UCI Rankings Rider Update | Santiago Buitrago, João Almeida and Kevin Vauquelin score big points in Valenciana and Besseges

Over the past weekend we've had the finale of the Etoile de Bessèges and Volta a Comunitat Valenciana which opened up the European stage-race calendar. We've had a few riders scoring big points that will be important for their teams - we take a look at the latest UCI Rankings.

You can check the most recent update. Over this past weekend we've had the end of the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana where Santiago Buitrago net a big amount of points which puts him among the top scorers of the season. A whole 320 points in his tally now, whilst second place João Almeida scored 196. At the Etoile de Bessèges Kévin Vauquelin soared to two stage wins and the overall classification which also net him a good amount of points, he now has 159 - these are points however that do not compare to the top scorers of the Tour Down Under. Rick Pluimers, winner of the Muscat Classic, now has 128 points this year.

The points scored in Valencia saw the likes of Thymen Arensman and Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda enter the Top100; whilst Santiago Buitrago climbed 12 positions to 39th, João Almeida climbed 6 to 19th and Kévin Vauquelin.