely change again after the conclusion of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Tuesday, which will be followed by this year’s first one-day classic in the WorldTour calendar, Milan–San Remo, on March 19. 

Top 25 Individual Riders

1 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 159 pts
2 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 115
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 112
4 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 104
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 86
6 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff Team 68
7 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 66
8 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling 54
9 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 51
10 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 40
11 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 31
12 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 30
13 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 21
14 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lotto Soudal 21
15 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 16
16 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 12
17 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 11
18 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10
19 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 8
20 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 8
21 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 7
22 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 6
23 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 6
24 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6
25 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha

Teams

1 Team Sky 227 pts
2 Orica-GreenEdge 171
3 BMC Racing Team 166
4 Tinkoff Team 156
5 Movistar Team 92
6 Team Katusha 73
7 Cannondale Pro Cycling 62
8 Lotto Soudal 50
9 AG2R La Mondiale 40
10 FDJ 18
11 Trek-Segafredo 12
12 Lampre – Merida 11
13 Dimension Data 8
14 Astana Pro Team 6
15 Team Giant-Alpecin 4
16 Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1
17 Etixx – Quick-Step 1
18 IAM Cycling 1

Nations

1 Australia 367 pts
2 Spain 199
3 Great Britain 145
4 Colombia 115
5 Russia 67
6 Canada 54
7 Italy 44
8 France 38
9 Switzerland 12
10 Belgium 11
11 New Zealand 6
12 Kazakhstan 6
13 Norway 6
14 Netherlands 6
15 Portugal 4
16 Germany 2
17 Slovenia 1
18 Czech Republic 1