Team Sky knocked off WorldTour top spot by Etixx-QuickStep

After a string of second places in the Classics, Michal Kwiatkowski's Amstel Gold Race win saw Etixx-QuickStep move ahead of Team Sky in the WorldTour

Michal Kwiatkowski wins the 2015 Amstel Gold Race

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Team Sky has been deposed from its long run at the top of the 2015 UCI WorldTour team ranking by Etixx-QuickStep thanks to Michal Kwiatkowski's win in the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday.

Kwiatkowski's victory in the Dutch race was the first WorldTour win for Etixx-QuickStep since the Polish road race world champion also won the prologue of Paris-Nice on March 8. Those two victories are the only WorldTour wins scored by the Belgian team so far in 2015.

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Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, an exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed.