Cancellara is the world number one

Cancellara leads the world ©Graham Watson

Apr 12th, 11. He may not have been No.1 on the day at Paris Roubaix, but Fabian Cancellara is now No.1 in the world.  

He is leading the latest UCI World Tour Rankings.

The 80 points Cancellara (Leopard Trek) earned for his 2nd place in yesterday's Paris Roubaix was enough to topple Matthew Goss (HTC Highroad) from the top of the leaderboard.

Thanks to points gained from his podiums placings in Milan San Remo, Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix, the Swiss rider has 236 points to the Australian's 203.

After winning the Spanish stage race Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco last week, Andreas Kloden powered up the ranks from 12th to 2nd.  

The German also helped RadioShack push HTC Highroad from the top of the Team's Ranking.

With his points for the tour win, and teammate Chris Horner's points for placing 2nd in the same event, plus Gregory Rast's points for his 4th place in Paris Roubaix, RadioShack doubled their points to move from 6th to1st place. 

Rabobank's Robert Gesink moved from 15th to 5th in the rider ranking thanks to his 2nd in Pais Vasco and Horner moved up from 21st to 6th.

Paris Roubaix winner Johan Van Summeren (Garmin Cervelo) debuts in the rankings this week at number 13 thanks to his 100 points gained.

The Nation's Ranking also changed this week with Australia knocked from the top of the rankings for the first time this year.  Italy now leads Australia with Belgium remaining in 3rd place, but thanks to Van Summeren's win they have boosted their points tally. 

The next event on the World Tour calendar is Sunday's Amstel Gold, signalling the start of the Ardennes classics.

2011 UCI World Tour Ranking - #6