By the slimmest of margins, Dorian Coninx is the new Series leader in the men’s WTCS. He nudged his nose 3 points ahead of Vasco Vilaca, the previous leader, after yet another top-5 finish. Across his three appearances this season, Coninx has mustered results of 5th, 4th and 4th.
A first podium of the year beckons; with the likes of Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde closing in, though, as well as Vilaca and Leo Bergere, Coninx will need to land on the podium if he is to defend his lead. Yee only has two results to his name, as does Wilde to all intents and purposes (his Abu Dhabi result will not matter for long), so they will be the most significant dangers to Coninx.
After his 5th place in Cagliari, Pierre Le Corre was the highest new entry in the charts. He now finds himself in 14th overall. Such was his form at the weekend, it would not be hard to see him taking a run at the top-5 by the end of the season.
Lasse Lührs was the new highest new entry in 27th while Gianluca Pozzatti was close behind. After his first race of the Series, Pozzatti now finds himself in 30th.
Several men made big jumps through the rankings. By rising 27 places into 42nd, Genis Grau made the largest leap.
Tom Richard gained 17 places to move into 36th while Jonas Schomburg improved by 16 places to occupy 10th. After Schomburg’s personal best WTCS finish, this might be the year he consolidates a position in the overall top-10.
Two of Schomburg’s compatriots made the next biggest gains. After setting personal best finishes, Johannes Vogel rose 15 places into 29th and Valentin Wernz moved up 14 place into 19th.
Michele Sarzilla and Marten Van Riel both rose 10 places through the rankings. The Italian athlete now sits in 26th while the Belgian is in 12th.
You can view the latest men’s WTCS rankings here.
Taking over from Sophie Coldwell, the new leader of the women’s Series is Taylor Spivey. Unlike Coninx, though, Spivey has a massive lead of almost 400 points. Waiting in the wings in 2nd place is Emma Lombardi after her silver medal in Cagliari. Her lead over Georgia Taylor-Brown is only 17 points.
As with the men’s Series, two big names only have two results to their name. The winners in Abu Dhabi and Yokohama, Beth Potter and Sophie Coldwell, will inevitably move up the rankings when they have as many scores as their rivals. As things stand, though, Spivey is sitting pretty at the top of the table.
Annika Koch was the only new entrant into the top-50 in the women’s rankings. She entered in 45th place after finishing 24th in Cagliari.
The biggest climber in either the men’s or women’s fields was Katie Zaferes. In a statement performance, she climbed 31 places to 25th overall. With only two results to her name, she is close to a place in the top-20 and even the top-15. If she could cap her comeback season with an overall top-10 in the Series, that would be a remarkable achievement.
Following the results of Cagliari, Vittoria Lopes jumped 19 places to 26th while Solveig Løvseth moved up 17 places into 30th. Petra Kurikova barely missed out on breaking into the top-50; she is now 51st after rising 15 places.
Yuko Takahashi rose 14 places and now finds herself in 36th. A little further down the rankings, Xisca Tous gained 13 places to take 59th. That puts her one spot ahead of Shanae Williams. After Cagliari, the South African athlete sits in 60th having improved by 12 places.
Both Ilaria Zane and Alberte Kjær Pedersen bounced 10 places up the rankings. As a result, Zane now sits in 34th and Pedersen is in 18th.
You can view the latest women’s WTCS rankings here.
