UCI Rankings Riders Update | Tadej Pogacar at the very top after another Liège-Bastogne-Liège win
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With Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège taking place in the past week, there were lots of UCI points awarded. Tadej Pogacar had until now been in a tight battle with Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen, but that is certainly not the case anymore as he won both the Belgian Ardennes classics and is now by far the top scorer of 2025.
You can check the previous update. Tom Pidcock, Giulio Ciccone and Ben Healy also used up the Ardennes week well to score points and all are inside the Top10 when it comes to 2025.
2025 UCI Riders Ranking; Date: 30/04/2025
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored on the 2025 season specifically.
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored on the 2025 season specifically.
| 1 | Pogacar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 4.385 |
| 2 | van der Poel Mathieu | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2.725 |
| 3 | Pedersen Mads | Lidl-Trek | 2.597 |
| 4 | Ganna Filippo | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.722 |
| 5 | van Aert Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1.638 |
| 6 | Pidcock Tom | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1.480 |
| 7 | Ayuso Juan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.470 |
| 8 | Almeida Joao | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.163 |
| 9 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | 1.136 |
| 10 | Healy Ben | EF Education-EasyPost | 1.129 |
| 11 | Skjelmose Mattias | Lidl-Trek | 974 |
| 12 | Milan Jonathan | Lidl-Trek | 948 |
| 13 | Matthews Michael | Team Jayco-AlUla | 915 |
| 14 | Jorgenson Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 908 |
| 15 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | 878 |
| 16 | Scaroni Christian | XDS Astana Team | 841 |
| 17 | Velasco Simone | XDS Astana Team | 830 |
| 18 | Benoot Tiesj | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 820 |
| 19 | Sheffield Magnus | INEOS Grenadiers | 816 |
| 20 | Vauquelin Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | 799 |
| 21 | Grégoire Romain | Groupama-FDJ | 795 |
| 22 | Powless Neilson | EF Education-EasyPost | 770 |
| 23 | Narvaez Jhonatan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 761 |
| 24 | Philipsen Jasper | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 735 |
| 25 | Fretin Milan | Cofidis | 733 |
| 26 | Onley Oscar | Team Picnic PostNL | 732 |
| 27 | Storer Michael | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 730 |
| 28 | Nys Thibau | Lidl-Trek | 728 |
| 29 | Romo Javier | Movistar Team | 725 |
| 30 | Bilbao Pello | Bahrain Victorious | 720 |
| 31 | Lipowitz Florian | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 719 |
| 32 | Morgado António | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 717 |
| 33 | Mas Enric | Movistar Team | 711 |
| 34 | Champoussin Clément | XDS Astana Team | 690 |
| 35 | Martinez Lenny | Bahrain Victorious | 688 |
| 36 | Buitrago Santiago | Bahrain Victorious | 675 |
| 37 | Bagioli Andrea | Lidl-Trek | 663 |
| 38 | Fisher-Black Finn | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 653 |
| 39 | Aranburu Alex | Cofidis | 639 |
| 40 | Arensman Thymen | INEOS Grenadiers | 631 |
| 41 | Vermeersch Florian | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 627 |
| 42 | Evenepoel Remco | Soudal Quick-Step | 618 |
| 43 | Stuyven Jasper | Lidl-Trek | 608 |
| 44 | Hofstetter Hugo | Israel-Premier Tech | 605 |
| 44 | Gee Derek | Israel-Premier Tech | 605 |
| 46 | Tulett Ben | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 604 |
| 47 | Roglic Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 588 |
| 48 | Martin-Guyonnet Guillaume | Groupama-FDJ | 560 |
| 49 | Cort Magnus | Uno-X Mobility | 558 |
| 50 | Magnier Paul | Soudal Quick-Step | 543 |
When it comes to the overall year-long rankings however it is a very different image. Pogacar added 400 points from his Flèche victory and is well over double the points of his closest rival Remco Evenepoel. Interestingly, Mathieu van der Poel has lost his spot in the podium, now overtaken by Primoz Roglic and Wout van Aert. There are no more changes in the Top10 but we've had meaningful leaps from Giulio Ciccone (17th), Ben Healy (32nd), Thibau Nys (41st), Thymen Arensman (45th), Mauro Schmid (54th), Simone Velasco (67th), Lenny Martínez (80th) and Marc Soler (88th) all of them gaining 10 positions.
UCI Riders Ranking; Date: 30/04/2025
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored over the past 12 months.
*This ranking represents the UCI points scored over the past 12 months.
| 1 | Pogacar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 13.650 (+400) |
| 2 | Evenepoel Remco | Soudal Quick-Step | 5.644 (+85) |
| 3 | Roglic Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 3.870 |
| 4 | van Aert Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3.773 |
| 5 | van der Poel Mathieu | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3.703 (-520) |
| 6 | O'Connor Ben | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3.420 (-142) |
| 7 | Girmay Biniam | Intermarché-Wanty | 3.370 |
| 8 | Pedersen Mads | Lidl-Trek | 3.365 |
| 9 | Mas Enric | Movistar Team | 3.320 |
| 10 | Hirschi Marc | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3.157 (-27) |
| 11 | Philipsen Jasper | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3.090 |
| 12 | Almeida Joao | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3.078 (-30) |
| 13 | Vingegaard Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2.981 |
| 14 | Ganna Filippo | INEOS Grenadiers | 2.887 |
| 15 | Milan Jonathan | Lidl-Trek | 2.797 |
| 16 | Jorgenson Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2.493 |
| 17 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | 2.389 (+761) |
| 18 | Yates Adam | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2.372 |
| 19 | Skjelmose Mattias | Lidl-Trek | 2.322 (-15) |
| 20 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | 2.285 |
| 21 | De Lie Arnaud | Lotto | 2.229 |
| 22 | Landa Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | 2.204 |
| 23 | Pidcock Tom | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2.157 (+285) |
| 24 | Groves Kaden | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2.147 |
| 25 | Carapaz Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | 2.084 (-70) |
| 26 | Ayuso Juan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2.040 |
| 27 | Lipowitz Florian | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2.038 |
| 28 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.979 (+15) |
| 29 | Powless Neilson | EF Education-EasyPost | 1.924 (+143) |
| 30 | Martinez Daniel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1.855 (+248) |
| 31 | Aranburu Alex | Cofidis | 1.844 (-2) |
| 32 | Healy Ben | EF Education-EasyPost | 1.814 (+662) |
| 33 | Matthews Michael | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1.795 (+103) |
| 34 | Cort Magnus | Uno-X Mobility | 1.776 |
| 35 | Gee Derek | Israel-Premier Tech | 1.763 (+150) |
| 36 | Narvaez Jhonatan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.751 |
| 37 | Kooij Olav | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1.740 |
| 38 | Tiberi Antonio | Bahrain Victorious | 1.688 (-170) |
| 39 | Küng Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | 1.683 |
| 40 | Onley Oscar | Team Picnic PostNL | 1.603 (+95) |
| 41 | Nys Thibau | Lidl-Trek | 1.594 (+460) |
| 42 | Grégoire Romain | Groupama-FDJ | 1.585 (+20) |
| 43 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto | 1.553 (+58) |
| 44 | Kristoff Alexander | Uno-X Mobility | 1.545 |
| 45 | Arensman Thymen | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.492 (+175) |
| 46 | Skujins Toms | Lidl-Trek | 1.492 (-63) |
| 47 | Bilbao Pello | Bahrain Victorious | 1.457 (-128) |
| 48 | Alaphilippe Julian | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1.455 (+21) |
| 49 | Sheffield Magnus | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.454 (+39) |
| 50 | McNulty Brandon | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.453 (+58) |
| 51 | Storer Michael | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1.440 (+165) |
| 52 | Strong Corbin | Israel-Premier Tech | 1.434 |
| 53 | Fretin Milan | Cofidis | 1.425 |
| 54 | Schmid Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1.353 (+98) |
| 55 | Benoot Tiesj | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1.340 (-42) |
| 56 | Vacek Mathias | Lidl-Trek | 1.330 |
| 57 | Buitrago Santiago | Bahrain Victorious | 1.301 (-40) |
| 58 | Ulissi Diego | XDS Astana Team | 1.290 (+15) |
| 59 | Zingle Axel | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1.282 |
| 60 | Adrià Roger | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1.278 (+18) |
| 61 | Wellens Tim | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.277 |
| 62 | Sivakov Pavel | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.276 (+15) |
| 63 | Gaudu David | Groupama-FDJ | 1.260 (-15) |
| 64 | Thomas Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | 1.242 (-20) |
| 65 | Champoussin Clément | XDS Astana Team | 1.225 (-40) |
| 66 | Laporte Christophe | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1.219 |
| 67 | Velasco Simone | XDS Astana Team | 1.184 (+441) |
| 68 | Jeannière Emilien | Team TotalEnergies | 1.177 |
| 69 | Vauquelin Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | 1.142 (+15) |
| 70 | Schachmann Max | Soudal Quick-Step | 1.139 |
| 71 | Wærenskjold Søren | Uno-X Mobility | 1.133 |
| 72 | Madouas Valentin | Groupama-FDJ | 1.123 (-252) |
| 73 | Vlasov Aleksandr | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1.119 (-50) |
| 74 | Van Gils Maxim | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1.114 (-692) |
| 75 | Bardet Romain | Team Picnic PostNL | 1.100 (-685) |
| 76 | Poole Max | Team Picnic PostNL | 1.083 (+63) |
| 77 | Scaroni Christian | XDS Astana Team | 1.051 (+36) |
| 78 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1.048 |
| 78 | Romo Javier | Movistar Team | 1.048 |
| 80 | Martinez Lenny | Bahrain Victorious | 1.010 (+220) |
| 81 | Martin-Guyonnet Guillaume | Groupama-FDJ | 993 (-32) |
| 82 | Magnier Paul | Soudal Quick-Step | 987 |
| 83 | Bauhaus Phil | Bahrain Victorious | 984 |
| 84 | Segaert Alec | Lotto | 966 |
| 85 | Valter Attila | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 951 (+8) |
| 86 | Van Wilder Ilan | Soudal Quick-Step | 950 (-24) |
| 87 | Teunissen Mike | XDS Astana Team | 942 |
| 88 | Soler Marc | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 937 (+153) |
| 89 | Castrillo Pablo | Movistar Team | 936 |
| 90 | Christen Jan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 929 (+40) |
| 91 | Hoelgaard Markus | Uno-X Mobility | 923 (-16) |
| 92 | Trentin Matteo | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 919 |
| 93 | Izagirre Ion | Cofidis | 918 (-35) |
| 94 | Morgado António | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 912 (-14) |
| 95 | Fortunato Lorenzo | XDS Astana Team | 905 |
| 95 | Meeus Jordi | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 905 |
| 97 | Silva Thomas | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 898 (+10) |
| 98 | Groenewegen Dylan | Team Jayco-AlUla | 886 |
| 99 | Woods Michael | Israel-Premier Tech | 882 |
| 100 | Rubio Einer | Movistar Team | 880 |
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