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.
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. 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. Category SummaryIndividual This 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.Nations This 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 WorldTour This 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.Continental There 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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
Current world rankings + Riders (as of 24 August 2026)RankRiderTeamPointsPrev.Move 1 Tadej Pogačar 11321.75 1 2 Remco Evenepoel 7356.61 2 3 Jonas Vingegaard 6866.39 3 4 Isaac del Toro 6603.46 4 5 Paul Seixas 4800.71 5 6 Jasper Philipsen 4532.62 6 7 Tom Pidcock 4365.88 7 8 Mattias Skjelmose 3243.82 8 9 Lenny Martinez 3087.38 9 10 Felix Gall 3005 10
+ Teams (as of 21 July 2026)RankNationPointsPrev.Move 1 17724.96 1 2 14787.9 2 3 13902.27 3 4 13902.27 4 5 9834.4 5 6 9254.71 6 7 8884.74 7 8 8361.4 8 9 7616 9 10 7371 10
+ Nations (as of 21 July 2026)RankNationPointsPrev.Move 1 Belgium 20815.1 1 2 Denmark 18711.59 2 3 France 17061.67 3 4 Slovenia 15317.58 4 5 Italy 13974.92 5 6 Great Britain 12051.92 6 7 Australia 11001.64 8 8 Netherlands 10317.72 7 9 United States 9908.75 9 10 Spain 8380.28 10
Ranking timeline and statistics
List of number one ranked riders No.RiderTeamStart dateEnd dateWeeksTotal1 Jason ChristieKenyan Riders Downunder222 Simon Gerrans773 Richie Porte 114 Greg Van Avermaet 115 Peter Sagan (2016) (2017)5454 Greg Van Avermaet 47486 Chris Froome 66 Peter Sagan 660 Chris Froome 814 Peter Sagan 9697 Alejandro Valverde 26268 Julian Alaphilippe 25259 Primož Roglič27271919 Primož Roglič123910 Tadej Pogačar22 Primož Roglič 3675 Tadej Pogačar 81011 Wout van Aert 22 Tadej Pogačar 263273 last update: 6 October 2026
Total weeks at No. 1
RankRiderWeeks1 Tadej Pogačar2732 Primož Roglič753 Peter Sagan694 Greg Van Avermaet485 Alejandro Valverde266 Julian Alaphilippe257 Chris Froome148 Simon Gerrans79 Jason Christie2 Wout van Aert211 Richie Porte1RankNationWeeks1 Belgium4042 France783 Italy374 Slovenia135 Australia86 New Zealand2last update: 6 October 2026
List of number one ranked nations No.TeamStart dateEnd dateWeeksTotal1 New Zealand222 Australia663 Italy11 Australia 284 Belgium555 France4343 Belgium 27 France 245 Belgium 2936 Italy 12 Belgium 1450 Italy 13 Belgium 151 Italy 14 Belgium 152 Italy 2832 Belgium 2880 France 348 Belgium 383 France 149 Belgium 285 France 352 Belgium 186 France 153 Belgium 490 France 356 Belgium 311211919 Italy 133 Belgium 2123 Italy 4376 Slovenia77 France 1975 Slovenia 29 Belgium 1124 Slovenia 110 Belgium 3127 France 378 Belgium 44171 Slovenia 313 Belgium 233404 last update: 6 October 2026
Year-end UCI World Rankings
The following is a list of Top 3 riders, teams and nations at the end of each season:
+ Individual RankingYear 1st 2nd 3rd 2025 Tadej Pogačar 11680 pts Jonas Vingegaard 5944.14 pts Isaac del Toro 5664 pts 2024 Tadej Pogačar 11655 pts Remco Evenepoel 6072.57 pts Jasper Philipsen 4790 pts 2023 Tadej Pogačar 7695.86 pts Jonas Vingegaard 6304.07 pts Remco Evenepoel 5641.71 pts 2022 Tadej Pogačar 5131 pts Wout van Aert 4525 pts Remco Evenepoel 4402.5 pts 2021 Tadej Pogačar 5363 pts Wout van Aert 4382 pts Primož Roglič 3924 pts 2020 Primož Roglič 4237 pts Tadej Pogačar 3055 pts Wout van Aert 2700 pts 2019 Primož Roglič 4705.28 pts Julian Alaphilippe 3569.95 pts Jakob Fuglsang 3472.5 pts 2018 Alejandro Valverde 4168 pts Simon Yates 3160 pts Elia Viviani 3106 pts 2017 Greg Van Avermaet 4148 pts Chris Froome 3692 pts Peter Sagan 3344 pts 2016 Peter Sagan 5359 pts Chris Froome 3771 pts Greg Van Avermaet 3711.25 pts2011–2015 see UCI World Tour 2010 Joaquim Rodriguez 561 pts Philippe Gilbert 437 pts Luis León Sánchez 413 pts 2009 Alberto Contador 527 pts Alejandro Valverde 483 pts Samuel Sánchez 357 pts
+ Team RankingYear 1st 2nd 3rd 2025 40637.65 pts 22876.74 pts 21267.43 pts 2024 37407.6 pts 20427.98 pts 18153.97 pts 2023 30170.18 pts 29177.45 pts 18529.85 pts 2022 15003.5 pts 13323 pts 12494 pts 2021 15641.21 pts 14998.66 pts 12914.67 pts 2020 9919 pts 9776.16 pts 8503 pts 2019 14835.15 pts 14192.86 pts 13128.07 pts
+ Nation RankingYear 1st 2nd 3rd2025 17986.29 pts 17191.16 pts 14953 pts 2024 24499 pts 17941.14 pts 14583.86 pts 2023 22800.71 pts 18669.98 pts 16501.34 pts 2022 17901.5 pts 11845.5 pts 11774 pts 2021 14289.33 pts 11983 pts 11536.67 pts 20209542.83 pts8824 pts8530 pts201913491.09 pts11747.48 pts11388.14 pts201814502.02 pts13628.12 pts12142.76 pts201714600 pts13938 pts12123 pts2016 13007 pts 12483.25 pts 11922 pts
Explanation of the ranking points system
UCI events Rules and regulations can be found here.
Points hierarchy for overall placings UCI WorldTour UCI ProSeries UCI Continental ToursRank Tour deFrance Giro,Vuelta Monuments 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 MontréalCat.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 GuangxiProSeries 1.12.1 1.22.2 1.2U2.2U 1 1300 1100 800 500 400 250 125 40 30 2 1040 885 640 400 320 170 85 30 25 3 880 750 520 325 260 140 70 25 20 4 750 600 440 275 220 120 60 20 15 5 620 495 360 225 180 100 50 15 10 6 520 415 280 175 140 80 40 10 5 7 425 340 240 150 120 70 35 5 3 8 360 285 200 125 100 60 30 3 1 9 295 235 160 100 80 50 25 10 230 180 135 85 68 40 20 11 190 155 110 70 56 30 15 12 165 130 95 60 48 20 10 13 140 110 85 50 40 10 5 14 110 90 65 40 32 15 100 80 55 35 28 16 90 75 50 30 24 6 3 17 85 70 18 80 60 19 70 55 20 60 50 21 50 30 20 16 22 23 24 25 26–30 40 30 5 31–40 35 25 15 10 8 3 41–50 25 20 51–55 20 15 10 5 4 56–60 15 10 5 3 2
Prologue and stage placing points hierarchy UCI WorldTour UCI ProSeries UCI Continental ToursStage placing Tour deFrance Giro,Vuelta Cat.4 Santos Tour Down Under, UAE Tour, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tour de Romandie, Tour de SuisseCat.5