Following on from his third placed finish at Fleche Wallonne on Wednesday, Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) has moved into tenth place in the UCI World Tour rankings.
Martin gained 50 points from his third place and with the 76 points he gathered at Volta a Ciclista a Catalunya, he has moved from 21st place to 10th.
Next up for Martin is Liège–Bastogne–Liège on Sunday. The Irishman won the race in 2013, and came close to repeating the win in 2014, only to crash out on the last corner.
Australia leads the Nations rankings with Richie Porte, Simon Gerrans and Mathew Haymans accounting for the bulk of their points. Belgium are in second place with Spain in third. To-date, Martin is the only Irish point scorer and this leaves them in 12th place, just ahead of Italy and Poland.
Peter Sagan continues to lead the rankings with 329 points, with his Tinkoff team-mate Alberto Contador in second place. Tinkoff lead the team rankings ahead of Team Sky and BMC Racing followed by Etixx-Quick Step and Movistar.
UCI Individual World Tour Rankings
Rank | Prev. | Rider | Nat. + Birthdate | Team (Code) | Points |
1 | 1 | SAGAN Peter | SVK19900126 | TINKOFF (TNK) | 329 |
2 | 2 | CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto | ESP19821206 | TINKOFF (TNK) | 280 |
3 | 3 | PORTE Richie | AUS19850130 | BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) | 222 |
4 | 4 | HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis | COL19871210 | TEAM SKY (SKY) | 204 |
5 | 5 | VANMARCKE Sep | BEL19880728 | TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO (TLJ) | 201 |
6 | 6 | QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander | COL19900204 | MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) | 178 |
7 | 7 | CANCELLARA Fabian | SUI19810318 | TREK FACTORY RACING (TFS) | 166 |
8 | 8 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BEL19850517 | BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) | 162 |
9 | 9 | DEMARE Arnaud | FRA19910826 | FDJ (FDJ) | 137 |
10 | 21 | MARTIN Daniel | IRL19860820 | ETIXX – QUICK STEP (EQS) | 126 |
11 | 10 | STANNARD Ian | GBR19870525 | TEAM SKY (SKY) | 120 |
12 | 11 | GERRANS Simon | AUS19800516 | ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) | 119 |
13 | 12 | PINOT Thibaut | FRA19900529 | FDJ (FDJ) | 111 |
14 | 13 | KRISTOFF Alexander | NOR19870705 | TEAM KATUSHA (KAT) | 106 |
15 | 14 | THOMAS Geraint | GBR19860525 | TEAM SKY (SKY) | 104 |
16 | 15 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | POL19900602 | TEAM SKY (SKY) | 102 |
17 | 16 | HAYMAN Mathew | AUS19780420 | ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) | 100 |
18 | 17 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | RUS19890915 | TEAM KATUSHA (KAT) | 96 |
19 | 18 | SWIFT Ben | GBR19871105 | TEAM SKY (SKY) | 92 |
20 | 19 | ROELANDTS Jurgen | BEL19850702 | LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS) | 84 |
It is great new. I am a fan of Dan Martin. I always see his tour and this is the reward for his effort.
It is the great new. I am a fan of Dan Martin and I alway see his tours. This is the reward for his effort.
great effort by Dan Martin. Really it is hard to come between 10th. He worked hard so that he gain this place,