Italy best nation, RadioShack is top team
Yesterday may have been a particularly frustrating day for Fabian Cancellara, who was the strongest rider in Paris-Roubaix but who was out-manoeuvred by Garmin-Cervélo’s team tactics and the determined dash for victory by Johan Van Summeren. However he has received some consolation in taking over as the UCI WorldTour leader, effectively becoming world number one.
The Leopard Trek rider has had a remarkable run in the Classics, netting second in Milan-San Remo, third in the Ronde van Vlaanderen and second in Paris-Roubaix, and becoming the first rider to take a podium position in all three in over two decades. While the victory has eluded him, these results have helped elevate him above the previous leader, Matt Goss (HTC Highroad).
Cancellara now has 236 points, 33 more than his Australian rival. Vuelta al Pais Vasco winner Andreas Klöden (RadioShack) has jumped up from 12th to third, while Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) drops from second to fourth.
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Chris Horner (Team RadioShack) also benefit from their high finishes in Pais Vasco, going from 15th to fifth and 21st to sixth respectively. Tom Boonen (QuickStep, 4th to 7th), Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team, fifth to eighth) and Paris-Nice winner Tony Martin (HTC Highroad, sixth to ninth) all drop back due to relatively quieter performances of late. Samuel Sanchez’s solid Vuelta al Pais Vasco ride carries him into the top ten.
In the nations’ ranking, Italy moves into the number one slot, replacing Australia at the top. Belgium continues third, while Spain and German swap positions, going to fourth and fifth respectively. The United States and Great Britain slip one place each to eighth and tenth respectively. Ireland remains a solid eleventh out of thirty listed nations, due mainly to Dan Martin’s third overall in the Volta a Catalunya.
Unsurprisingly, Team RadioShack’s strong performance in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco sees it jump from sixth to first in the standings, thanks to Klöden’s win and Horners’ second overall. It displaces the previous top two teams, HTC Highroad and Rabobank.
Johan Van Summeren’s Paris-Roubaix win doesn’t affect the Garmin-Cervélo position of fourth. The team now has 358 points, 107 off that of RadioShack, and will seek to make inroads into that lead in the Ardennes Classics.
Leopard Trek completes the top five, and will also hope to rack up points in the hillier Classics ahead.
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UCI WorldTour ranking, 11 April 2011:
1 (3) CANCELLARA Fabian, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 236
2 (1) GOSS Matthew Harley, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 203
3 (12) KLÖDEN Andreas, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 202
4 (2) SCARPONI Michele, LAMPRE – ISD (LAM) 202
5 (15) GESINK Robert, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 150
6 (21) HORNER Christopher, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 143
7 (4) BOONEN Tom, QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 140
8 (5) EVANS Cadel, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 128
9 (6) MARTIN Tony, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 114
10 (25) SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel, EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) 109
11 (7) CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 106
12 (8) MEYER Cameron, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 106
13 (-) VAN SUMMEREN Johan, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 100
14 (9) NUYENS Nick, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 100
15 (24) BALLAN Alessandro, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 100
16 (10) GILBERT Philippe, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 96
17 (11) BASSO Ivan, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 92
18 (33) TONDO VOLPINI Xavier, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 90
19 (13) SWIFT Ben, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 82
20 (14) CHAVANEL Sylvain, QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 80
21 (16) GREIPEL André, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 78
22 (17) WIGGINS Bradley, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 74
23 (18) MARTIN Daniel, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 72
24 (19) NIBALI Vincenzo, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 71
25 (-) TJALLINGII Maarten, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 70
26 (20) MATTHEWS Michael, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 70
27 (22) BENNATI Daniele, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 60
28 (23) FARRAR Tyler, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 60
29 (-) RAST Grégory, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 60
30 (-) INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 60
31 (26) URAN URAN Rigoberto, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 57
32 (27) TEN DAM Laurens, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 52
33 (-) BAK Lars Ytting, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 50
34 (28) LANGEVELD Sebastian, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 50
35 (29) POZZATO Filippo, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 50
36 (30) VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 46
37 (44) EISEL Bernhard, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 44
38 (34) PINOTTI Marco, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 42
39 (31) PERAUD Jean-Christophe, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 41
40 (32) HINCAPIE George, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 40
41 (91) LOPEZ GARCIA David, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 31
42 (35) MONDORY Lloyd, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 30
43 (36) LEUKEMANS Björn, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 30
44 (37) BRAJKOVIC Janez, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 30
45 (38) MACHADO Tiago, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 30
46 (-) VINOKOUROV Alexandre, PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 28
47 (39) CUNEGO Damiano, LAMPRE – ISD (LAM) 26
48 (40) LEIPHEIMER Levi, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 22
49 (41) ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 21
50 (-) HUSHOVD Thor, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 20
51 (42) KADRI Biel, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 20
52 (43) PETACCHI Alessandro, LAMPRE – ISD (LAM) 15
53 (45) MOLLEMA Bauke, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 14
54 (46) CARDOSO Manuel Antonio Leal, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 13
55 (-) HESJEDAL Ryder, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 12
56 (47) DE GENDT Thomas, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 12
57 (48) HENDERSON Greg, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 11
58 (49) GODDAERT Kristof, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 10
59 (-) FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 10
60 (51) BOOM Lars, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 10
61 (52) DAVIS Allan, PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 10
62 (53) SEELDRAEYERS Kevin, QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 10
63 (50) VAN AVERMAET Greg, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 10
64 (-) KIRYIENKA Vasili, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 10
65 (54) HAEDO Juan José, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 9
66 (55) HAUSSLER Heinrich, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 8
67 (56) MCEWEN Robbie, TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) 7
68 (-) RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 7
69 (57) DI GREGORIO Rémy, PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) 7
70 (58) SMUKULIS Gatis, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 6
71 (-) GAVAZZI Francesco, LAMPRE – ISD (LAM) 6
72 (59) THOMAS Geraint, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 5
73 (-) HAYMAN Mathew, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 4
74 (60) O’GRADY Stuart, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 4
75 (62) MONFORT Maxime, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 4
76 (61) LÖVKVIST Thomas, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 4
77 (63) NIZZOLO Giacomo, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 4
78 (-) VANDEWALLE Kristof, QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) 4
79 (66) POELS Wouter, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 4
80 (-) FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 4
81 (64) GALIMZYANOV Denis, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 4
82 (65) ULISSI Diego, LAMPRE – ISD (LAM) 4
83 (67) COOKE Baden, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 2
84 (68) OSS Daniel, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 2
85 (69) SAGAN Peter, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 2
86 (76) MALORI Adriano, LAMPRE – ISD (LAM) 2
87 (-) SCHLECK Andy, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 2
88 (-) LIGTHART Pim, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 2
89 (-) MARTENS Paul, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 2
90 (-) GADRET John, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 2
91 (77) PORTE Richie, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 2
92 (74) DI LUCA Danilo, KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) 2
93 (70) BROWN Graeme, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 2
94 (71) RENSHAW Mark, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 2
95 (72) PEREZ MORENO Ruben, EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) 2
96 (73) DE HAES Kenny, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 2
97 (75) CARRARA Matteo, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 2
98 (78) ROELANDTS Jurgen, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 1
99 (79) SIEBERG Marcel, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 1
100 (80) AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA Andrey, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 1
101 (81) FLENS Rick, RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) 1
102 (-) SÖRENSEN Chris, SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) 1
103 (-) FUGLSANG Jakob, LEOPARD TREK (LEO) 1
104 (-) CHEREL Mikael, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 1
105 (90) GERRANS Simon, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 1
106 (-) TALANSKY Andrew, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 1
107 (87) GOLAS Michal, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 1
108 (82) WILSON Matthew, TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) 1
109 (83) VIVIANI Elia, LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 1
110 (84) SUTTON Christopher, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 1
111 (85) FEILLU Romain, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 1
112 (86) BAKELANTS Jan, OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) 1
113 (88) RABON Frantisek, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 1
114 (89) GRABSCH Bert, HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) 1
Nations:
1 (2) ITALY, 525
2 (1) AUSTRALIA, 517
3 (3) BELGIUM, 466
4 (5) SPAIN, 411
5 (4) GERMANY, 397
6 (6) NETHERLANDS, 336
7 (10) SWITZERLAND, 296
8 (7) UNITED STATES, 266
9 (8) FRANCE, 178
10 (9) GREAT BRITAIN, 161
11 (11) IRELAND, 72
12 (12) COLOMBIA, 57
13 (-) DENMARK, 52
14 (15) AUSTRIA, 44
15 (13) PORTUGAL, 43
16 (14) SLOVENIA, 30
17 (-) KAZAKHSTAN, 28
18 (-) NORWAY, 20
19 (-) CANADA, 12
20 (16) NEW ZEALAND, 11
21 (-) BELARUS, 10
22 (17) ARGENTINA, 9
23 (18) LATVIA, 6
24 (19) SWEDEN, 4
25 (20) RUSSIA, 4
26 (21) SLOVAKIA, 2
27 (-) LUXEMBOURG, 2
28 (22) COSTA RICA, 1
29 (23) POLAND, 1
30 (24) CZECH REPUBLIC, 1
Teams:
1 (6) TEAM RADIOSHACK (RSH) USA, 465
2 (1) HTC-HIGHROAD (THR) USA, 453
3 (2) RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (RAB) NED, 392
4 (4) TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM) USA, 358
5 (9) LEOPARD TREK (LEO) LUX, 308
6 (5) BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) USA, 278
7 (3) LAMPRE – ISD (LAM) ITA, 253
8 (13) MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) ESP, 248
9 (7) QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (QST) BEL, 234
10 (8) SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) GBR, 234
11 (10) SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS) DEN, 219
12 (11) OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO) BEL, 178
13 (12) LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) ITA, 168
14 (15) EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS) ESP, 111
15 (14) AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) FRA, 103
16 (16) KATUSHA TEAM (KAT) RUS, 63
17 (17) VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) NED, 50
18 (18) PRO TEAM ASTANA (AST) KAZ, 45