New UCI WorldTour ranking: UAE reign after the Tour de France; Red Bull crush Visma; INEOS disappear and Alpecin surge
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The 2026 Tour de France is already in the books. Tadej Pogacar’s victory will be remembered as the moment the Slovenian drew level with the historic record of Eddy Merckx, Miguel Induráin, Jacques Anquetil, and Bernard Hinault. But the season rolls on, and it’s time to assess how the Grande Boucle has reshaped the UCI Ranking.
Tadej Pogacar's Tour win puts UAE further in the lead
Unsurprisingly, the biggest winner is UAE Team Emirates - XRG. First up, inevitably, is Tadej Pogacar's UAE. The Emirati team has amassed 23,475 UCI points, an extraordinary haul, pulling clear of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, still 2nd. Between the Slovenian’s overall win and his five stage victories, plus Isaac del Toro’s podium and his stage 2 triumph, no team shone as brightly as the one led by today’s two superstars.
The aforementioned Red Bull also enjoyed a superb Tour de France, moving to 17,653 points and opening a gap of more than 2,000 over Team Visma | Lease a Bike, still 3rd but without GC points after Jonas Vingegaard abandoned. With Remco Evenepoel’s 2nd overall, including two stage wins, the tally is more than satisfactory.
Decathlon CMA CGM Team, fronted by Paul Seixas, who debuted at the Tour at just 19, holds 4th in the UCI Ranking with 14,407 points. Notably, they are closing on Visma, now only 800 points back. Seixas himself finished 4th overall, a historic result as the best Tour de France placing by a 19-year-old since 1903. Olav Kooij capped it with a stage win.
The standings continue with Lidl-Trek steady in 5th on 12,849 points. The American team placed two riders in the overall top 10: Mattias Skjelmose (6th) and Juan Ayuso (7th). They also celebrated Mads Pedersen’s stage win on day four. The Dane secured the green jersey as well, adding 210 more UCI points.

Tadej Pogacar and Isaac del Toro at the 2026 Tour de France
XDS Astana Team, though not a leading protagonist at the Tour de France, remains 6th in the Ranking with 10,494 points. In fact, their best returns came in parallel with back-to-back wins by Thomas Silva at the Clásica de Ordizia and the Clásica de Castilla y León the very next day. Once again, the Kazakh team mines the smaller races to piece together a strong season.
Bahrain Victorious is the last team currently above 10,000 points, sitting 7th. Their standout in the Tour was Lenny Martínez, who finished 5th overall, a memorable result for the Frenchman. Behind them, Netcompany INEOS is 8th despite a deeply underwhelming Grande Boucle. No stages and no GC fight, and as a result, Alpecin-Premier Tech is right on their wheel.
Alpecin sits 9th, just under 100 points off INEOS. The Belgian squad delivered a superb Tour de France with two stage wins for Mathieu van der Poel, one for Jasper Philipsen, and Philipsen’s runner-up spot in the points classification. It’s an excellent platform for the final third of the season, especially after their slow start to 2026.
Soudal Quick-Step rounds out the top 10. The Wolfpack more than delivered at the Tour despite Ilan Van Wilder’s withdrawal: three stage wins by Tim Merlier are an outstanding return. On top of that, Valentin Paret-Peintre added further points by taking 3rd after a thrilling battle in the mountains classification.
As it stands currently, Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (15th) and Cofidis (18th) are in position to be promoted to the World Tour. Groupama - FDJ (20th) and Team Picnic PostNL (30th) are provisionally in a position of relegation, with the latter specially being completely out of range of all other World Tour teams.
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UCI Teams Ranking (28-7-2026)
| Position | Diff. | Team | Class | Points |
| 1 | - | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | WT | 23475 |
| 2 | ▲4 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | WT | 17653.5 |
| 3 | ▼1 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | WT | 15283.6 |
| 4 | ▲3 | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | WT | 14407.2 |
| 5 | ▼2 | Lidl - Trek | WT | 12849.4 |
| 6 | ▼2 | XDS Astana Team | WT | 10494.7 |
| 7 | ▲3 | Bahrain - Victorious | WT | 10151 |
| 8 | - | Netcompany INEOS | WT | 9052.9 |
| 9 | - | Alpecin - Premier Tech | WT | 8899.7 |
| 10 | ▼5 | Soudal Quick-Step | WT | 8707.3 |
| 11 | ▲5 | Team Jayco AlUla | WT | 7986.2 |
| 12 | ▼1 | Uno-X Mobility | WT | 7800.3 |
| 13 | ▲1 | NSN Cycling Team | WT | 7185 |
| 14 | ▼2 | EF Education - EasyPost | WT | 7009.3 |
| 15 | ▲4 | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | PRT | 6658.5 |
| 16 | ▼1 | Movistar Team | WT | 6439.5 |
| 17 | ▲6 | Lotto Intermarché | WT | 6209 |
| 18 | ▲2 | Cofidis | PRT | 6043.7 |
| 19 | ▼6 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | PRT | 5995.6 |
| 20 | ▼2 | Groupama - FDJ United | WT | 5827.3 |
| 21 | ▲5 | Unibet Rose Rockets | PRT | 5032 |
| 22 | - | TotalEnergies | PRT | 4300.9 |
| 23 | ▲2 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | PRT | 3706 |
| 24 | ▲3 | Burgos Burpellet BH | PRT | 3207.9 |
| 25 | ▲3 | Team Polti VisitMalta | PRT | 2769.1 |
| 26 | ▲5 | Solution Tech NIPPO Rali | PRT | 2518.4 |
| 27 | ▲2 | Equipo Kern Pharma | PRT | 2304 |
| 28 | ▲2 | Bardiani CSF 7 Saber | PRT | 1926 |
| 29 | ▲19 | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | PRT | 1854 |
| 30 | ▼13 | Team Picnic PostNL | WT | 1812 |
| 31 | ▲3 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | PRT | 1627 |
| 32 | ▲4 | Li Ning Star | CT | 1536.3 |
| 33 | ▲4 | Roojai Insurance Winspace | CT | 1442.3 |
| 34 | ▲59 | Energus Cycling Team | CT | 1159 |
| 35 | ▲9 | Madar Pro Cycling Team | CT | 1140.7 |
| 36 | ▼36 | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | PRT | 1140 |
| 37 | ▼2 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies | CT | 1131.9 |
| 38 | ▲15 | XDS Astana Development Team | CT | 1026.1 |
| 39 | ▼7 | ATT Investments | CT | 991 |
| 40 | ▼2 | Terengganu Cycling Team | CT | 989 |
| 41 | ▲14 | Team United Shipping | CT | 942 |
| 42 | ▲29 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development | CT | 796 |
| 43 | ▼43 | Team Brennan | CT | 782 |
| 44 | ▲5 | Team Flanders - Baloise | PRT | 776 |
| 45 | ▲47 | Van Rysel Roubaix | CT | 668 |
| 46 | ▲18 | Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team | CT | 667.9 |
| 47 | ▼4 | UAE Team Emirates Gen Z | CT | 663 |
| 48 | ▲34 | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | CT | 614 |
| 49 | ▼4 | China Anta - Mentech Cycling Team | CT | 600 |
| 50 | ▲30 | BEAT CC p/b Saxo | CT | 583 |
| 51 | ▲5 | 7 Saber Uzbekistan Cycling Team | CT | 566 |
| 52 | ▼13 | Lotto - Groupe Wanty | CT | 559 |
| 53 | ▲68 | Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling | CT | 553 |
| 54 | ▼13 | Team Medellín - EPM | CT | 552 |
| 55 | ▼15 | Lidl - Trek Future Racing | CT | 551.4 |
| 56 | ▲30 | Kasper crypto4me | CT | 547 |
| 57 | ▼3 | Bahrain Victorious Development Team | CT | 538 |
| 58 | ▲27 | CCACHE x BODYWRAP | CT | 517 |
| 59 | ▲41 | Team Amani | CT | 490.7 |
| 60 | ▲34 | Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team | CT | 489 |
| 61 | ▲35 | Best PC Ecuador | CT | 486 |
| 62 | ▼29 | Team UKYO | CT | 472 |
| 63 | ▲24 | Team ColoQuick | CT | 459 |
| 64 | ▼22 | NSN Development Team | CT | 455 |
| 65 | ▲19 | Tarteletto - Isorex | CT | 450 |
| 66 | ▲36 | Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Spor | CT | 447 |
| 67 | ▼21 | Anicolor / Campicarn | CT | 436 |
| 68 | ▲83 | Spor Toto Cycling Team | CT | 414 |
| 69 | ▲48 | Efapel Cycling | CT | 406 |
| 70 | ▲13 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23 | CT | 393 |
| 71 | ▲49 | General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia | CT | 391 |
| 72 | ▼72 | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | CT | 358 |
| 73 | ▼23 | BIKE AID | CT | 350 |
| 74 | ▼5 | Decathlon CMA CGM Development Team | CT | 345 |
| 75 | ▼13 | Nu Colombia | CT | 343 |
| 76 | ▼76 | L39ION of Los Angeles | CT | 337 |
| 77 | ▼20 | Groupama-FDJ United CT | CT | 325 |
| 78 | ▲98 | Lucky Sport Cycling Team | CT | 320 |
| 79 | ▲36 | Ukraine Cycling Team | CT | 318 |
| 80 | ▲24 | Metec - SOLARWATT p/b Mantel | CT | 309 |
| 81 | ▼81 | Swatt Club | CT | 306 |
| 82 | ▲41 | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | CT | 304 |
| 83 | ▼83 | Tshenolo Pro Cycling Team | CT | 291 |
| 84 | ▼23 | Tirol KTM Cycling Team | CT | 288 |
| 85 | ▲39 | Development Team Picnic PostNL | CT | 285 |
| 86 | ▲32 | Team Sistecredito | CT | 284 |
| 87 | ▼11 | Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur | CT | 282 |
| 88 | ▼10 | GW Erco SportFitness | CT | 282 |
| 89 | ▼22 | Kinan Racing Team | CT | 280.3 |
| 90 | ▲24 | Hrinkow Advarics | CT | 278 |
| 91 | ▼16 | Factor Racing | CT | 274 |
| 92 | ▼18 | Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team | CT | 266 |
| 93 | ▲19 | ASC Monsters Indonesia | CT | 266 |
| 94 | ▲3 | Plus Performance - ZEO Sport | CT | 266 |
| 95 | ▲58 | Wibatech Lubelskie Perła Polski | CT | 264 |
| 96 | ▼8 | Voster Team | CT | 256 |
| 97 | ▼97 | China Chermin Cycling Team | CT | 256 |
| 98 | ▼40 | St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 | CT | 255 |
| 99 | ▼36 | AIRTOX - Carl Ras | CT | 251 |
| 100 | ▲37 | Feira dos Sofás - Boavista | CT | 250 |

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- I get the point totally. We live in the snowflake society where some riders forget they are getting paid to ride and get results. When they have a few issues they try to look outside of the real issue instead of themselves. It odd so many of the team are making no complaints and getting on with their job. If you do not like what you do find another job simples. Tough love as my mum would say.paultryan200207-11-2026
- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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