If Joaquím Rodriguez (Katusha) had eerie sensations of deja vu as he found himself alone in the dying stages of Sunday’s Il Lombardia it is hardly surprising for there was an air of doomed laden defeat in the air as the Spanish climber once again rode in splendid isolation on rain soaked tarmac in Northern Italy just as he had done one week previously in the Worlds.

This time around, however, Rodriguez was not going to be denied and he convincingly avenged his Worlds debacle by claiming the Il Lombardia for the second year running.

By winning Il Lombardia Rodriguez also moved ahead of Chris Froome (Sky) in the WorldTour standings and all but sealed his win in that ranking for the third time in four years. With the Briton set to miss the final WorldTour event, Tour of Beijing, due to injury, Rodriguez looks set to wrap up the individual ranking.

Currently Rodriguez holds a lead of 20 points over Froome and 67 over Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), and both men have ruled themselves out of the five-day Tour of Beijing which kicks off on Friday, October 11.

Valverde confirmed that his season was over immediately after finishing second at Il Lombardia, while Froome took to Twitter on Monday morning to declare that he will not participate in the Tour of Beijing.

Irish rider Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) finished a convincing 4th at Il Lombardia on Sunday despite suffering a mechanical problem near the end and jumped from 11th to 8th on the individual standings. The 27-year-old Irishman has the chance to gain a couple more places in the final standings with a strong showing at the Tour of Beijing, where he performed well last year.

British Sky Procycling maintains its slim lead in the team standings, ahead of Movistar and Katusha. This trio easily outdistance all the other teams while Vacansoleil-DCM – which will disperse at the end of the season – lies glued to the bottom of the table with a meagre 125 points.

Spain continues to hold a superior lead in the national standings, almost 800 points clear of the closest challenger Italy, while Colombia’s renaissance is witnessed by its third place in the ranking, ahead of Great Britain.

WorldTour rankings

Individuals top ten:

1 Joaquím Rodriguez Oliver Katusha 607 pts

2 Christopher Froome Sky Procycling 587  

3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team 540  

4 Peter Sagan Cannondale Pro Cycling 491  

5 Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team 474  

6 Fabian Cancellara RadioShack Leopard 384  

7 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas Movistar Team 366  

8 Daniel Martin Garmin Sharp 348  

9 Richie Porte Sky Procycling 327  

10 Roman Kreuziger Team Saxo-Tinkoff 308  

Teams:

1 Sky Procycling 1,561 pts

2 Movistar Team 1,443  

3 Katusha 1,340  

4 Astana Pro Team 1,045  

5 Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1,030  

6 RadioShack Leopard 1,026  

7 Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 1,013  

8 Garmin Sharp 771  

9 Cannondale Pro Cycling 739  

10 BMC Racing Team 731  

11 Belkin Pro Cycling Team 694  

12 Ag2r La Mondiale 684  

13 Orica-GreenEDGE 595  

14 Lampre-Merida 543  

15 Euskaltel Euskadi 391  

16 Team Argos - Shimano 345  

17 FDJ.fr 322  

18 Lotto Belisol 307  

19 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 125  

Nations top twenty:

1 Spain 1,841 pts

2 Italy 1,082  

3 Colombia 1,011  

4 Great Britain 975  

5 Netherlands 786  

6 France 640  

7 Australia 623  

8 United States 617  

9 Belgium 615  

10 Poland 515  

11 Slovakia 501  

12 Ireland 484  

13 Czech Republic 480  

14 Switzerland 467  

15 Germany 438  

16 Portugal 302  

17 Slovenia 285  

18 Norway 261  

19 Denmark 212  

20 Estonia 116