UCI Rankings Team Update | Another 1000 points for UAE; Astana now close to overtaking Uno-X and Arkéa

The UCI Rankings have seen some more movement in the team rankings, with several high-level races finishing in Europe and the Middle East. UAE Team Emirates - XRG are already leaving their mark, and towards the bottom XDS Astana Team are closer and closer to overtaking two rivals teams.

You can check the previous update. UAE Team Emirates - XRG have won the UAE Tour and Vuelta a Andalucia, alongside a second place at the Volta ao Algarve over the past week (with several stage wins included) so there has been a boost of almost 1000 points over the past week. The team has built a strong gap over the rest when it comes to points scored in the yearly ranking.

Relegation fight: XDS Astana team have scored another 500 points over the past update, much due to Christian Scaroni who won the Classic Var AND Tour des Alpes Maritimes. The Italian rider is now the rider with the most UCI points this year that hasn't raced in Australia. They are now only around 300 points away from overtaking Uno-X and 700 from Arkéa. An overtake seems inevitable, and the Kazakh team has recovered around 400 points to Cofidis - now, the team is only around 3300 points away from the red line.