UCI men's road racing world ranking

The UCI men's road racing world rankings are a point system which is used to rank men's road cycling riders. Points are accrued over a rolling 52 weeks in three categories (Individual, Nations and Teams).

UCI men's road racing world ranking
Tadej Pogačar from UAE Team Emirates
(current No.1 with record 156 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)
Official websiteuci.org

Also Year-End rankings exist, based on 12-month period in both Individual and Nations categories. All points available are determined on the importance level and for its prestige at each race.

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.

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.

Year-end previous ranking systems

Between 1948 and 2016 all rankings were Year-End, with no similarity to complete new 52 weeks system introduced in 2016:

Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1948–1958)

Year-end ranking included 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)

It was the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo successor ranking. It rewarded the season best rider who had been the most consistent in the biggest races (points were awarded over the entire cycling season).

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)

Ranking was designating the best cyclist of the season. 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)

UCI Road World Cup system that operated from 1989-2004, was successor of Super Prestige Pernod. It consisted of ten one-day events, designating the best rider of the season.

UCI Pro Tour (2005–2010)

UCI ProTour ranking (and the second-tier UCI Continental Circuits) was successor of UCI Road World Cup. It was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada designating the best rider of the season.

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 World Tour in 2011.

UCI World Tour (2011–2018)

UCI World Tour ranking merged with ex UCI ProTour ranking in 2011. It was designating the best rider and the best team of the season between 2009 and 2018; and the best nation of the season between 2009 and 2016.

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

Riders (as of 23 April 2024)
RankRiderTeamPointsPrev.Move
1 Tadej PogačarUAE Team Emirates65581
2 Jonas VingegaardVisma–Lease a Bike5970.52
3 Remco EvenepoelSoudal–Quick-Step4897.573
4 Jasper PhilipsenAlpecin–Deceuninck48124
5 Mads PedersenLidl–Trek47845
6 Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin–Deceuninck46407 1
7 Primož RogličBora–Hansgrohe4466.366 1
8 Adam YatesUAE Team Emirates3884.438
9 Marc HirschiUAE Team Emirates34889
10 Juan AyusoUAE Team Emirates3456.6210
Nations (as of 23 April 2024)
RankNationPointsPrev.Move
1 Belgium22029.571
2 Denmark17345.752
3 Slovenia14720.053
4 Great Britain13847.294
5 Spain13512.745
6 Netherlands13099.356
7 France12365.57
8 Italy108818
9 Australia10375.179
10 United States9939.2110

Ranking timeline and statistics

List of number one ranked riders

No.RiderTeamStart dateEnd dateWeeksTotal
1 Jason ChristieKenyan Riders DownunderJanuary 10, 2016January 17, 201622
2 Simon GerransOrica–GreenEDGEJanuary 24, 2016March 6, 201677
3 Richie PorteBMC Racing TeamMarch 13, 2016March 13, 201611
4 Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing TeamMarch 20, 2016March 20, 201611
5 Peter SaganTinkoff (2016)
Bora–Hansgrohe (2017)
March 27, 2016April 2, 20175454
Greg Van Avermaet (2)BMC Racing TeamApril 9, 2017February 25, 20184748
6 Chris FroomeTeam SkyMarch 4, 2018April 8, 201866
Peter Sagan (2)Bora–HansgroheApril 15, 2018May 20, 2018660
Chris Froome (2)Team SkyMay 27, 2018July 15, 2018814
Peter Sagan (3)Bora–HansgroheJuly 22, 2018September 16, 2018969
7 Alejandro ValverdeMovistar TeamSeptember 23, 2018March 17, 20192626
8 Julian AlaphilippeDeceuninck–Quick-StepMarch 24, 2019September 8, 20192525
9 Primož RogličTeam Jumbo–VismaSeptember 15, 2019March 17, 20202727
UCI World Ranking frozen due to COVID-19
March 24, 2020July 28, 20201919
Primož RogličTeam Jumbo–VismaAugust 4, 2020October 20, 20201239
10 Tadej PogačarUAE Team EmiratesOctober 27, 2020November 3, 202022
Primož Roglič (2)Team Jumbo–VismaNovember 10, 2020July 13, 20213675
Tadej Pogačar (2)UAE Team EmiratesJuly 20, 2021September 7, 2021810
11 Wout van AertTeam Jumbo–VismaSeptember 14, 2021September 21, 202122
Tadej Pogačar (3)UAE Team EmiratesSeptember 28, 2021July 9, 2024146156

last update: 9 July 2024

Total weeks at No. 1

RankRiderWeeks
1 Tadej Pogačar156
2 Primož Roglič75
3 Peter Sagan69
4 Greg Van Avermaet48
5 Alejandro Valverde26
6 Julian Alaphilippe25
7 Chris Froome14
8 Simon Gerrans7
9 Jason Christie2
Wout van Aert2
11 Richie Porte1
RankNationWeeks
1 Belgium287
2 France78
3 Italy37
4 Slovenia13
5 Australia8
6 New Zealand2
last update: 9 July 2024

List of number one ranked nations

No.TeamStart dateEnd dateWeeksTotal
1 New ZealandJanuary 10, 2016January 17, 201622
2 AustraliaJanuary 24, 2016February 28, 201666
3 ItalyMarch 6, 2016March 6, 201611
Australia (2)March 13, 2016March 20, 201628
4 BelgiumMarch 27, 2016April 24, 201655
5 FranceMay 1, 2016February 19, 20174343
Belgium (2)February 26, 2017March 5, 201727
France (2)March 12, 2017March 19, 2017245
Belgium (3)March 26, 2017October 9, 20172936
Italy (2)October 16, 2017October 16, 201712
Belgium (4)October 23, 2017January 21, 20181450
Italy (3)January 28, 2018January 28, 201813
Belgium (5)February 4, 2018February 4, 2018151
Italy (4)February 11, 2018February 11, 201814
Belgium (6)February 18, 2018February 18, 2019152
Italy (5)February 25, 2018September 2, 20182832
Belgium (7)September 9, 2018March 17, 20192880
France (3)March 24, 2019April 7, 2019348
Belgium (8)April 14, 2019April 28, 2019383
France (4)May 5, 2019May 5, 2019149
Belgium (9)May 12, 2019May 19, 2019285
France (5)May 26, 2019June 9, 2019352
Belgium (10)June 16, 2019June 16, 2019186
France (6)June 23, 2019June 23, 2019153
Belgium (11)June 30, 2019July 21, 2019490
France (7)July 28, 2019August 11, 2019356
Belgium (12)August 18, 2019March 17, 202031121
Ranking frozen
March 24, 2020July 28, 20201919
Italy (6)August 4, 2020August 4, 2020133
Belgium (13)August 11, 2020August 18, 20202123
Italy (7)August 25, 2020September 15, 2020437
6 SloveniaSeptember 22, 2020November 3, 202077
France (8)November 10, 2020March 16, 20211975
Slovenia (2)March 23, 2021March 30, 202129
Belgium (14)April 6, 2021April 6, 20211124
Slovenia (3)April 13, 2021April 13, 2021110
Belgium (15)April 20, 2021May 4, 20213127
France (9)May 11, 2021May 25, 2021378
Belgium (16)June 1, 2021March 29, 202244171
Slovenia (4)April 5, 2022April 19, 2022313
Belgium (17)April 26, 2022July 9, 2024116287

last update: 9 July 2024

Year-end UCI World Rankings

The following is a list of Top 3 riders, teams and nations at the end of each season:[1]

Individual Ranking
Year1st2nd3rd
2023 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
7695.86 pts Jonas Vingegaard
Team Jumbo–Visma
6304.07 pts Remco Evenepoel
Soudal–Quick-Step
5631.71 pts
2022 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
5131 pts Wout van Aert
Team Jumbo–Visma
4525 pts Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
4402.5 pts
2021 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
5363 pts Wout van Aert
Team Jumbo–Visma
4382 pts Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo–Visma
3924 pts
2020 Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo–Visma
4237 pts Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
3055 pts Wout van Aert
Team Jumbo–Visma
2700 pts
2019 Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo–Visma
4705.28 pts Julian Alaphilippe
Deceuninck–Quick-Step
3569.95 pts Jakob Fuglsang
Astana
3472.5 pts
2018 Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
4168 pts Simon Yates
Mitchelton–Scott
3160 pts Elia Viviani
Quick-Step Floors
3106 pts
2017 Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
4148 pts Chris Froome
Team Sky
3692 pts Peter Sagan
Bora–Hansgrohe
3344 pts
2016 Peter Sagan
Tinkoff
5359 pts Chris Froome
Team Sky
3771 pts Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
3711.25 pts
2011–2015 see UCI World Tour
2010 Joaquim Rodriguez
Team Katusha
561 pts Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma–Lotto
437 pts Luis León Sánchez
Caisse d'Epargne
413 pts
2009 Alberto Contador
Astana
527 pts Alejandro Valverde
Caisse d'Epargne
483 pts Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel–Euskadi
357 pts
Team Ranking
Year1st2nd3rd
2023 UAE Team Emirates30170.18 pts Team Jumbo–Visma29177.45 pts Soudal–Quick-Step18529.85 pts
2022 Team Jumbo–Visma15003.5 pts UAE Team Emirates13323 pts Ineos Grenadiers12494 pts
2021 Deceuninck–Quick-Step15641.21 pts Ineos Grenadiers14998.66 pts Team Jumbo–Visma12914.67 pts
2020 Team Jumbo–Visma9919 pts Deceuninck–Quick-Step9776.16 pts UAE Team Emirates8503 pts
2019 Deceuninck–Quick-Step14835.15 pts Bora–Hansgrohe14192.86 pts Team Jumbo–Visma13128.07 pts
Nation Ranking
Year1st2nd3rd
2023  Belgium22800.71 pts  Denmark18669.98 pts  Slovenia16501.34 pts
2022  Belgium17901.5 pts  Spain11845.5 pts  France11774 pts
2021  Belgium14289.33 pts  Slovenia11983 pts  France11536.67 pts
2020  France9542.83 pts  Slovenia8824 pts  Belgium8530 pts
2019  Belgium13491.09 pts  Italy11747.48 pts  Netherlands11388.14 pts
2018  Belgium14502.02 pts  France13628.12 pts  Italy12142.76 pts
2017  Belgium14600 pts  Italy13938 pts  France12123 pts
2016  France13007 pts  Belgium12483.25 pts  Italy11922 pts

Explanation of the ranking points system

UCI events

Rules and regulations can be found here.

Points hierarchy for overall placings

UCI WorldTourUCI Continental Tours
RankTour de
France
Giro,
Vuelta
Monu
ments
Cat.4

Santos Tour Down Under, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Gent–Wevelgem in Flanders Fields, Amstel Gold Race, Critérium du Dauphiné, Tour de Romandie, Tour de Suisse, Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

Cat.5

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, E3 Harelbeke, Itzulia Basque Country, La Flèche Wallonne, Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian, Tour de Pologne, Binck Bank Tour, EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg, Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France

Cat.6

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, UAE Tour, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Strade Bianche, Driedaagse Brugge - De Panne, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Eschborn-Frankfurt, Amgen Tour of California, Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic, Gree – Tour of Guangxi

Pro
Series
1.1
2.1
1.2
2.2
1.2U
2.2U
Nations
Cup
de l’Avenir
Nations
Cup
113001100800500400300200125403014070
2104088564040032025015085302511055
38807505203252602151257025208040
47506004402752201751006020156030
5620495360225180120855015105025
652041528017514011570401054020
7425340240150120956035533015
8360285200125100755030312010
929523516010080604025105
10230180135856850352063
1119015511070564030153
12165130956048352510
1314011085504030205
14110906540322515
15100805535282010
169075503024531
178570
188060
197055
206050
214030201612
22
23
24
25
264030
27
28
29
30
31–4035251510853
41–502520
51–55201510542
56–6015105321

Prologue and stage placing points hierarchy

Stage placingTour de FranceGiro d'Italia
Vuelta a España
Major World Tour Events
Santos Tour Down Under, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour de Romandie, Critérium du Dauphiné, Tour de Suisse
Medium World Tour Events

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Itzulia Basque Country, Tour de Pologne, Binck Bank Tour

Minor World Tour Events
UAE Tour, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Eschborn-Frankfurt, Amgen Tour of California, Gree – Tour of Guangxi
HC events2.1 events2.2 events2.2U eventsNations Cup Tour de l’AvenirNations Cup events
12101806050402014751512
21501304030251053198
31109530252053154
49080252015
57060201510
6554515108
745401086
84035863
93530532
103025211
112520
122015
131510
14105
1552

Secondary classification (points and mountains competitions) hierarchy for final position

PositionTour de FranceGiro d'Italia
Vuelta a España
1210180
2150130
311095

Wearing the race leaders jersey

Tour de FranceGiro d'Italia
Vuelta a España
Major World Tour Events

Santos Tour Down Under, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour de Romandie, Critérium du Dauphiné, Tour de Suisse

Medium World Tour Events

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Itzulia Basque Country, Tour de Pologne, Binck Bank Tour

Minor World Tour Events

UAE Tour, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Eschborn-Frankfurt, Amgen Tour of California, Gree – Tour of Guangxi

HC events2.1 events2.2 events2.2U eventsNations Cup Tour de l’AvenirNations Cup events
Points per day25201086531121

Other events

Points for World, Olympic, Continental and National Championships

World Championships
Olympic Games
U23 World ChampionshipsContinental Championships
Continental Games
U23 Continental ChampionshipsNational ChampionshipsU23 National Championships
Relative positionRoad RaceTime TrialRoad RaceTime TrialRoad RaceTime TrialRoad RaceTime TrialRoad Race – ARoad Race – BTime Trial – ATime Trial – BRoad RaceTime Trial
190045520012525070125501005050255025
271532515085200558530753030153015
360026012570150407020602020102010
4490195100601253060155015155155
541016585501002550104010103103
63401307040902040530555
72651106035801535320333
822590503070103010
91908040256052515111
10150653520503203
111305530154015
1210540251035101
139030205305
1475251525
1560201020
16501553153
17451010
185
195
20
213
2230
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
3133
3215
33
34
35
36–401
41–50
51–5510
56–605

Team Time Trial Championships

Relative PositionWorld ChampionshipsContinental Championships
150070
240055
332540
427530
522525
617520
715015
812510
91005
10853
1170
1260
13–1550
16–2030
21–2525

Source:[2]

See also


References