UCI Team Team Update | UAE Team Emirates' lead grows more and more as Tadej Pogacar dominates Giro d'Italia
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The team's ranking does feature points from the past week accumulated at the Giro d'Italia, and so UAE Team Emirates pile on big points - also partly due to their results at the Tour de Hongrie.
Lidl-Trek climbs back to second place after Thibau Nys won two stages and the overall classification in Hongrie. Benoît Cosnefroy won a French classic whilst the team has also been performing strongly over at the Giro d'Italia, maintaining a strong pace but descending to third. The positions behind remain the same. Cofidis scored over 500 points over the past week with wins from Benjamin Thomas at the Giro d'Italia; Milan Fretin at the 4 Jours de Dunkerque and Boucles de l'Aulne; this saw the team moving up to 19th overtaking Uno-X and retaking a better position for a World Tour team.
UCI Team Rankings; Date: 15/5
| 1 | UAE Team Emirates | WT | 14840 |
| 2 | Lidl - Trek | WT | 7927 |
| 3 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | WT | 7796 |
| 4 | Alpecin - Deceuninck | WT | 7423 |
| 5 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | WT | 7064.8 |
| 6 | INEOS Grenadiers | WT | 6747.2 |
| 7 | BORA - hansgrohe | WT | 6294 |
| 8 | Soudal Quick-Step | WT | 6062.4 |
| 9 | Lotto Dstny | PRT | 5792 |
| 10 | Groupama - FDJ | WT | 5632 |
| 11 | Arkéa - B&B Hotels | WT | 4935 |
| 12 | Israel - Premier Tech | PRT | 4744 |
| 13 | EF Education - EasyPost | WT | 4379.7 |
| 14 | Team Jayco AlUla | WT | 4247.5 |
| 15 | Bahrain - Victorious | WT | 4000.4 |
| 16 | Intermarché - Wanty | WT | 3748 |
| 17 | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | WT | 3746 |
| 18 | Movistar Team | WT | 3383 |
| 19 | Cofidis | WT | 3155.6 |
| 20 | Uno-X Mobility | PRT | 3034 |
| 21 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | WT | 2445.6 |
| 22 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | PRT | 2327 |
| 23 | TotalEnergies | PRT | 1925 |
| 24 | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | PRT | 1551 |
| 25 | Burgos - BH | PRT | 1436 |
| 26 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | PRT | 1344 |
| 27 | Team Polti Kometa | PRT | 1149 |
| 28 | VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè | PRT | 1055 |
| 29 | Terengganu Cycling Team | CT | 982 |
| 30 | Team BridgeLane | CT | 927 |
| 31 | Israel Premier Tech Academy | CT | 720 |
| 32 | St Michel - Mavic - Auber93 | CT | 707 |
| 33 | Roojai Insurance | CT | 684 |
| 34 | Equipo Kern Pharma | PRT | 646 |
| 35 | Bingoal WB | PRT | 636 |
| 36 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | PRT | 553 |
| 37 | JCL Team UKYO | CT | 511 |
| 38 | Panamá es Cultura y Valores | CT | 493 |
| 39 | Lidl - Trek Future Racing | CT | 492 |
| 40 | TDT - Unibet Cycling Team | PRT | 487 |
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- Nothing. Against Pogi nothingabstractengineer18-10-2026
- He didn't even try to sprint all outvappaxbipmv18-10-2026
- Campenaerts looked like a rolling pumpkin with that all orange leaders skinsuit !frieders318-10-2026
- He can take his dumb a$$ politics somehwere else !frieders318-10-2026
- good to have her back. fingers crossed she‘ll be able to stay!Ketterechts17-10-2026
- A tenner and he wins the Tour next year, too 😂anonymouscyclist17-10-2026
- the answer is either stick to classics or GTs but not bothabstractengineer17-10-2026
- the exodus already stared with Ciccone. Already they were struggling with two sprinters, now there are three. Also Ganna will demand leadership. Gall is the most proven GC, Ayuso has the most potential. GC leadership for everybody will be impossible. Literally a UAE style mess without pogi.abstractengineer17-10-2026
- I raced as an amateur for 12 years, including six years on my country’s national road cycling team. I secured two national titles and competed in three World Championships plus more than 15 international stage races. At 23, we travelled to Italy for a training camp—or so I assumed. On a rest day, we watched a presentation about adopting a more “professional” training approach. It was crystal clear what “professional” meant. That moment first exposed me to this dilemma. After returning from Italy, I left cycling—at least at the competitive level I had known. Over the following two years, the whole team was caught doping. I hold that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. In my view, current stakeholders operate on a different scale, and the sums involved are vast. I am unsure whether any doping would ever be revealed. I try to stay positive and enjoy the show. My 2c.
vannpelt17-10-2026 - Fiver he wins 🤣
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