Fabian Cancellara’s sprint victory against Sep Vanmarcke (Blanco Pro Cycling) in yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix led to the Swiss rider’s third win in the race, but has also brought the additional status of becoming the UCI WorldTour leader.
The RadioShack Nissan rider picked up 100 points for his victory, upping his total to 351 points and moving him past previous leader Peter Sagan. The latter didn’t ride Paris Roubaix and is on 312 points.
“It was everyone else against me and against my team,” said Cancellara after the race. “At one point I had to do a selection because we lost a few guys. I kept fighting and I came from the groups behind. In the end it was just me and Sep and we fought for victory.
“It's always beautiful when you win. I had different scenario in my head you have to fight to win. I never gave up but I don’t really know how I did it. My legs and my head wanted to bring me here. Now I want one thing: a holiday, and put the bike on the side.”
Places three to six in the WorldTour standings remain unchanged, with Richie Porte (Sky), Vuelta a Pais Vasco winner Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) and Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma Quick Step) remaining in those positions.
Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) is the sole new entry to the top ten, with his fourth place yesterday elevating him from seventeenth to seventh overall.
Vanmarcke and third-placed Niki Terpstra have picked up their first WorldTour points of the year on the basis of second and third yesterday, and are now nineteenth and 23rd overall.
Cancellara’s victory boosts his RadioShack Leopard’s standing, moving it from third to second overall. Also on the up are Terpstra’s Omega Pharma Quick Step, which moves from sixth to fourth, and Vanmarcke’s Blanco Pro Cycling, which goes from ninth to eighth.
Spain remains at the head of the nation’s ranking, while Cancellara’s Switzerland jumps from eighth to second, and Belgium goes from tenth to third. The Netherlands is also a mover, improving three places to fourth.
Next up are the Ardennes Classics, where Sagan will aim to ride strongly in the Amstel Gold Race and possibly Flèche Wallonne. He could overtake Cancellara if that campaign goes to plan.
UCI WorldTour standings after Paris Roubaix:
1 (2) CANCELLARA Fabian, RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) 351
2 (1) SAGAN Peter, CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING (CAN) 312
3 (3) PORTE Richie, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 200
4 (4) QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 182
5 (5) RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin, KATUSHA (KAT) 144
6 (6) CHAVANEL Sylvain, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 142
7 (17) VAN AVERMAET Greg, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 140
8 (7) CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto, TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF (TST) 124
9 (8) THOMAS Geraint, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 117
10 (9) SLAGTER Tom Jelte, BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM (BLA) 111
11 (10) MARTIN Daniel, GARMIN SHARP (GRS) 107
12 (11) NIBALI Vincenzo, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 106
13 (12) SPILAK Simon, KATUSHA (KAT) 102
14 (13) TALANSKY Andrew, GARMIN SHARP (GRS) 92
15 (18) KRISTOFF Alexander, KATUSHA (KAT) 90
16 (14) MORENO BAZAN Javier, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 86
17 (15) FROOME Christopher, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 86
18 (16) HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 82
19 (-) VANMARCKE Sep, BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM (BLA) 80
20 (19) LADAGNOUS Matthieu, FDJ (FDJ) 72
21 (20) PERAUD Jean-Christophe, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 71
22 (21) SCARPONI Michele, LAMPRE-MERIDA (LAM) 71
23 (-) TERPSTRA Niki, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 70
24 (22) ROELANDTS Jurgen, LOTTO BELISOL (LTB) 70
25 (38) LANGEVELD Sebastian, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 64
26 (23) VAN GARDEREN Tejay, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 62
27 (24) BOZIC Borut, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 61
28 (25) IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon, EUSKALTEL EUSKADI (EUS) 61
29 (26) KWIATKOWSKI Michal, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 61
30 (27) PAOLINI Luca, KATUSHA (KAT) 60
31 (28) HERMANS Ben, RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) 52
32 (29) WIGGINS Bradley, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 51
33 (30) OSS Daniel, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 50
34 (41) FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 50
35 (31) HORNER Christopher, RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) 42
36 (32) WEENING Pieter, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 41
37 (33) GESINK Robert, BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM (BLA) 41
38 (34) KELDERMAN Wilco, BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM (BLA) 41
39 (-) STYBAR Zdenek, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 40
40 (35) STANNARD Ian, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 40
41 (36) NIEMIEC Przemyslaw, LAMPRE-MERIDA (LAM) 40
42 (37) BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 35
43 (39) ULISSI Diego, LAMPRE-MERIDA (LAM) 33
44 (40) IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka, EUSKALTEL EUSKADI (EUS) 32
45 (42) PHINNEY Taylor, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 30
46 (43) AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA Andrey, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 24
47 (44) INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 22
48 (45) WESTRA Lieuwe, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 22
49 (46) PINOT Thibaut, FDJ (FDJ) 21
50 (47) PIETROPOLLI Daniele, LAMPRE-MERIDA (LAM) 20
51 (48) GREIPEL André, LOTTO BELISOL (LTB) 20
52 (49) EISEL Bernhard, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 18
53 (50) GERRANS Simon, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 18
54 (51) MEERSMAN Gianni, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 16
55 (52) CAVENDISH Mark, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 15
56 (53) BOONEN Tom, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 14
57 (54) POELS Wouter, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 14
58 (55) MARTIN Tony, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 12
59 (56) GOSS Matthew Harley, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 12
60 (57) VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, LOTTO BELISOL (LTB) 11
61 (58) MACHADO Tiago, RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) 11
62 (59) VANDENBERGH Stijn, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 10
63 (61) DEGENKOLB John, TEAM ARGOS - SHIMANO (ARG) 10
64 (60) KLÖDEN Andreas, RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) 10
65 (62) VELITS Peter, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 10
66 (63) DUMOULIN Samuel, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 10
67 (64) BOASSON HAGEN Edvald, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 8
68 (65) RATTO Daniele, CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING (CAN) 7
69 (66) POPOVYCH Yaroslav, RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) 6
70 (70) ALBASINI Michael, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 6
71 (67) GILBERT Philippe, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 6
72 (68) DE GENDT Thomas, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 6
73 (69) IMPEY Daryl, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 6
74 (71) VIVIANI Elia, CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING (CAN) 6
75 (72) RENSHAW Mark, BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM (BLA) 6
76 (73) PARISIEN Francois, TEAM ARGOS - SHIMANO (ARG) 6
77 (74) VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 6
78 (75) KITTEL Marcel, TEAM ARGOS - SHIMANO (ARG) 6
79 (76) BOUHANNI Nacer, FDJ (FDJ) 6
80 (77) SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel, EUSKALTEL EUSKADI (EUS) 5
81 (78) GAVAZZI Francesco, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 5
82 (79) LOPEZ GARCIA David, SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 5
83 (80) FERRARI Roberto, LAMPRE-MERIDA (LAM) 5
84 (81) GADRET John, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 4
85 (82) DANIELSON Thomas, GARMIN SHARP (GRS) 4
86 (83) VEIKKANEN Jussi, FDJ (FDJ) 4
87 (86) DEMARE Arnaud, FDJ (FDJ) 4
88 (88) PETACCHI Alessandro, LAMPRE-MERIDA (LAM) 4
89 (85) MALORI Adriano, LAMPRE-MERIDA (LAM) 4
90 (84) VICIOSO ARCOS Angel, KATUSHA (KAT) 4
91 (87) IGLINSKY Maxim, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 4
92 (89) BELLETTI Manuel, AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) 4
93 (90) AGNOLI Valerio, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 4
94 (91) MENCHOV Denis, KATUSHA (KAT) 4
95 (92) MOLLEMA Bauke, BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM (BLA) 4
96 (93) WYSS Danilo, BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) 3
97 (95) ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 2
98 (96) CANTWELL Jonathan, TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF (TST) 2
99 (94) CARUSO Giampaolo, KATUSHA (KAT) 2
100 (97) HOWARD Leigh, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 2
101 (98) KISERLOVSKI Robert, RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) 2
102 (99) LANCASTER Brett, ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) 2
103 (104) DEBUSSCHERE Jens, LOTTO BELISOL (LTB) 1
104 (105) FARRAR Tyler, GARMIN SHARP (GRS) 1
105 (107) WAGNER Robert, BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM (BLA) 1
106 (108) VISCONTI Giovanni, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 1
107 (100) FUGLSANG Jakob, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 1
108 (102) CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan, MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) 1
109 (101) GASPAROTTO Enrico, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 1
110 (103) VANENDERT Dennis, LOTTO BELISOL (LTB) 1
111 (106) PONZI Simone, ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) 1
112 (109) GALLOPIN Tony, RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) 1
113 (110) WELLENS Tim, LOTTO BELISOL (LTB) 1
114 (111) FENN Andrew, OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) 1
115 (112) SOUPE Geoffrey, FDJ (FDJ) 1
116 (113) VON HOFF Steele, GARMIN SHARP (GRS) 1
117 (114) MARKUS Barry, VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 1
Teams:
1 (1) SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) GBR, 536
2 (3) RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (RLT) LUX, 466
3 (2) KATUSHA (KAT) RUS, 400
4 (6) OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM (OPQ) BEL, 329
5 (4) CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING (CAN) ITA, 325
6 (5) MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) ESP, 320
7 (7) BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) USA, 288
8 (9) BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM (BLA) NED, 279
9 (8) GARMIN SHARP (GRS) USA, 205
10 (10) ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) KAZ, 180
11 (11) LAMPRE-MERIDA (LAM) ITA, 169
12 (14) ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) AUS, 141
13 (12) TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF (TST) DEN, 126
14 (13) AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) FRA, 124
15 (15) FDJ (FDJ) FRA, 107
16 (16) LOTTO BELISOL (LTB) BEL, 103
17 (17) EUSKALTEL EUSKADI (EUS) ESP, 98
18 (18) VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) NED, 93
19 (19) TEAM ARGOS - SHIMANO (ARG) NED, 22
Nations:
1 (1) SPAIN, 465
2 (8) SWITZERLAND, 360
3 (10) BELGIUM, 358
4 (7) NETHERLANDS, 327
5 (2) SLOVAKIA, 322
6 (3) ITALY, 320
7 (4) FRANCE, 316
8 (5) GREAT BRITAIN, 309
9 (6) COLOMBIA, 299
10 (9) AUSTRALIA, 238
11 (11) UNITED STATES, 230
12 (12) SLOVENIA, 163
13 (13) IRELAND, 107
14 (14) POLAND, 101
15 (15) NORWAY, 98
16 (16) GERMANY, 58
17 (-) CZECH REPUBLIC, 40
18 (17) COSTA RICA, 24
19 (18) AUSTRIA, 18
20 (19) PORTUGAL, 11
21 (20) UKRAINE, 6
22 (21) SOUTH AFRICA, 6
23 (22) CANADA, 6
24 (23) FINLAND, 4
25 (24) KAZAKHSTAN, 4
26 (25) RUSSIA, 4
27 (26) CROATIA, 2
28 (27) DENMARK, 1