UCI world rankings

A look at the relative gains or losses of each WorldTour team during the off-season transfer market, and a ballpark predictive technique for team performance in the upcoming season.

At the conclusion of the Vuelta a España and the GP de Montréal, the UCI released its updated WorldTour rankings Monday.

Following his win in Friday's Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Philippe Gilbert has taken over the lead of the individual UCI World Tour rankings from Tour de France winner Cadel Evans.

BMC's Cadel Evans retained a six-point lead ahead of Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma) in the UCI WorldTour rankings, updated following the conclusion of the Eneco Tour Sunday.

• 1. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team (BMC), 574 points
• 2. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto (olo), 482 points
• 3. Alberto Contador Velasco, Saxo Bank Sungard (sbs), 471 points
• 4. Michele Scarponi, Lampre-Isd (lam), 348 points
• 5. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver, Katusha Team (kat), 328 points

• 1. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team (BMC), 574 points
• 2. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto (olo), 482 points
• 3. Alberto Contador Velasco, Saxo Bank Sungard (sbs), 471 points
• 4. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd (lam), 348 points
• 5. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver, Katusha Team (kat), 328 points

With the Tour de France numbers added in, Tour winner Cadel Evans has moved from fourth place to the lead of the UCI's WorldTour individual rankings.

The stage race riders continued to climb the UCI WorldTour rankings after the Tour de Suisse, with overall winner Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and second placed Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) both now in the top twenty.

Individuals

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 356 points
• 2. Alberto Contador Velasco, Saxo Bank Sungard, with 349 points
• 3. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd, with 348 points
• 4. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team, with 314 points
• 5. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver, Katusha Team, with 288 points

Individuals

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 356 points
• 2. Alberto Contador Velasco, Saxo Bank Sungard, with 349 points
• 3. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd, with 348 points
• 4. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team, with 314 points
• 5. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver, Katusha Team, with 288 points

• 1. SPAIN, with 1000 points
• 2. ITALY, with 860 points
• 3. BELGIUM, with 765 points
• 4. AUSTRALIA, with 744 points
• 5. GERMANY, with 503 points

• 1.(USA) HTC-Highroad, with 624 points
• 2.(BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 541 points
• 3.(DEN) Saxo Bank Sungard, with 513 points
• 4.(USA) Team Radioshack, with 508 points
• 5.(USA) BMC Racing Team, with 504 points

Rankings

• 1. Marianne VOS, (Netherlands), Nederland Bloeit, with 260 points
• 2. Annemiek VAN VLEUTEN, (Netherlands), Nederland Bloeit, with 196 points
• 3. Emma JOHANSSON, (Sweden) Team Hitec Products Uck, with 187 points
• 4. Ina TEUTENBERG, (Germany) HTC-Highroad, with 113 points
• 5. Judith ARNDT, (Germany) HTC-Highroad, with 113 points

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard), his nation and his team each zoomed up the UCI WorldTour rankings, released Monday following the completion of the Giro d'Italia.

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto (olo), with 356 points (1)
• 2. Alberto Contador Velasco, Saxo Bank Sungard (sbs), with 349 points (17)
• 3. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd (lam), with 348 points (6)
• 4. Fabian Cancellara, Leopard Trek (leo), with 236 points (2)
• 5. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team (BMC), with 232 points (3)

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 356 points
• 2. Fabian Cancellara, Leopard Trek, with 236 points
• 3. Cadel Evans, Bmc Racing Team, with 232 points
• 4. Harley Goss Matthew, Htc-Highroad, with 203 points
• 5. Andreas KlÖden, Team Radioshack, with 202 points

Cadel Evans climbs to 3rd in UCI rankings; Philippe Gilbert still leads.

Philippe Gilbert’s magical ride through the Ardennes had another silver lining: the Omega-Lotto rider climbs into the No. 1 spot in the latest UCI rankings.

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 356 points
• 2. Fabian Cancellara, Leopard Trek, with 236 points
• 3. Harley Goss Matthew, Htc-Highroad, with 203 points
• 4. Andreas KlÖden, Team Radioshack, with 202 points
• 5. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd, with 202 points

• 1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Leopard Trek, 236 points
• 2. Harley Goss Matthew (AUS), HTC-Highroad, 203 points
• 3. Andreas Klöden (GER), Radioshack, 202 points
• 4. Michele Scarponi (ITA), Lampre-ISD, 202 points
• 5. Philippe Gilbert (BEL), Omega Pharma-Lotto, 176 points

UCI World Rankings, updated April 11, 2011

• 1. Harley Goss Matthew, HTC-Highroad, with 203 points
• 2. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd, with 202 points
• 3. Fabian Cancellara, Leopard Trek, with 156 points
• 4. Tom Boonen, Quickstep Cycling Team, with 140 points
• 5. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team, with 128 points

Matthew Goss (HTC-Highroad) leads the UCI WorldTour rankings following his win Saturday at Milan-San Remo.

• 1. Harley Goss Matthew, HTC-Highroad , with 203 points
• 2. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd , with 118 points
• 3. Cadel Evans, Bmc Racing Team , with 108 points
• 4. Tony Martin, Htc-Highroad , with 108 points
• 5. Cameron Meyer, Team Garmin-Cervelo , with 106 points

Tony Martin and HTC-Highroad have moved into the lead of the UCI's WorldTour individual and team rankings following the German's overall victory and Matt Goss' stage win in Paris-Nice.

• 1. Tony Martin, HTC -Highroad, with 108 points
• 2. Cameron Meyer, Team Garmin-Cervelo, with 106 points
• 3. Harley Goss Matthew, HTC -Highroad, with 103 points
• 4. Andreas KlÖden, Team Radioshack, with 88 points

The 2010 UCI World Ranking calendar wrapped up with Saturday's Giro di Lombardia.

• 1. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver, Team Katusha, with 551 points
• 2. Alberto Contador Velasco, Astana, with 482 points
• 3. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 437 points
• 4. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil, Caisse D’Epargne, with 403 points
• 5. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team, with 390 points

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• 1. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver, Team Katusha, with 551 points
• 2. Alberto Contador Velasco, Astana, with 482 points
• 3. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil, Caisse d'epargne, with 403 points
• 4. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team, with 390 points
• 5. Robert Gesink, Rabobank, with 369 points

The two benefitted from their strong performances in Canada. Meanwhile, Joaquim Rodriguez is closing on Alberto Contador's lead in the rankings.

• 1. Alberto Contador Velasco, Astana, with 482 points
• 2. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver, Team Katusha, with 428 points
• 3. Cadel Evans, Bmc Racing Team, with 390 points
• 4. Robert Gesink, Rabobank, with 369 points
• 5. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil, Caisse D'epargne, with 363 points

• 1. Alberto Contador, Astana, with 482 points
• 2. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver, Team Katusha, with 428 points
• 3. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team, with 390 points
• 4. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil, Caisse d'Epargne, with 363 points
• 5. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 304 points

The Tour champion's Astana squad leads the team standings while Spain tops the national rankings.

Alejandro Valverde’s victory in the Tour de Romandie gave him the lead in the UCI world rankings issued Monday.

Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) replaces Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne) at the top of the UCI rankings.

John Wilcockson re-caps Flèche Wallonne and compares its victor to the those on the podium at the concurrent Giro del Trentino.

Belgian Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) rises to third place in the UCI's world rankings after winning the Amstel Gold Race.

The UCI World Ranking is the latest iteration of a season-long, top-level points series for pro men, teams and nations, something of a loose replacement for (and combination of) the old UCI Road World Cup and the UCI ProTour rankings.

Roman Kreuziger's recent strong performances at the Tour de France, Tour of Switzerland and the Clásica San Sebastián have moved him up to third on the UCI World Ranking, just behind the much-more-heralded Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador. Kreuziger, a 23-year-old with Liquigas, was ninth overall at the Tour de France, and third at the Swiss Tour (which he won in 2008). His second at San Sebastián, behind Quick Step's Carlos Barredo, moved him up from fifth to third in the new rankings released this week.