GP de Québec and Tour of Britain see Lotto Soudal and Israel - Premier Tech sink further in UCI rankings

Although it was only one day of racing, many points have been distributed at the GP de Québec which saw both Lotto Soudal and Israel - Premier Tech further away from maintenance significantly.

The week was marked by the Tour of Britain and it's sudden cancelation due to the queen's death, cutting the race suddenly at stage five, which has seen Gonzalo Serrano score 200 points - although not all were taken into the tabs. Dylan Teuns and Corbin Strong rode to fifth at sixth delivering Israel - Premier Tech 155 points.

The GP de Québec however, has brought in a whole new batch of points. Whilst both Lotto Soudal and Israel failed to score meaningful points, Team BikeExchange - Jayco scored 400 with Michael Matthews' second place, Movistar Team scored 225 with Iván García Cortina's fifth, 125 from Alberto Bettiol's eighth and Arkéa Samsic scored 155 from Warren Barguil and Matis Louvel's 10th and 11th spots. This was a very meaningful tally of points which has seen major changes.

Lotto Soudal now sit 654 points behind Movistar Team who sit in 18th place and are expected to bring a big amount of points from the Vuelta a Espana. Israel sits another 557 points behind the Belgian team. This Sunday will see the GP de Montréal and the end of the Vuelta which will be another big day of changes in the standings.

This Friday there were big rumours that the UCI may expand the World Tour to 20 teams, however those claims where quickly refuted by the UCI itself later on in the day, who have guarranteed that the promotion/relegation format would remain as agreed unanimously by every team in 2018 and 2020.