Visma | Lease a Bike knocked off second place as new UCI Team Rankings update sees Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Jayco AlUla take leaps
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The UCI team ranking enters a key phase of the calendar. With the Giro d’Italia just finished and a quiet competitive week, movement has been limited, although some squads have used smaller races to bank valuable points at what can be considered the midpoint of the season - but it's a change on the top end that is sure to raise eyebrows.
At the top, UAE Team Emirates - XRG keeps edging away and is now beyond 15,000 points. The main change is the switch between Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Team Visma | Lease a Bike. The German outfit moves past the Dutch team - who have long-occupied the role of next best behind UAE in the mind of fans - into second after adding more than 500 points this week, while Visma barely tacked on 15 points.
Here is last week’s ranking.
Here is last week’s ranking.
Also notable is the rise of Decathlon CMA CGM Team, which keeps consolidating fourth place, and Team Jayco AlUla, which gains almost 200 points to cement its top-10 spot. Alpecin - Premier Tech also improves its tally, though not enough to reclaim 10th place.
Further back, Cofidis delivers one of the week’s biggest jumps among the top 20. The French team climbs from 4,848 to 5,174 points (mainly thanks to Milan Fretin's back-to-back podium results on home roads), moving up two spots to 14th.
In the opposite direction, Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team slips two places despite adding a few points, while NSN Cycling Team keeps growing and nears the 5,200-point mark.
Bigger changes are expected at the end of this week thanks to WorldTour stage race Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and also the Copenhagen Sprint on Sunday.
However even greater movements are to come right ahead of the Tour de France, mainly thanks to national championships where the more-international lineups can take spotlight. In addition, Tour de Suisse, Tour of Slovenia and Baloise Belgium Tour will bring a hefty amount of points to the table.
The fight to enter the top 18
With passage of weeks, the situation around relegation zone has not become any clearer as teams from 13th to 21st are less than 900 points apart. And the 12th Uno-X Mobility need to maintain a steady pace as well only 300 points further ahead of Movistar Team in 13th.
In order to secure a WorldTour license in 2029, teams need to finish among the best 18 teams in UCI's three-year cycle ranking, and there seems to be at the very least 21 teams interested to be part of this group. At the moment, the short straw would be bestowed upon Tudor Pro Cycling, EF Education-EasyPost, and Unibet Rose Rockets.
The immediate target for these teams is to catch up to Groupama - FDJ United, which currently sets the top-18 cut at 4,842 points. The gap is especially narrow for Tudor, just 142 points away. EF Education is under 400 points back and Unibet Rose Rockets under 500, margins that can be flipped with one or two standout rides.
Meanwhile, Team Picnic PostNL remains buried deep down the ranking in 28th position, having only just surpassed Euskaltel-Euskadi and the continental lineup Roojai Insurance Winspace. But they still miss 3,400 points to catch Groupama - FDJ United.
No one can match UAE at the top of the UCI WorldTour Ranking
UCI WorldTour Teams Ranking
| Position | Team | Class | Points |
| 1 | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | WT | 15,084 |
| 2 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | WT | 13,042 |
| 3 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | WT | 12,738 |
| 4 | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | WT | 10,775 |
| 5 | XDS Astana Team | WT | 8,325 |
| 6 | Bahrain - Victorious | WT | 8,237 |
| 7 | Lidl - Trek | WT | 7,594 |
| 8 | Netcompany INEOS | WT | 7,222 |
| 9 | Soudal Quick-Step | WT | 6,732 |
| 10 | Team Jayco AlUla | WT | 6,417 |
| 11 | Alpecin - Premier Tech | WT | 6,301 |
| 12 | Uno-X Mobility | WT | 5,563 |
| 13 | Movistar Team | WT | 5,251 |
| 14 | Cofidis | PRT | 5,174 |
| 15 | NSN Cycling Team | WT | 5,116 |
| 16 | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | PRT | 4,984 |
| 17 | Lotto Intermarché | WT | 4,977 |
| 18 | Groupama - FDJ United | WT | 4,842 |
| 19 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | PRT | 4,700 |
| 20 | EF Education - EasyPost | WT | 4,443 |
| 21 | Unibet Rose Rockets | PRT | 4,364 |
| 22 | TotalEnergies | PRT | 3,007 |
| 23 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | PRT | 2,505 |
| 24 | Burgos Burpellet BH | PRT | 2,468 |
| 25 | Team Polti VisitMalta | PRT | 2,309 |
| 26 | Solution Tech NIPPO Rali | PRT | 2,131 |
| 27 | Equipo Kern Pharma | PRT | 1,908 |
| 28 | Team Picnic PostNL | WT | 1,474 |
| 29 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | PRT | 1,387 |
| 30 | Bardiani CSF 7 Saber | PRT | 1,210 |
Ondrej ZhasilCycling Journalist
Ondřej Zhasil is a cycling journalist at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2023. He is based in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, and covers professional cycling across the main UCI competitions, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España. A key focus of his work is startlist analysis and pre-race coverage, where he examines team selections, rider line-ups, and tactical scenarios ahead of major events.
Alongside WorldTour coverage, Ondřej has developed specific expertise in junior cycling and in racing across East Asia, including competitions in China and Japan. He also maintains a broad working knowledge of other disciplines and levels, including cyclocross, while continuing to expand his understanding of mountain bike racing.
Ondřej holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics, which supports his analytical, data-driven approach to performance and race analysis. In his reporting, he regularly uses ProCyclingStats for results, statistics, and historical context. He places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles promptly when new, verified information becomes available.
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