South Africa’s Daryl Impey dropped out of the top 10 of the UCI WorldTour rankings following the Giro d’Italia, which saw a major reshuffling at the top end of the standings.
Impey had secured his position near the top of the rankings when he won the Tour Down Under in January.
South Africa’s Daryl Impey dropped out of the top 10 of the UCI WorldTour rankings following the Giro d’Italia. Photo: Getty Images
However, after finishing 45th overall at the Tirreno-Adriatico, 49th overall at the Volta a Catalunya, 11th at the Amstel Gold Race, 47th at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege and having not taken part in the Giro, the Mitchelton-Scott rider saw himself slip four places, from 10th to 14th.
The top two remained unchanged as Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan and Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde retained their first and second positions respectively.
Major changes saw Mitchelton-Scott’s Simon Yates jump 16 places into third after winning three stages of the Giro while having also worn the maglia rosa for 13 days.
Quick-Step Floors’ Elia Viviani climbed 10 places up the rankings into fourth after winning four sprint stages in the Italian Grand Tour.
Team Sky’s Chris Froome, after winning the overall Giro as well as two stages and the King of the Mountains title, jumped a whopping 271 places into seventh.
After winning the first stage of the Giro and finishing on the podium in three others – while placing second overall – Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin jumped 135 places into 13th.
Astana Pro’s Miguel Angel Lopez moved up 50 places into 17th after finishing third in the 21-stage race.
WorldTour rankings after Giro d’Italia (points)
1. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 1914
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 1682
3. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 1472
4. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 1397
5. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 1297
6. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL–Jumbo 1211
7. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 1205
8. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 1198
9 Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team 1195
10. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky 1063
11. Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1010
12. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 993
13. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 950
14. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 941
15. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 940
16. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 931
17. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 899
18. Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 827
19. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott 812
20. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 800
