UCI men's road racing world ranking

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The UCI men's road racing world rankings are a points system used to rank men's road cycling riders. Points are awarded based on results in UCI sanctioned races, with points varying widely based on the importance and prestige of the race. The Tour de France grants the most points, with 1300 points going to the general classification winner.[1]

FoundedYear-End Individual:
(October 1948)
Year-End Team:
(1984–2018)
Year-End Nation:
(October 1996)
Individual & Nation Weekly:
(10 January 2016)
Team Weekly:
(13 January 2019)
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UCI men's road racing world ranking
Tadej Pogačar from UAE Team Emirates
(current No.1 with record 260 weeks on top)
SportRoad bicycle racing
FoundedYear-End Individual:
(October 1948)
Year-End Team:
(1984–2018)
Year-End Nation:
(October 1996)
Individual & Nation Weekly:
(10 January 2016)
Team Weekly:
(13 January 2019)
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The rankings are updated weekly, with points accrued over a rolling 52 weeks for three categories: Individual, Nations, and Teams. The Nations UCI World Ranking is based on the total points of that country's top eight-ranked riders, and the Teams UCI World Ranking is based on that team's top twenty-ranked riders.[2] These rankings are used to determine the number of riders per country at the UCI World Championships, and which teams are allowed access to UCI WorldTour events.

The UCI also published year-end rankings for the Individual and Nations categories.

Current ranking system

UCI World Ranking

On 10 January 2016, a complete new 52-week rolling basis ranking system was introduced in road cycling, incorporating both World Tour and Continental Circuit races.

More information Category, Summary ...
CategorySummary
IndividualThis ranking system is calculated on a 52-week rolling basis, rankings are updated each Tuesday. The ranking at the end of the calendar year will be utilised to award an annual winner.
Unlike previous ranking systems the UCI World Classification will include all male riders from the World Tour down to U23 riders. Points will be awarded on all races from World Tour level down to 1.2 and 2.2 races.
NationsThis is based on the world ranking with the best eight riders from each country contributing towards their nation's overall score. Rankings are updated each Tuesday.
UCI WorldTourThis is the UCI WorldTour ranking of riders, teams and nations taking part in the events of the UCI WorldTour. Only riders being part of a UCI WorldTeam obtain points in UCI WorldTour races.
ContinentalThere will be subsets of rankings which are made up from points scored in non-World Tour races (i.e., UCI Europe Tour, UCI Asia Tour etc.) for individuals, teams and nations.
This will therefore allow one rider to appear in more than one ranking, for example a rider who won Strade Bianchi and a stage in the Tour of California would be part of the Europe Tour and America Tour rankings.
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Previous year-end ranking systems

Throughout cycling's history, there have been many efforts to create season-long ranking systems that unify the many different races across the cycling calendar. Typically, these ranking systems were year long, with the winner being determined at the end of the season, rather than the rolling 52 week system introduced in 2016.

Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1948–1958)

Cycling's first season-long classification system was the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, named after the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia directors at the time.[3] Introduced in 1948, the rankings included the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Lombardia, Paris–Tours, Paris–Brussels and Tour de Suisse.

Riders must have participated in at least one of the three races in each organizing country (Belgium, France and Italy) to appear in the top season rider final classification.

Super Prestige Pernod (1959–1987)

After the demise of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, French distillery Pernod sponsored a new season-long competition named the Super Prestige Pernod. It would run until 1987, when the French government placed a ban on alcohol advertisement in sport.[4] Like its predecessor, the competition rewarded the season's best rider across both one-day and stage races.

The ranking was divided into three categories: Super Prestige Pernod (the best rider of the year), Prestige Pernod (the best French rider) and Pernod Promotion (the best French under 25).

FICP/UCI Road World Rankings (1984–2004)

The UCI Road World Rankings were based upon results from all UCI sanctioned races. It was organized by Professional Cycling Federation (FICP) from the 1984 to 1992 and by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) from 1993 to 2004.

UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004)

The UCI Road World Cup operated from 1984-2004, running in parallel to the UCI Road World Rankings, and was intended as a successor of the Super Prestige Pernod. It consisted of ten one-day events, including the five Monuments.[4] Hein Verbruggen, then president of the FICP and later the UCI, introduced the World Cup to try to increase cycling's television viewership: World Cup events were required to take place on the weekend, and many took place outside of cycling's historic core of France, Belgium, Italy, and Spain.[4]

During World Cup events, the leader of the ranking for that season wore a distinctive jersey with a vertical rainbow.

UCI Pro Tour (2005–2010)

The creation of the UCI ProTour reshaped professional cycling, as part of an attempt to standardize the cycling calendar and ensure all professional teams rode the top races.[5] As part of this reorganization, the UCI ProTour ranking (and second-tier UCI Continental Circuits) replaced the UCI Road World Cup and UCI Road World Rankings. The new ranking included both one-day and stage races.

The ProTour rankings were replaced with a World Ranking system for 2009-2010, though this only considered a small number of ProTour and other high-prestige races, and was then merged into the WorldTour in 2011.

UCI World Tour (2011–2018)

The UCI World Tour ranking merged with ex UCI ProTour ranking in 2011, counting points for all World Tour races. It designated the best rider and best team of the season between 2009 and 2018, and the best nation of the season between 2009 and 2016.

After 2018, the World Tour ranking was superseded by the road race world rankings, which include points from all races, not just World Tour events.

UCI Stage Race World RankingUCI One Day Race World RankingUCI World RankingUCI World TourUCI Oceania TourUCI Europe TourUCI Asia TourUCI America TourUCI Africa TourUCI ProTourUCI Road World CupUCI Road World RankingsSuper Prestige Pernod InternationalChallenge Desgrange-Colombo

Current world rankings

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Ranking timeline and statistics

List of number one ranked riders

More information No., Rider ...
No. Rider Team Start date End date Weeks Total
1New Zealand Jason ChristieKenyan Riders Downunder January 10, 2016January 17, 201622
2Australia Simon GerransOrica–GreenEDGE January 24, 2016March 6, 201677
3Australia Richie PorteBMC Racing Team March 13, 2016March 13, 201611
4Belgium Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing Team March 20, 2016March 20, 201611
5Slovakia Peter SaganTinkoff (2016)
Bora–Hansgrohe (2017)
March 27, 2016April 2, 20175454
Belgium Greg Van Avermaet (2)BMC Racing Team April 9, 2017February 25, 20184748
6United Kingdom Chris FroomeTeam Sky March 4, 2018April 8, 201866
Slovakia Peter Sagan (2)Bora–Hansgrohe April 15, 2018May 20, 2018660
United Kingdom Chris Froome (2)Team Sky May 27, 2018July 15, 2018814
Slovakia Peter Sagan (3)Bora–Hansgrohe July 22, 2018September 16, 2018969
7Spain Alejandro ValverdeMovistar Team September 23, 2018March 17, 20192626
8France Julian AlaphilippeDeceuninck–Quick-Step March 24, 2019September 8, 20192525
9Slovenia Primož RogličTeam Jumbo–Visma September 15, 2019March 17, 20202727
UCI World Ranking frozen due to COVID-19
March 24, 2020July 28, 20201919
Slovenia Primož RogličTeam Jumbo–Visma August 4, 2020October 20, 20201239
10Slovenia Tadej PogačarUAE Team Emirates October 27, 2020November 3, 202022
Slovenia Primož Roglič (2)Team Jumbo–Visma November 10, 2020July 13, 20213675
Slovenia Tadej Pogačar (2)UAE Team Emirates July 20, 2021September 7, 2021810
11Belgium Wout van AertTeam Jumbo–Visma September 14, 2021September 21, 202122
Slovenia Tadej Pogačar (3)UAE Team Emirates September 28, 2021July 7, 2026250260
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last update: 7 July 2026

Total weeks at No. 1

More information Rank, Rider ...
Rank Rider Weeks
1 Slovenia Tadej Pogačar 260
2 Slovenia Primož Roglič 75
3 Slovakia Peter Sagan 69
4 Belgium Greg Van Avermaet 48
5 Spain Alejandro Valverde 26
6 France Julian Alaphilippe 25
7 United Kingdom Chris Froome 14
8 Australia Simon Gerrans 7
9 New Zealand Jason Christie 2
Belgium Wout van Aert 2
11 Australia Richie Porte 1
Rank Nation Weeks
1 Belgium Belgium 391
2 France France 78
3 Italy Italy 37
4 Slovenia Slovenia 13
5 Australia Australia 8
6 New Zealand New Zealand 2
last update: 7 July 2026
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List of number one ranked nations

More information No., Team ...
No. Team Start date End date Weeks Total
1New Zealand New Zealand January 10, 2016January 17, 201622
2Australia Australia January 24, 2016February 28, 201666
3Italy Italy March 6, 2016March 6, 201611
Australia Australia (2) March 13, 2016March 20, 201628
4Belgium Belgium March 27, 2016April 24, 201655
5France France May 1, 2016February 19, 20174343
Belgium Belgium (2) February 26, 2017March 5, 201727
France France (2) March 12, 2017March 19, 2017245
Belgium Belgium (3) March 26, 2017October 9, 20172936
Italy Italy (2) October 16, 2017October 16, 201712
Belgium Belgium (4) October 23, 2017January 21, 20181450
Italy Italy (3) January 28, 2018January 28, 201813
Belgium Belgium (5) February 4, 2018February 4, 2018151
Italy Italy (4) February 11, 2018February 11, 201814
Belgium Belgium (6) February 18, 2018February 18, 2019152
Italy Italy (5) February 25, 2018September 2, 20182832
Belgium Belgium (7) September 9, 2018March 17, 20192880
France France (3) March 24, 2019April 7, 2019348
Belgium Belgium (8) April 14, 2019April 28, 2019383
France France (4) May 5, 2019May 5, 2019149
Belgium Belgium (9) May 12, 2019May 19, 2019285
France France (5) May 26, 2019June 9, 2019352
Belgium Belgium (10) June 16, 2019June 16, 2019186
France France (6) June 23, 2019June 23, 2019153
Belgium Belgium (11) June 30, 2019July 21, 2019490
France France (7) July 28, 2019August 11, 2019356
Belgium Belgium (12) August 18, 2019March 17, 202031121
Ranking frozen
March 24, 2020July 28, 20201919
Italy Italy (6) August 4, 2020August 4, 2020133
Belgium Belgium (13) August 11, 2020August 18, 20202123
Italy Italy (7) August 25, 2020September 15, 2020437
6Slovenia Slovenia September 22, 2020November 3, 202077
France France (8) November 10, 2020March 16, 20211975
Slovenia Slovenia (2) March 23, 2021March 30, 202129
Belgium Belgium (14) April 6, 2021April 6, 20211124
Slovenia Slovenia (3) April 13, 2021April 13, 2021110
Belgium Belgium (15) April 20, 2021May 4, 20213127
France France (9) May 11, 2021May 25, 2021378
Belgium Belgium (16) June 1, 2021March 29, 202244171
Slovenia Slovenia (4) April 5, 2022April 19, 2022313
Belgium Belgium (17) April 26, 2022July 7, 2025220391
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last update: 7 July 2026

Year-end UCI World Rankings

The following is a list of Top 3 riders, teams and nations at the end of each season:[6]

More information Year, 1st ...
Individual Ranking
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2025 Slovenia Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates XRG
11680 pts Denmark Jonas Vingegaard
Visma–Lease a Bike
5944.14 pts Mexico Isaac del Toro
UAE Team Emirates XRG
5664 pts
2024 Slovenia Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
11655 pts Belgium Remco Evenepoel
Soudal–Quick-Step
6072.57 pts Belgium Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin–Deceuninck
4790 pts
2023 Slovenia Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
7695.86 pts Denmark Jonas Vingegaard
Team Jumbo–Visma
6304.07 pts Belgium Remco Evenepoel
Soudal–Quick-Step
5631.71 pts
2022 Slovenia Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
5131 pts Belgium Wout van Aert
Team Jumbo–Visma
4525 pts Belgium Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
4402.5 pts
2021 Slovenia Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
5363 pts Belgium Wout van Aert
Team Jumbo–Visma
4382 pts Slovenia Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo–Visma
3924 pts
2020 Slovenia Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo–Visma
4237 pts Slovenia Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
3055 pts Belgium Wout van Aert
Team Jumbo–Visma
2700 pts
2019 Slovenia Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo–Visma
4705.28 pts France Julian Alaphilippe
Deceuninck–Quick-Step
3569.95 pts Denmark Jakob Fuglsang
Astana
3472.5 pts
2018 Spain Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
4168 pts United Kingdom Simon Yates
Mitchelton–Scott
3160 pts Italy Elia Viviani
Quick-Step Floors
3106 pts
2017 Belgium Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
4148 pts United Kingdom Chris Froome
Team Sky
3692 pts Slovakia Peter Sagan
Bora–Hansgrohe
3344 pts
2016 Slovakia Peter Sagan
Tinkoff
5359 pts United Kingdom Chris Froome
Team Sky
3771 pts Belgium Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
3711.25 pts
2011–2015 see UCI World Tour
2010 Spain Joaquim Rodriguez
Team Katusha
561 pts Belgium Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma–Lotto
437 pts Spain Luis León Sánchez
Caisse d'Epargne
413 pts
2009 Spain Alberto Contador
Astana
527 pts Spain Alejandro Valverde
Caisse d'Epargne
483 pts Spain Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel–Euskadi
357 pts
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Team Ranking
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2025 United Arab Emirates UAE Team Emirates XRG40637.65 pts Netherlands Visma–Lease a Bike22876.74 pts United States Lidl–Trek21267.43 pts
2024 United Arab Emirates UAE Team Emirates37407.6 pts Netherlands Visma–Lease a Bike20427.98 pts Belgium Soudal–Quick-Step18153.97 pts
2023 United Arab Emirates UAE Team Emirates30170.18 pts Netherlands Team Jumbo–Visma29177.45 pts Belgium Soudal–Quick-Step18529.85 pts
2022 Netherlands Team Jumbo–Visma15003.5 pts United Arab Emirates UAE Team Emirates13323 pts United Kingdom INEOS Grenadiers12494 pts
2021 Belgium Deceuninck–Quick-Step15641.21 pts United Kingdom INEOS Grenadiers14998.66 pts Netherlands Team Jumbo–Visma12914.67 pts
2020 Netherlands Team Jumbo–Visma9919 pts Belgium Deceuninck–Quick-Step9776.16 pts United Arab Emirates UAE Team Emirates8503 pts
2019 Belgium Deceuninck–Quick-Step14835.15 pts Germany Bora–Hansgrohe14192.86 pts Netherlands Team Jumbo–Visma13128.07 pts
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Nation Ranking
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2025  Belgium 17986.29 pts  Denmark 17191.16 pts  Slovenia 14953 pts
2024  Belgium 24499 pts  Slovenia 17941.14 pts  Spain 14583.86 pts
2023  Belgium 22800.71 pts  Denmark 18669.98 pts  Slovenia 16501.34 pts
2022  Belgium 17901.5 pts  Spain 11845.5 pts  France 11774 pts
2021  Belgium 14289.33 pts  Slovenia 11983 pts  France 11536.67 pts
2020  France 9542.83 pts  Slovenia 8824 pts  Belgium 8530 pts
2019  Belgium 13491.09 pts  Italy 11747.48 pts  Netherlands 11388.14 pts
2018  Belgium 14502.02 pts  France 13628.12 pts  Italy 12142.76 pts
2017  Belgium 14600 pts  Italy 13938 pts  France 12123 pts
2016  France13007 pts  Belgium12483.25 pts  Italy11922 pts
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Explanation of the ranking points system

UCI events

Rules and regulations can be found here.

Points hierarchy for overall placings

More information Rank, Tour deFrance ...
UCI WorldTourUCI ProSeriesUCI Continental Tours
RankTour de
France
Giro,
Vuelta
Monu
ments
Cat.4

Santos Tour Down Under, UAE Tour, Strade Bianche, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, In Flanders Fields – From Middelkerke to Wevelgem, Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne, Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tour de Romandie, Tour de Suisse, Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

Cat.5

Mapei Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Ronde Van Brugge – Tour of Bruges, E3 Saxo Classic, Dwars door Vlaanderen – À travers la Flandre, Itzulia Basque Country, Eschborn–Frankfurt, Copenhagen Sprint, DSSK (Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa), Tour de Pologne, Renewi Tour, ADAC Cyclassics, Bretagne Classic – CIC, Tour of Guangxi

Pro
Series
1.1
2.1
1.2
2.2
1.2U
2.2U
1 130011008005004002501254030
2 1040885640400320170853025
3 880750520325260140702520
4 750600440275220120602015
5 620495360225180100501510
6 5204152801751408040105
7 425340240150120703553
8 360285200125100603031
9 295235160100805025
10 23018013585684020
11 19015511070563015
12 1651309560482010
13 140110855040105
14 11090654032
15 10080553528
16 907550302463
17 8570
18 8060
19 7055
20 6050
21 50302016
22
23
24
25
26–30 40305
31–40 3525151083
41–50 2520
51–55 20151054
56–60 1510532
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Prologue and stage placing points hierarchy

More information Stage placing, Tour deFrance ...
UCI WorldTourUCI ProSeriesUCI Continental Tours
Stage placingTour de
France
Giro,
Vuelta
Cat.4

Santos Tour Down Under, UAE Tour, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tour de Romandie, Tour de Suisse

Cat.5

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Itzulia Basque Country, Tour de Pologne, Renewi Tour, Tour of Guangxi

Pro
Series
2.12.22.2U
1 2101806050251475
2 150130403015531
3 1109530251031
4 908025205
5 706020153
6 55451510
7 4540108
8 403586
9 353053
10 302521
11 2520
12 2015
13 1510
14 105
15 52
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Secondary classification (points and mountains competitions) hierarchy for final position

More information Position, Tour de France ...
PositionTour de FranceGiro d'Italia
Vuelta a España
1 210180
2 150130
3 11095
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Wearing the race leaders jersey

More information Tour deFrance, Giro, Vuelta ...
UCI WorldTourUCI ProSeriesUCI Continental Tours
Tour de
France
Giro,
Vuelta
Cat.4

Santos Tour Down Under, UAE Tour, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tour de Romandie, Tour de Suisse

Cat.5

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Itzulia Basque Country, Tour de Pologne, Renewi Tour, Tour of Guangxi

Pro
Series
2.12.22.2U
Points per day 25201085311
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Other events

Points for World, Olympic, Continental and National Championships

More information Rank, Road Race ...
World Championships & Olympic GamesU23 World ChampionshipsContinental Championships & Continental GamesU23 Continental Championships & Continental GamesNational ChampionshipsU23 National Championships
RankRoad RaceTime TrialRoad RaceTime TrialRoad RaceTime TrialRoad RaceTime TrialRoad Race – A [7]Road Race – BTime Trial – ATime Trial – BRoad RaceTime Trial
1 90045520012525070125501005050255025
2 71532515085200558530753030153015
3 60026012570150407020602020102010
4 490195100601253060155015155155
5 41016585501002550104010103103
6 3401307040902040530555
7 2651106035801535320333
8 22590503070103010
9 1908040256052515111
10 150653520503203
11 1305530154015
12 10540251035101
13 9030205305
14 75251525
15 60201020
16 501553153
17 451010
18 5
19 5
20
21 3
22 30
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31 33
32 15
33
34
35
36–40 1
41–50
51–55 10
56–60 5
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Team Time Trial Championships

More information Rank, Team Time Trial Mixed Relay ...
UCI Road World ChampionshipsContinental Championships
RankTeam Time Trial Mixed Relay [8]Team Time TrialTeam Time Trial Mixed Relay [8]
1 3007070
2 2505555
3 2004040
4 1503030
5 1252525
6 1002020
7 851515
8 751010
9 6055
10 5033
11 40
12 30
13 25
14 15
15 10
16–20
21–25 5
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