Ritchie Porte Holds Top of WorldTour Ranking

photo credit @ Team Sky

With ten WorldTour races already finished this season, Ritchie Porte remains at top of the individual rankings as the only rider to have accumulated more than 300 points.

Meanwhile, John Degenkolb’s recent Paris-Roubaix victory, moved the German rider up into third place, while this month’s Tour of Flanders winner, Alexander Kristoff, holds onto second place.

In the meantime, last week’s Vuelta al Pais Vasco winner, Joaquim Rodriguez, gave his Katusha team a boost in the overall standings, which now occupies third spot.

photo credit @ team Katusha 

The tally so far, puts Porte at 3003 point, with Kristoff at 237, followed by Degenkold at 232.

Following on Porte’s success, as well as Geraint Thomas’ E3 Harelbeke victory and Gent–Wevelgem podium finish, to include Sergio Henao’s second place finish in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Team Sky now sits at the top of the WorldTour team rankings.

photo credit @ Team Sky

As result of their early season success at the Tour Down Under in January, Australia holds the most points in the national standings with – 588, with Spain in second with 457 points, followed by the Netherlands (435 points) and Colombia (428 points). 

The next WorldTour events are the Ardennes Classics, starting with the Amstel Gold race on Sunday.

UCI WorldTour standings

1 Richie Porte (AUS) Team Sky 303 pts
2 Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 237
3 John Degenkolb (GER) Giant-Alpecin 232
4 Geraint Thomas (GBR) Team Sky 184
5 Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar Team 168
6 Zdenek Štybar (CZE) Etixx-Quick Step 152
7 Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team 148
8 Niki Terpstra (NED) Etixx-Quick Step 140
9 Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Ag2r-La Mondiale 136
10 Peter Sagan (SVK) Tinkoff-Saxo 136
11 Rigoberto Urán (COL) Etixx-Quick Step 133
12 Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) Team Katusha 120
13 Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) Etixx-Quick Step 115
14 Rohan Dennis (AUS) BMC Racing Team 114
15 Alberto Contador (ESP) Tinkoff-Saxo 114
16 Lars Boom (NED) Astana 101
17 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 98
18 Rui Costa (POR) Lampre-Merida 94
19 Michael Matthews (AUS) Orica-GreenEdge 89
20 Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek Factory Racing 88
21 Sergio Henao (COL) Team Sky 86
22 Luca Paolini (ITA) Team Katusha 80
23 Simon Špilak (SLO) Team Katusha 78
24 Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team 76
25 Jon Izagirre (ESP) Movistar Team 73

Teams

1 Team Sky 629 pts
2 Etixx-Quick Step 590
3 Team Katusha 527
4 Movistar Team 423
5 BMC Racing Team 380
6 Giant-Alpecin 302
7 Tinkoff-Saxo 278
8 Orica-GreenEdge 236
9 Astana 221
10 Lampre-Merida 217
11 Lotto-Soudal 214
12 Ag2r-La Mondiale 139
13 Trek Factory Racing 138
14 IAM Cycling 74
15 FDJ 69
16 LottoNL-Jumbo 68
17 Cannondale-Garmin 19

Nations

1 Australia 588 pts
2 Spain 457
3 Netherlands 435
4 Colombia 428
5 Italy 359
6 Belgium 346
7 Great Britain 266
8 Germany 241
9 Norway 237
10 Czech Republic 156
11 Slovakia 136
12 France 134
13 Poland 118
14 Switzerland 97
15 Portugal 94
16 Slovenia 78
17 Denmark 55
18 South Africa 39
19 Russia 23
20 New Zealand 14