UCI Rankings Rider Update | Pogacar increases lead, Vingegaard enters Top5, Van Aert drops out of Top10 and more
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The UCI Rankings have had quite a meaningful update, as this weekend saw the end of the UAE Tour, Volta ao Algarve, Vuelta a Andalucia and the Tour des Alpes Maritimes. This has seen the entrance of new riders in the Top10 of the year's racings including Tadej Pogacar.
2025 UCI Riders Ranking; Date: 27/02/2025
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored on the 2025 season specifically.
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored on the 2025 season specifically.
You can check the previous update. The same riders remain in the Top3, but on 4th spot is now Astana's Christian Scaroni, winner of the Classic Var and also Tour des Alpes Maritimes. Tadej Pogacar won the UAE Tour and alongside it brought 425 points to his rankings already, reaching out ahwad of his main rivals when it comes to this classification. Jonas Vingegaard however also took a stage and GC win at the Volta ao Algarve, with it adding 220 points to his tally. Pavel Sivakov, victor in Andalucia, added 200 points as well with his stage and final standings. The likes of João Almeida, Pello Bilbao, Giulio Ciccone, Iván Romeo and Tom Pidcock also scored important points this week.
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| 1 | Narvaez Jhonatan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 740 |
| 2 | Romo Javier | Movistar Team | 665 |
| 3 | Fisher-Black Finn | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 640 |
| 4 | Scaroni Cristian | XDS Astana Team | 560 |
| 5 | Onley Oscar | Team Picnic PostNL | 540 |
| 6 | Morgado António | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 538 |
| 7 | Buitrago Santiago | Bahrain Victorious | 460 |
| 8 | Pogacar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 425 |
| 9 | Bilbao Pello | Bahrain Victorious | 383 |
| 10 | Chawchiangkwang Peerapol | Thailand Continental Cycling Team | 355 |
| 11 | Almeida Joao | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 346 |
| 12 | Plapp Lucas | Team Jayco-AlUla | 325 |
| 13 | Pidcock Tom | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 312 |
| 14 | Gate Aaron | XDS Astana Team | 310 |
| 14 | Schmid Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | 310 |
| 16 | Welsford Sam | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 302 |
| 17 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | 285 |
| 18 | Romeo Iván | Movistar Team | 272 |
| 19 | Fagundez Eric | Burgos Burpellet BH | 270 |
| 20 | Lyu Xianjing | China Glory-Mentech Conti. CT | 260 |
| 20 | Christen Jan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 260 |
| 22 | Sheffield Magnus | INEOS Grenadiers | 255 |
| 23 | Sivakov Pavel | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 246 |
| 24 | Kanter Max | XDS Astana Team | 243 |
| 25 | Tronchon Bastien | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 238 |
| 26 | Yates Adam | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 233 |
| 27 | Paret-Peintre Valentin | Soudal Quick-Step | 230 |
| 28 | Strong Corbin | Israel-Premier Tech | 223 |
| 28 | Fretin Milan | Cofidis | 223 |
| 30 | Vingegaard Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 220 |
| 31 | Vauquelin Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | 219 |
| 32 | Pithie Laurence | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 215 |
| 33 | Lund Andresen Tobias | Team Picnic PostNL | 211 |
| 34 | Hirschi Marc | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 205 |
| 34 | Champoussin Clément | XDS Astana Team | 205 |
| 36 | van den Berg Marijn | EF Education-EasyPost | 203 |
| 37 | Berthet Clément | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 198 |
| 38 | Coquard Bryan | Cofidis | 193 |
| 39 | Konrad Patrick | Lidl-Trek | 192 |
| 40 | Sainbayar Jambaljamts | Burgos Burpellet BH | 187 |
| 41 | Hamza Yacine | Madar Pro Cycling Team | 186 |
| 42 | Girmay Biniam | Intermarché-Wanty | 173 |
| 42 | Magnier Paul | Soudal Quick-Step | 173 |
| 44 | Gaudu David | Groupama-FDJ | 170 |
| 44 | Leitão Iúri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 170 |
| 44 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 170 |
| 47 | Harper Chris | Team Jayco-AlUla | 167 |
| 48 | Teutenberg Tim Torn | Lidl-Trek | 166 |
| 49 | Milan Jonathan | Lidl-Trek | 163 |
| 50 | Kamada Koki | JCL Team Ukyo | 163 |
UCI Riders Ranking; Date: 27/02/2025
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored over the past 12 months.
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored over the past 12 months.
With Tadej Pogacar scoring big and Remco Evenepoel losing points from last year, the gap is only a few points away from literally being the double from first to second - this should happen soon at Strade Bianche. We've had Jonas Vingegaard gain positions on Ben O'Connor and Marc Hirschi into 5th place; and Enric Mas overtaking Wout van Aert to enter the Top10.
Oscar Onley (11 positions), Giulio Ciccone (23 positions), Santiago Buitrago (10 positions), Pavel Sivakov (23 positions), Paul Lapeira (11 positions) climbed a lot of positions in the rankings with the added points, but it is Christian Scaroni who takes the spotlight as he entered the Top100, climbing 60 positions over the past week despite the French races offering little points.
| 1 | Pogacar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 12.080 (+425) |
| 2 | Evenepoel Remco | Soudal Quick-Step | 5.607 (-255) |
| 3 | Philipsen Jasper | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4.835 (+45) |
| 4 | van der Poel Mathieu | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4.053 |
| 5 | Vingegaard Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3.756 (+220) |
| 6 | O'Connor Ben | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3.733 (-310) |
| 7 | Hirschi Marc | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3.703 |
| 8 | Roglic Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 3.536 (+50) |
| 9 | Girmay Biniam | Intermarché-Wanty | 3.282 (+18) |
| 10 | Mas Enric | Movistar Team | 2.884 (+8) |
| 11 | van Aert Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2.825 (-65) |
| 12 | Jorgenson Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2.702 |
| 13 | Van Gils Maxim | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2.657 (+115) |
| 14 | Pedersen Mads | Lidl-Trek | 2.544 |
| 15 | Milan Jonathan | Lidl-Trek | 2.537 (+126) |
| 16 | De Lie Arnaud | Lotto | 2.493 (+15) |
| 17 | Almeida Joao | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2.488 (+165) |
| 18 | Skjelmose Mattias | Lidl-Trek | 2.362 |
| 19 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 2.358 (-3) |
| 20 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | 2.358 (-46) |
| 21 | Yates Adam | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2.296 |
| 22 | Pidcock Tom | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2.207 (+70) |
| 23 | Landa Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | 2.112 (-5) |
| 24 | McNulty Brandon | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2.077 (-37) |
| 25 | Carapaz Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | 2.068 (+28) |
| 26 | Ayuso Juan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2.065 (-18) |
| 27 | Skujins Toms | Lidl-Trek | 2.027 |
| 28 | Küng Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | 1.972 (-50) |
| 29 | Narvaez Jhonatan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.885 |
| 30 | Bardet Romain | Team Picnic PostNL | 1.834 (-80) |
| 31 | Matthews Michael | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1.830 |
| 32 | Groves Kaden | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1.754 (-2) |
| 33 | Vlasov Aleksandr | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1.703 |
| 34 | Tiberi Antonio | Bahrain Victorious | 1.661 (+5) |
| 35 | Kooij Olav | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1.647 (-60) |
| 36 | Wellens Tim | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.633 (+57) |
| 37 | Martinez Daniel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1.615 (-200) |
| 38 | Onley Oscar | Team Picnic PostNL | 1.575 (+165) |
| 39 | Alaphilippe Julian | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1.564 (+5) |
| 40 | Bilbao Pello | Bahrain Victorious | 1.554 (-8) |
| 41 | Madouas Valentin | Groupama-FDJ | 1.540 (-3) |
| 42 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | 1.538 (+285) |
| 43 | Laporte Christophe | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1.537 |
| 44 | Gaudu David | Groupama-FDJ | 1.533 (-40) |
| 45 | Politt Nils | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.528 (-5) |
| 46 | Strong Corbin | Israel-Premier Tech | 1.490 |
| 47 | Cosnefroy Benoît | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 1.487 (-139) |
| 48 | Buitrago Santiago | Bahrain Victorious | 1.422 (+140) |
| 49 | Ulissi Diego | XDS Astana Team | 1.421 |
| 50 | Bettiol Alberto | XDS Astana Team | 1.420 |
| 51 | Grégoire Romain | Groupama-FDJ | 1.413 (+50) |
| 52 | Aranburu Alex | Cofidis | 1.391 |
| 53 | Sivakov Pavel | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.364 (+235) |
| 54 | Kristoff Alexander | Uno-X Mobility | 1.345 (+20) |
| 55 | Lipowitz Florian | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1.342 |
| 56 | Meeus Jordi | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1.340 (+25) |
| 57 | Groenewegen Dylan | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1.338 (-8) |
| 58 | Vacek Mathias | Lidl-Trek | 1.335 (+25) |
| 59 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto | 1.300 (-290) |
| 60 | Zingle Axel | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1.286 |
| 61 | Bernal Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.277 |
| 62 | Thomas Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.270 |
| 63 | Benoot Tiesj | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1.268 (+3) |
| 64 | Martinez Lenny | Bahrain Victorious | 1.254 (-22) |
| 65 | Sheffield Magnus | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.245 (-20) |
| 66 | Morgado António | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.239 (-2) |
| 67 | Ganna Filippo | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.235 (+10) |
| 68 | Cort Magnus | Uno-X Mobility | 1.234 (-5) |
| 69 | Powless Neilson | EF Education-EasyPost | 1.229 (+70) |
| 70 | Mohoric Matej | Bahrain Victorious | 1.210 |
| 71 | Mozzato Luca | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | 1.208 |
| 72 | Lapeira Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 1.178 (+85) |
| 73 | Arensman Thymen | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.175 (-80) |
| 74 | Jeannière Emilien | Team TotalEnergies | 1.175 |
| 75 | Christen Jan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.171 (+65) |
| 76 | Gee Derek | Israel-Premier Tech | 1.158 |
| 77 | Vauquelin Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | 1.152 (+57) |
| 78 | Izagirre Ion | Cofidis | 1.144 |
| 79 | Adrià Roger | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1.133 |
| 80 | Schmid Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1.129 |
| 81 | Abrahamsen Jonas | Uno-X Mobility | 1.106 |
| 82 | Blackmore Joe | Israel-Premier Tech | 1.083 (+70) |
| 83 | Wærenskjold Søren | Uno-X Mobility | 1.069 |
| 84 | del Toro Isaac | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.064 (+80) |
| 85 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.058 (-46) |
| 86 | Poole Max | Team Picnic PostNL | 1.020 (-90) |
| 87 | Soler Marc | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.016 (+45) |
| 88 | Vansevenant Mauri | Soudal Quick-Step | 1.003 (-20) |
| 89 | Vermaerke Kevin | Team Picnic PostNL | 994 (-70) |
| 90 | Romo Javier | Movistar Team | 991 |
| 91 | Pithie Laurence | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 978 |
| 92 | Segaert Alec | Lotto | 940 |
| 93 | Ackermann Pascal | Israel-Premier Tech | 933 |
| 94 | Stuyven Jasper | Lidl-Trek | 922 (-5) |
| 95 | Scaroni Cristian | XDS Astana Team | 916 (+232) |
| 96 | Fretin Milan | Cofidis | 915 (-2) |
| 97 | Bauhaus Phil | Bahrain Victorious | 914 (-25) |
| 98 | Trentin Matteo | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 913 |
| 98 | Gate Aaron | XDS Astana Team | 913 (+10) |
| 100 | Kelderman Wilco | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 911 (+3) |

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