 Riders who finished in the top ten in La Flèche Wallonne were awarded points in the UCI World Tour rankings . Valverde , as the race winner , won 80 points ; Kelderman won 2 points for his tenth @-@ place finish . Valverde moved from eighth to second place in the rankings ; his 238 points left him 65 points behind Richie Porte , the leader of the ranking . Joaquim Rodríguez also moved up in the rankings from sixteenth to ninth place . Spain remained in second place in the nations ' rankings , one point behind Australia , with Colombia moving ahead of the Netherlands into third place and France returning to the top 10 . Etixx @-@ Quick Step retained their lead in the teams ' rankings . 
