Relegation battle update: Lotto is catching Movistar, EF and BEX, but these teams will score more in La Vuelta. Israel doesn't get results and will probably be relegated. They are 800 points behind Total in 2022, so they won't get the wildcards either. Daily updated rankings 👇
UCI points update | Movistar and BikeExchange deposit trust in Vuelta a Espana as Lotto Soudal surges once again
CyclingMonday, 29 August 2022 at 11:57
The new UCI points update includes those captured throughout the opening week of the Vuelta a Espana, but also those from the Bretagne Classic, the Deutschland Tour, Tour de Poitou - Charentes and the Belgian semi-classics: Egmont Cycling Race and Druivenkoers - Overijse. Unsurprisingly, big points have been scored.
The most recent update from Raúl Banqueri has seen some Israel - Premier Tech and Team BikeExchange - Jayco's lack of point scoring. Both teams scored less than 100 points over this week, with Israel sinking down the standings further - now over 1000 points behind 18th placed Movistar Team - and BikeExchange sitting just 28 points ahead of the Spanish team. The team however, being led by Simon Yates at the Vuelta, is expecting to get some crucial points at the end of the race via the overall classification.
So is Movistar Team however, who has Enric Mas riding in second place at the moment. Both teams will be expecting a large amount of points at the end of the Vuelta to boost them up the standings, whilst none of the teams around carry any significant GC ambition.
With a win at the Egmont Cycling Race and a fourth place at the Bretagne Classic, Arnaud De Lie keeps almost single-handedly keeps Lotto Soudal within the battle for maintenance, being the second highest scoring team of the week and getting themselves only 333 points behind Movistar, a closeable gap with the amount of racing left this season.
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Cofidis took a win at the Vuelta a Espana and saw Benjamin Thomas perform at a high level this week to bring them 392 points, Arkéa had Matis Louvel win the Druivenkoers - Overijse classic in fashion to build on 326, and EF Education - EasyPost scored 183 points largely based on Ruben Guerreiro's third spot at the Deutschland Tour.
This coming week will feature more racing in the Vuelta a Espana, but less outside of it, as the calendar takes a final easier week before the very packed final month of racing.
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