Despite staying with honey on his lips in the last Tour of Flanders after his great battle with Mathieu Van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar has seen how his great performance in ‘De Ronde’ has served to further consolidate his leadership at the head of the UCI World Ranking. Pogacar appears this Tuesday as leader of the classification with 6,051 points and is 1,899 ahead of his closest rival, his compatriot Primoz Roglic, second with 4,152 points. The Belgian Wout Van Aert closes the podium, absent in Flanders, who is third with 3,601 points.
Also resisting in the Top-10 this week are Julian Alaphilippe (fourth with 2,837.67), Matej Mohoric (fifth with 2,683), Richard Carapaz (sixth with 2,524) and Sonny Colbrelli (seventh with 2,323) and Remco Evenepoel (eighth with 2,314). , who gain a position and displace Alejandro Valverde in ninth position after not racing in Flanders with 2,193 points. Jonas Vingegaard closes the Top-10 with 2,171 points, only 2 more than Mathieu Van der Poel, who with his victory in Flanders already caresses the Top-10 again after climbing 5 positions this week.
UCI World Ranking as of April 5, 2022
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia/UAE Emirates) 6,051 points
2. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia/Jumbo-Visma) 4,152
3. Wout Van Aert (Belgium/Jumbo-Visma) 3,601
4. Julian Alaphilippe (France/Quick-Step) 2,837.67
5. Matej Mohoric (Slovenia/Bahrain-Victorious) 2,683
6. Richard Carapaz (Ecuador/Ineos-Grenadiers) 2,524
7. Sonny Colbrelli (Italy/Bahrain-Victorious) 2,323
8. Remceo Evenepoel (Belgium/Quick-Step) 2,314
9. Alejandro Valverde (Spain/Movistar) 2,193
10. Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark/Jumbo-Visma) 2,171
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11. Mathieu Van der Poel (Netherlands/Alpecin-Fenix) 2,169
Pogacar, second in the one-day races and stage leader
Pogacar’s dominance is such that the Slovenian leads the UCI ranking in stage races and has placed second in the one-day race standings. By stages Pogacar leads the ranking with 3,456 points to Primoz Roglic’s 2,884 and Joao Almeida’s 1,808 points while Enric Mas is the first Spaniard in this classification, appearing eighth with 1,394.
For his part, andn the one-day race standings Wout Van Aert leads with 2,670 points to Pogacar’s 2,545, who this week overtook Julian Alaphilippe in third on 2,306. They are approached by Mathieu Van der Poelwho with his victory in the Tour of Flanders is already fourth with 1,725 points, while Alejandro Valverde falls this week to seventh position with 1,520 points.
UAE rules by teams and Slovenia, by countries
Pogacar’s performance in the Tour of Flanders also allows the UAE Team Emirates retain its team leadership with 5,556 points, compared to 4,372 for Jumbo-Visma and 3,712 for Ineos-Grenadiers, which rises to third position. Movistar appears this week in 14th place with 1,977 points
Another of the great novelties is the ‘sorpasso’ from Slovenia to Belgium in the classification by countries. Since this week, the Slovenian country leads the classification with 14,267 points compared to 13,254.33 for Belgium and the 12,005.67 from France, which closes the podium. Spain appears this week in seventh position with 8,174.93
Van Vleuten dominates the women’s ranking and Balsamo the World Tour
In the women’s rankings, lThe Dutch from Movistar Annemiek Van Vleuten appears one more week at the top of the women’s ranking with 5,146.33 points. Van Vleuten leads a Dutch podium completed by Demi Vollering with 3,209.33 points, and Marianne Vos with 2,923 points.
By teams, SD Worx rules with 3,583 points, ahead of Trek-Segafredo, second with 2,503, and Movistar, which this week rises to third position with 2,114 points. Regarding the classification by countries. The Netherlands leads with 15,546 points to Italy’s 9,693 points and Switzerland’s even further 4,309 points. Spain appears in 12th place with 2,223.33 points.
In the UCI Women’s World Tour classification, the Italian Elisa Blsamo appears at the top with 1,536 points, for the 1,360 points of Lotte Kopecky and the Dutch Lorea Wiebes closes the podium with 720 points, while Van Vleuten is fifth with 640 points. By teams, SD Worx leads with 3,048 points to Trek-Segafredo’s 1,964 and Canyon//Sram’s 1,396, while Movistar is fourth with 1,336.