UCI Rankings Riders Update | Brennan and Andresen surge after Opening Weekend as Schmid holds lead
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This week's update features points scored in stage races Giro di Sardegna and one-day races Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne, Faun-Ardèche Classic, Faun Drome Classic, Visit South Aegean GP and Region on Dodecanese GP.
You can check the previous UCI Rankings update here. The Opening Weekend is always one of the most special moments of the cycling season, and this year was no exception. However, it didn't cause substantial changes in the individual rankings.
The 2026 leaderboard did not have any modifications in the top places, as the top 3 remains unchanged. Neither Mauro Schmid nor Isaac del Toro competed in any race last week. Third place Cristian Scaroni, on the other hand, did the Faun double (Faun-Ardèche and Faun Drome), but was far from the victory in both occassions, with seventh as his best result.
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Tobias Lund Andresen surged to fourth thanks to a strong Opening Weekend performance, as he sprinted to sixth at Omloop Nieuwsblad and seventh at Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne. He got 210 points overall, enough to reach a total of 790.
Behind him, Antonio Tiberi and Remco Evenepoel stay in fifth and sixth respectively, none of them having raced during the week. Seventh place belongs to Matthew Brennan now, as he decimated the competition with a powerful sprint at Kuurne that nobody could match, not even Jasper Philipsen, earning 250 points.
2026 UCI Riders Ranking
Date: 03/03/2026
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored on the 2026 season specifically.
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored on the 2026 season specifically.
| Position | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco AlUla | 1070 |
| 2 | DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 830 |
| 3 | SCARONI Christian | XDS Astana Team | 816 |
| 4 | ANDRESEN Tobias Lund | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 790 |
| 5 | TIBERI Antonio | Bahrain - Victorious | 740 |
| 6 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 727.9 |
| 7 | BRENNAN Matthew | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 670 |
| 8 | VINE Jay | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 665 |
| 9 | PLAPP Luke | Team Jayco AlUla | 634 |
| 10 | MORGADO António | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 588.6 |
| 11 | CHRISTEN Jan | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 586 |
| 12 | ROMEO Iván | Movistar Team | 482.1 |
| 13 | SEIXAS Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 460 |
| 14 | ZANA Filippo | Soudal Quick-Step | 412 |
| 15 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 404 |
| 16 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 400 |
| 17 | BRENNER Marco | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 367 |
| 18 | GRÉGOIRE Romain | Groupama - FDJ United | 366 |
| 19 | GILMORE Brady | NSN Cycling Team | 350 |
| 20 | ALMEIDA João | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 340 |
| 21 | FEDOROV Yevgeniy | XDS Astana Team | 338.3 |
| 22 | SWEENY Harry | EF Education - EasyPost | 338 |
| 23 | VAN DIJKE Tim | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 330 |
| 24 | ARANBURU Alex | Cofidis | 330 |
| 25 | MARTINEZ Lenny | Bahrain - Victorious | 330 |
| 26 | AYUSO Juan | Lidl - Trek | 320 |
| 27 | TEJADA Harold | XDS Astana Team | 316 |
| 28 | MEEUS Jordi | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 315 |
| 29 | TESFATSION Natnael | Movistar Team | 313 |
| 30 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | Unibet Rose Rockets | 305 |
| 31 | GIRMAY Biniam | NSN Cycling Team | 293 |
| 32 | KUDUS Merhawi | Burgos Burpellet BH | 290 |
| 33 | JORGENSON Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 290 |
| 34 | VERMEERSCH Florian | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 281 |
| 35 | VINOKUROV Nicolas | XDS Astana Team | 279.3 |
| 36 | KRON Andreas | Uno-X Mobility | 278 |
| 37 | GALL Felix | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 275 |
| 38 | LAPORTE Christophe | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 268 |
| 39 | LAPEIRA Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 266 |
| 40 | PIDCOCK Thomas | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 261 |
| 41 | MILAN Jonathan | Lidl - Trek | 258 |
| 42 | COQUARD Bryan | Cofidis | 255 |
| 43 | PITHIE Laurence | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 240 |
| 44 | ARRIETA Igor | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 235 |
| 45 | KUBIŠ Lukáš | Unibet Rose Rockets | 231 |
| 46 | CHARMIG Anthon | Uno-X Mobility | 229 |
| 47 | RICCITELLO Matthew | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 225 |
| 48 | COBO Iván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 220 |
| 49 | SU Haoyu | XDS Astana Team | 213.3 |
| 50 | VAN EETVELT Lennert | Lotto Intermarché | 213 |
In the year-long rankings, Tadej Pogacar obviously remains firmly in control, almost doubling the second place, Isaac del Toro. The Slovenian star makes his season debut this weekend at Strade Bianche, where he will be defending the 400 points awarded to the winner he obtained last year.
There are no changes in the top 8, even if some riders pinned on a number. Mathieu van der Poel won Omloop het Nieuwsblad after a commanding solo effort, but the 400 points he got were insufficient to overcome Joao Almeida. Thus, the Dutch star remains in seventh, although less than 100 points away from the UAE rider.

Van der Poel debuted at Omloop and won with authority
There is one rider who left the top 10, and that is Juan Ayuso. The Spaniard didn't travel to France to defend the 240 points he got last year at Faun Drome and Faun Ardéche, and he went down to thirteenth as a consequence.
The rider climbing the most spots inside the top 100 was Florian Vermeersch, who climbed 18 spots after finishing in second at Omloop, where he was the best of the rest. On the other hand, the rider losing the most positions was Soren Waerenskjold, as he couldn't replicate las year's success at Omloop and lost 28 positions.
Year-long UCI Riders Ranking
Date: 03/03/2026
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored over the past 12 months.
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored over the past 12 months.
| Position | Differential | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | - | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 11255 |
| 2 | - | DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 6218 |
| 3 | - | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 5724 |
| 4 | - | PEDERSEN Mads | Lidl - Trek | 4932 |
| 5 | - | EVENEPOEL Remco | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 4846 |
| 6 | - | ALMEIDA João | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 4325 |
| 7 | - | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 4238 |
| 8 | - | PIDCOCK Thomas | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 3833 |
| 9 | ▲1 | VAN AERT Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2853 |
| 10 | ▲1 | VINE Jay | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 2816 |
| 11 | ▲2 | DE LIE Arnaud | Lotto Intermarché | 2729 |
| 12 | - | HEALY Ben | EF Education - EasyPost | 2728 |
| 13 | ▼4 | AYUSO Juan | Lidl - Trek | 2688 |
| 14 | - | LIPOWITZ Florian | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 2630 |
| 15 | - | SCARONI Christian | XDS Astana Team | 2570 |
| 16 | - | ONLEY Oscar | INEOS Grenadiers | 2510 |
| 17 | - | CICCONE Giulio | Lidl - Trek | 2453 |
| 18 | - | GALL Felix | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 2451 |
| 19 | ▲1 | VAUQUELIN Kévin | INEOS Grenadiers | 2340 |
| 20 | ▲9 | JORGENSON Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2250 |
| 21 | ▲2 | MCNULTY Brandon | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 2190 |
| 22 | ▲2 | MILAN Jonathan | Lidl - Trek | 2169 |
| 23 | ▲2 | GANNA Filippo | INEOS Grenadiers | 2163 |
| 24 | ▼2 | SKJELMOSE Mattias | Lidl - Trek | 2140 |
| 25 | ▲7 | BRENNAN Matthew | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2127 |
| 26 | - | STORER Michael | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2115 |
| 27 | ▼6 | MAGNIER Paul | Soudal Quick-Step | 2100 |
| 28 | ▲10 | MARTINEZ Lenny | Bahrain - Victorious | 2070 |
| 29 | ▼1 | YATES Simon | 1993 | |
| 30 | ▼11 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1989 |
| 31 | ▼1 | SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco AlUla | 1954 |
| 32 | ▼5 | KOOIJ Olav | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1928 |
| 33 | ▼2 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Jayco AlUla | 1906 |
| 34 | ▲2 | GRÉGOIRE Romain | Groupama - FDJ United | 1851 |
| 35 | ▼2 | TIBERI Antonio | Bahrain - Victorious | 1834 |
| 36 | ▲7 | ANDRESEN Tobias Lund | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1831 |
| 37 | ▼2 | ROGLIČ Primož | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 1806 |
| 38 | ▼4 | MERLIER Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | 1805 |
| 39 | ▼2 | GEE-WEST Derek | Lidl - Trek | 1790 |
| 40 | ▼1 | CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education - EasyPost | 1779 |
| 41 | - | BERNAL Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | 1772 |
| 42 | ▼2 | GIRMAY Biniam | NSN Cycling Team | 1766 |
| 43 | ▲4 | CHRISTEN Jan | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 1673 |
| 44 | ▼2 | PELLIZZARI Giulio | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 1623 |
| 45 | ▼1 | JEANNIÈRE Emilien | TotalEnergies | 1565 |
| 46 | ▼1 | JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland | Uno-X Mobility | 1558 |
| 47 | ▲12 | SEIXAS Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1537 |
| 48 | ▼2 | POWLESS Neilson | EF Education - EasyPost | 1536 |
| 49 | ▼1 | HINDLEY Jai | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 1495 |
| 50 | ▼1 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 1493 |
| 51 | ▼1 | ARENSMAN Thymen | INEOS Grenadiers | 1485 |
| 52 | ▲11 | MEEUS Jordi | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 1480 |
| 53 | ▼2 | VELASCO Simone | XDS Astana Team | 1470 |
| 54 | ▼2 | ARANBURU Alex | Cofidis | 1429 |
| 55 | ▼2 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1397 |
| 56 | ▼2 | GROVES Kaden | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1397 |
| 57 | - | PLAPP Luke | Team Jayco AlUla | 1306 |
| 58 | - | BENOOT Tiesj | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1287 |
| 59 | ▲18 | VERMEERSCH Florian | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 1279 |
| 60 | ▲1 | WELLENS Tim | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 1278 |
| 61 | ▲1 | STRONG Corbin | NSN Cycling Team | 1243 |
| 62 | ▼2 | SIMMONS Quinn | Lidl - Trek | 1233 |
| 63 | ▲1 | RICCITELLO Matthew | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1223 |
| 64 | ▼8 | KUBIŠ Lukáš | Unibet Rose Rockets | 1215 |
| 65 | ▼10 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | XDS Astana Team | 1169 |
| 66 | ▲1 | AULAR Orluis | Movistar Team | 1123 |
| 67 | ▲3 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Lidl - Trek | 1089 |
| 68 | ▲1 | FRETIN Milan | Cofidis | 1082 |
| 69 | ▼1 | BITTNER Pavel | Team Picnic PostNL | 1074 |
| 70 | ▲1 | PRODHOMME Nicolas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1072 |
| 71 | ▼5 | HIRSCHI Marc | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1037 |
| 72 | ▲2 | TEJADA Harold | XDS Astana Team | 1035 |
| 73 | - | MORGADO António | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 1031 |
| 74 | ▲15 | TRENTIN Matteo | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1030 |
| 75 | ▼3 | WRIGHT Fred | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1026 |
| 76 | - | O'CONNOR Ben | Team Jayco AlUla | 1021 |
| 77 | ▲1 | GODON Dorian | INEOS Grenadiers | 1015 |
| 78 | ▲2 | ABRAHAMSEN Jonas | Uno-X Mobility | 1009 |
| 79 | - | VERNON Ethan | NSN Cycling Team | 993 |
| 80 | ▲1 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | Unibet Rose Rockets | 987 |
| 81 | ▼6 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | 982 |
| 82 | ▲1 | VAN WILDER Ilan | Soudal Quick-Step | 967 |
| 83 | ▲1 | ULISSI Diego | XDS Astana Team | 950 |
| 84 | ▲11 | LAPEIRA Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 949 |
| 85 | - | ROMEO Iván | Movistar Team | 933 |
| 86 | - | MOSCHETTI Matteo | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 924 |
| 87 | - | SIVAKOV Pavel | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 921 |
| 88 | ▲11 | TEUNISSEN Mike | XDS Astana Team | 910 |
| 89 | ▼1 | CARUSO Damiano | Bahrain - Victorious | 898 |
| 90 | - | LÓPEZ Harold Martín | XDS Astana Team | 882 |
| 91 | ▲1 | FEDOROV Yevgeniy | XDS Astana Team | 879 |
| 92 | ▲1 | KUSS Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 862 |
| 93 | ▼28 | WÆRENSKJOLD Søren | Uno-X Mobility | 854 |
| 94 | ▲2 | KANTER Max | XDS Astana Team | 849 |
| 95 | ▲2 | NYS Thibau | Lidl - Trek | 846 |
| 96 | ▼14 | TULETT Ben | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 843 |
| 97 | ▲1 | STUYVEN Jasper | Soudal Quick-Step | 818 |
| 98 | ▲2 | CORT Magnus | Uno-X Mobility | 814 |
| 99 | ▲2 | SILVA Guillermo Thomas | XDS Astana Team | 810 |
| 100 | ▲2 | JEGAT Jordan | TotalEnergies | 801 |
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Félix SernaCycling Journalist
Félix Serna is a writer at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2025. He covers professional cycling across both the men’s and women’s calendars, with a focus on UCI rankings, race developments, and rider performance. His work includes interview-based reports, liveblogs, and tournament coverage designed to provide clear, accurate context throughout the season.
In his reporting, Félix regularly uses ProCyclingStats for results, statistics, and historical reference. He places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles promptly when new, verified information becomes available. He holds a bachelor’s degree in International Studies.
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