PCS Rankings update: Remco Evenepoel overtakes Tadej Pogacar for top spot as Jasper Philipsen launches into top-4

Another dramatic week of cycling in the books has seen a major shakeup at the top of the men's individual PCS Rankings, including a new overall leader!

For those unaware, the PCS rider rankings are a points-based system based on a rolling 12-month + 2 weeks overlap period. All races on the calendar are counted once and after the finish of a stage or a race, the corresponding day of the previous year is excluded from the riders' tallies.

As of Tuesday the 19th of March, we have a new leader in the standings, Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian leaps ahead of Tadej Pogacar, who drops down to second place despite an impressive showing at Milano-Sanremo, finishing third. Winner of that monument however, was Jasper Philipsen and as a result, the Belgian has leaped up three places and into 4th overall, hot on the heels of Jonas Vingegaard in 3rd.

Mads Pedersen also rises to 5th as Wout van Aert and Primoz Roglic suffer drops. Looking further down the list, Juan Ayuso is up six spots into 13th, Mathieu van der Poel is down four and now sits 14th. Brandon McNulty is up six places to 15th with Matteo Jorgenson up twenty-six places and Michael Matthews rising an incredible 44 spots.

To check out the top-100 in full, see the list down below!

UCI World Rankings

Pos. Prev. Diff. Rider. Team. Points.

1 2 ▲1 EVENEPOEL Remco Soudal Quick-Step 3050

2 1 ▼1 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 2925

3 3 - VINGEGAARD Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike 2832

4 7 ▲3 PHILIPSEN Jasper Alpecin - Deceuninck 2420

5 6 ▲1 PEDERSEN Mads Lidl - Trek 2285

6 5 ▼1 VAN AERT Wout Team Visma | Lease a Bike 2239

7 4 ▼3 ROGLIČ Primož BORA - hansgrohe 2140

8 9 ▲1 HIRSCHI Marc UAE Team Emirates 1928

9 8 ▼1 YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 1814

10 12 ▲2 SKJELMOSE Mattias Lidl - Trek 1684

11 11 - KOOIJ Olav Team Visma | Lease a Bike 1604

12 13 ▲1 DE LIE Arnaud Lotto Dstny 1489

13 19 ▲6 AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates 1471

14 10 ▼4 VAN DER POEL Mathieu Alpecin - Deceuninck 1467

15 21 ▲6 MCNULTY Brandon UAE Team Emirates 1298

16 17 ▲1 MOHORIČ Matej Bahrain - Victorious 1281

17 14 ▼3 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 1252

18 16 ▼2 LAPORTE Christophe Team Visma | Lease a Bike 1250

19 22 ▲3 VLASOV Aleksandr BORA - hansgrohe 1246

20 15 ▼5 YATES Simon Team Jayco AlUla 1190

21 26 ▲5 O'CONNOR Ben Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1168

22 20 ▼2 HEALY Ben EF Education - EasyPost 1157

23 24 ▲1 KUSS Sepp Team Visma | Lease a Bike 1106

24 27 ▲3 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious 1078

25 32 ▲7 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe 1077

26 29 ▲3 GALL Felix Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1059

27 28 ▲1 VAN WILDER Ilan Soudal Quick-Step 1049

28 25 ▼3 PINOT Thibaut 1026

29 23 ▼6 LANDA Mikel Soudal Quick-Step 1015

30 37 ▲7 PIDCOCK Thomas INEOS Grenadiers 1007

31 30 ▼1 GROVES Kaden Alpecin - Deceuninck 979

32 18 ▼14 GANNA Filippo INEOS Grenadiers 978

33 59 ▲26 JORGENSON Matteo Team Visma | Lease a Bike 970

34 31 ▼3 MARTIN Guillaume Cofidis 932

35 33 ▼2 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland Uno-X Mobility 927

36 36 - GROENEWEGEN Dylan Team Jayco AlUla 925

37 34 ▼3 MERLIER Tim Soudal Quick-Step 923

38 35 ▼3 VERMEERSCH Florian Lotto Dstny 877

39 42 ▲3 LUTSENKO Alexey Astana Qazaqstan Team 875

40 41 ▲1 KÜNG Stefan Groupama - FDJ 874

41 43 ▲2 MARTINEZ Lenny Groupama - FDJ 860

42 48 ▲6 BUITRAGO Santiago Bahrain - Victorious 857

43 38 ▼5 WOODS Michael Israel - Premier Tech 843

44 57 ▲13 VAN GILS Maxim Lotto Dstny 833

45 45 - NARVÁEZ Jhonatan INEOS Grenadiers 829

46 47 ▲1 MADOUAS Valentin Groupama - FDJ 819

47 58 ▲11 GRÉGOIRE Romain Groupama - FDJ 818

48 49 ▲1 VAN EETVELT Lennert Lotto Dstny 805

49 39 ▼10 ZINGLE Axel Cofidis 801

50 50 - TILLER Rasmus Uno-X Mobility 793

51 52 ▲1 SKUJIŅŠ Toms Lidl - Trek 789

52 53 ▲1 DÉMARE Arnaud Arkéa - B&B Hotels 785

53 46 ▼7 THIJSSEN Gerben Intermarché - Wanty 777

54 51 ▼3 ARANBURU Alex Movistar Team 776

55 54 ▼1 IZAGIRRE Ion Cofidis 774

56 65 ▲9 STRONG Corbin Israel - Premier Tech 767

57 61 ▲4 RUBIO Einer Movistar Team 755

58 40 ▼18 BARDET Romain Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 749

59 60 ▲1 BAGIOLI Andrea Lidl - Trek 743

60 73 ▲13 KRISTOFF Alexander Uno-X Mobility 738

61 105 ▲44 MATTHEWS Michael Team Jayco AlUla 737

62 63 ▲1 RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 737

63 66 ▲3 WILLIAMS Stephen Israel - Premier Tech 736

64 71 ▲7 VAN POPPEL Danny BORA - hansgrohe 733

65 92 ▲27 MILAN Jonathan Lidl - Trek 726

66 68 ▲2 LAMPAERT Yves Soudal Quick-Step 712

67 64 ▼3 COQUARD Bryan Cofidis 712

68 77 ▲9 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren Uno-X Mobility 700

69 70 ▲1 WELLENS Tim UAE Team Emirates 699

70 91 ▲21 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian Team Visma | Lease a Bike 694

71 76 ▲5 GROSSSCHARTNE Felix UAE Team Emirates 687

72 75 ▲3 CARAPAZ Richard EF Education - EasyPost 683

73 69 ▼4 CARUSO Damiano Bahrain - Victorious 667

74 86 ▲12 STUYVEN Jasper Lidl - Trek 660

75 85 ▲10 ZANA Filippo Team Jayco AlUla 660

76 74 ▼2 DE KLEIJN Arvid Tudor Pro Cycling Team 653

77 81 ▲4 BENOOT Tiesj Team Visma | Lease a Bike 651

78 80 ▲2 TRENTIN Matteo Tudor Pro Cycling Team 646

79 83 ▲4 THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers 645

80 62 ▼18 SIVAKOV Pavel UAE Team Emirates 642

81 67 ▼14 MAS Enric Movistar Team 640

82 84 ▲2 LAZKANO Oier Movistar Team 640

83 44 ▼39 CICCONE Giulio Lidl - Trek 629

84 89 ▲5 ZIMMERMANN Georg Intermarché - Wanty 628

85 87 ▲2 COSNEFROY Benoît Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 620

86 93 ▲7 ULISSI Diego UAE Team Emirates 617

87 166 ▲79 BETTIOL Alberto EF Education - EasyPost 617

88 78 ▼10 WELSFORD Sam BORA - hansgrohe 614

89 127 ▲38 MOZZATO Luca Arkéa - B&B Hotels 605

90 72 ▼18 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren Alpecin - Deceuninck 604

91 90 ▼1 BARGUIL Warren Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 598

92 79 ▼13 PITHIE Laurence Groupama - FDJ 573

93 115 ▲22 POELS Wout Bahrain - Victorious 572

94 82 ▼12 KÄMNA Lennard BORA - hansgrohe 570

95 103 ▲8 RODRÍGUEZ Cristián Arkéa - B&B Hotels 570

96 88 ▼8 MEEUS Jordi BORA - hansgrohe 570

97 99 ▲2 VELASCO Simone Astana Qazaqstan Team 569

98 98 - ALBANESE Vincenzo Arkéa - B&B Hotels 563

99 55 ▼44 POWLESS Neilson EF Education - EasyPost 560

100 94 ▼6 POOLE Max Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 559