The UCI men's road racing world rankings are a point system which is used to rank men's road cycling riders. Points are accrued over a rolling 52 weeks in three categories (Individual, Nations and Teams).
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| Sport | Road bicycle racing |
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| Founded | Year-End Individual: (October 1948) Year-End Team: (1984–2018) Year-End Nation: (October 1996) Individual & Nation Weekly: (10 January 2016) Team Weekly: (13 January 2019) |
| Official website | uci.org |
Also Year-End rankings exist, based on 12-month period in both Individual and Nations categories. All points available are determined on the importance level and for its prestige at each race.
Current ranking system edit
UCI World Ranking edit
On 10 January 2016, a complete new 52-week rolling basis ranking system was introduced in road cycling, incorporating both World Tour and Continental Circuit races.
| Category | Summary |
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| Individual | This ranking system is calculated on a 52-week rolling basis, rankings are updated each Tuesday. The ranking at the end of the calendar year will be utilised to award an annual winner. Unlike previous ranking systems the UCI World Classification will include all male riders from the World Tour down to U23 riders. Points will be awarded on all races from World Tour level down to 1.2 and 2.2 races. |
| Nations | This is based on the world ranking with the best eight riders from each country contributing towards their nation's overall score. Rankings are updated each Tuesday. |
| UCI WorldTour | This is the UCI WorldTour ranking of riders, teams and nations taking part in the events of the UCI WorldTour. Only riders being part of a UCI WorldTeam obtain points in UCI WorldTour races. |
| Continental | There will be subsets of rankings which are made up from points scored in non-World Tour races (i.e., UCI Europe Tour, UCI Asia Tour etc.) for individuals, teams and nations. This will therefore allow one rider to appear in more than one ranking, for example a rider who won Strade Bianchi and a stage in the Tour of California would be part of the Europe Tour and America Tour rankings. |
Year-end previous ranking systems edit
Between 1948 and 2016 all rankings were Year-End, with no similarity to complete new 52 weeks system introduced in 2016:
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1948–1958) edit
Year-end ranking included Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Lombardia, Paris–Tours, Paris–Brussels and Tour de Suisse.
Riders must have participated in at least one of the three races in each organizing country (Belgium, France and Italy) to appear in the top season rider final classification.
Super Prestige Pernod (1959–1987) edit
It was the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo successor ranking. It rewarded the season best rider who had been the most consistent in the biggest races (points were awarded over the entire cycling season).
Ranking was divided into three categories: Super Prestige Pernod (the best rider of the year), Prestige Pernod (the best French rider) and Pernod Promotion (the best French under 25).
FICP/UCI Road World Rankings (1984–2004) edit
Ranking was designating the best cyclist of the season. It was organized by Professional Cycling Federation (FICP) from the 1984 to 1992 and by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) from 1993 to 2004.
UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) edit
UCI Road World Cup system that operated from 1989-2004, was successor of Super Prestige Pernod. It consisted of ten one-day events, designating the best rider of the season.
UCI Pro Tour (2005–2010) edit
UCI ProTour ranking (and the second-tier UCI Continental Circuits) was successor of UCI Road World Cup. It was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada designating the best rider of the season.
The ProTour rankings were replaced with a World Ranking system for 2009-2010, though this only considered a small number of ProTour and other high-prestige races, and was then merged into the World Tour in 2011.
UCI World Tour (2011–2018) edit
UCI World Tour ranking merged with ex UCI ProTour ranking in 2011. It was designating the best rider and the best team of the season between 2009 and 2018; and the best nation of the season between 2009 and 2016.
Current world rankings edit
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | Prev. | Move |
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| 1 |  Tadej Pogačar |
UAE Team Emirates | 6558 | 1 | 
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| 2 |  Jonas Vingegaard |
Visma–Lease a Bike | 5970.5 | 2 |
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| 3 |  Remco Evenepoel |
Soudal–Quick-Step | 4897.57 | 3 |
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| 4 | Jasper Philipsen |
Alpecin–Deceuninck | 4812 | 4 |
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| 5 | Mads Pedersen |
Lidl–Trek | 4784 | 5 |
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| 6 |  Mathieu van der Poel |
Alpecin–Deceuninck | 4640 | 7 |  1
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| 7 | Primož Roglič |
Bora–Hansgrohe | 4466.36 | 6 |  1
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| 8 |  Adam Yates |
UAE Team Emirates | 3884.43 | 8 |
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| 9 |  Marc Hirschi |
UAE Team Emirates | 3488 | 9 |
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| 10 |  Juan Ayuso |
UAE Team Emirates | 3456.62 | 10 |
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Ranking timeline and statistics edit
List of number one ranked riders edit
| No. | Rider | Team | Start date | End date | Weeks | Total |
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| 1 |  Jason Christie |
Kenyan Riders Downunder | January 10, 2016 | January 17, 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 |  Simon Gerrans |
Orica–GreenEDGE | January 24, 2016 | March 6, 2016 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Richie Porte |
BMC Racing Team | March 13, 2016 | March 13, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Greg Van Avermaet |
BMC Racing Team | March 20, 2016 | March 20, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 |  Peter Sagan |
Tinkoff (2016) Bora–Hansgrohe (2017) |
March 27, 2016 | April 2, 2017 | 54 | 54 |
| Greg Van Avermaet (2) |
BMC Racing Team | April 9, 2017 | February 25, 2018 | 47 | 48 | |
| 6 | Chris Froome |
Team Sky | March 4, 2018 | April 8, 2018 | 6 | 6 |
| Peter Sagan (2) |
Bora–Hansgrohe | April 15, 2018 | May 20, 2018 | 6 | 60 | |
| Chris Froome (2) |
Team Sky | May 27, 2018 | July 15, 2018 | 8 | 14 | |
| Peter Sagan (3) |
Bora–Hansgrohe | July 22, 2018 | September 16, 2018 | 9 | 69 | |
| 7 | Alejandro Valverde |
Movistar Team | September 23, 2018 | March 17, 2019 | 26 | 26 |
| 8 |  Julian Alaphilippe |
Deceuninck–Quick-Step | March 24, 2019 | September 8, 2019 | 25 | 25 |
| 9 | Primož Roglič |
Team Jumbo–Visma | September 15, 2019 | March 17, 2020 | 27 | 27 |
| — | UCI World Ranking frozen due to COVID-19 |
March 24, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | 19 | 19 | |
| Primož Roglič |
Team Jumbo–Visma | August 4, 2020 | October 20, 2020 | 12 | 39 | |
| 10 | Tadej Pogačar |
UAE Team Emirates | October 27, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| Primož Roglič (2) |
Team Jumbo–Visma | November 10, 2020 | July 13, 2021 | 36 | 75 | |
| Tadej Pogačar (2) |
UAE Team Emirates | July 20, 2021 | September 7, 2021 | 8 | 10 | |
| 11 | Wout van Aert |
Team Jumbo–Visma | September 14, 2021 | September 21, 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| Tadej Pogačar (3) |
UAE Team Emirates | September 28, 2021 | April 30, 2024 | 136 | 146 | |
last update: 30 April 2024
Total weeks at No. 1 edit
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List of number one ranked nations edit
| No. | Team | Start date | End date | Weeks | Total |
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| 1 | New Zealand
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January 10, 2016 | January 17, 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Australia
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January 24, 2016 | February 28, 2016 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 |  Italy
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March 6, 2016 | March 6, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| Australia (2)
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March 13, 2016 | March 20, 2016 | 2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Belgium
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March 27, 2016 | April 24, 2016 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | France
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May 1, 2016 | February 19, 2017 | 43 | 43 |
| Belgium (2)
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February 26, 2017 | March 5, 2017 | 2 | 7 | |
| France (2)
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March 12, 2017 | March 19, 2017 | 2 | 45 | |
| Belgium (3)
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March 26, 2017 | October 9, 2017 | 29 | 36 | |
| Italy (2)
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October 16, 2017 | October 16, 2017 | 1 | 2 | |
| Belgium (4)
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October 23, 2017 | January 21, 2018 | 14 | 50 | |
| Italy (3)
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January 28, 2018 | January 28, 2018 | 1 | 3 | |
| Belgium (5)
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February 4, 2018 | February 4, 2018 | 1 | 51 | |
| Italy (4)
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February 11, 2018 | February 11, 2018 | 1 | 4 | |
| Belgium (6)
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February 18, 2018 | February 18, 2019 | 1 | 52 | |
| Italy (5)
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February 25, 2018 | September 2, 2018 | 28 | 32 | |
| Belgium (7)
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September 9, 2018 | March 17, 2019 | 28 | 80 | |
| France (3)
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March 24, 2019 | April 7, 2019 | 3 | 48 | |
| Belgium (8)
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April 14, 2019 | April 28, 2019 | 3 | 83 | |
| France (4)
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May 5, 2019 | May 5, 2019 | 1 | 49 | |
| Belgium (9)
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May 12, 2019 | May 19, 2019 | 2 | 85 | |
| France (5)
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May 26, 2019 | June 9, 2019 | 3 | 52 | |
| Belgium (10)
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June 16, 2019 | June 16, 2019 | 1 | 86 | |
| France (6)
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June 23, 2019 | June 23, 2019 | 1 | 53 | |
| Belgium (11)
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June 30, 2019 | July 21, 2019 | 4 | 90 | |
| France (7)
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July 28, 2019 | August 11, 2019 | 3 | 56 | |
| Belgium (12)
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August 18, 2019 | March 17, 2020 | 31 | 121 | |
| — | Ranking frozen |
March 24, 2020 | July 28, 2020 | 19 | 19 |
| Italy (6)
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August 4, 2020 | August 4, 2020 | 1 | 33 | |
| Belgium (13)
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August 11, 2020 | August 18, 2020 | 2 | 123 | |
| Italy (7)
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August 25, 2020 | September 15, 2020 | 4 | 37 | |
| 6 | Slovenia
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September 22, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 7 | 7 |
| France (8)
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November 10, 2020 | March 16, 2021 | 19 | 75 | |
| Slovenia (2)
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March 23, 2021 | March 30, 2021 | 2 | 9 | |
| Belgium (14)
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April 6, 2021 | April 6, 2021 | 1 | 124 | |
| Slovenia (3)
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April 13, 2021 | April 13, 2021 | 1 | 10 | |
| Belgium (15)
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April 20, 2021 | May 4, 2021 | 3 | 127 | |
| France (9)
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May 11, 2021 | May 25, 2021 | 3 | 78 | |
| Belgium (16)
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June 1, 2021 | March 29, 2022 | 44 | 171 | |
| Slovenia (4)
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April 5, 2022 | April 19, 2022 | 3 | 13 | |
| Belgium (17)
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April 26, 2022 | April 30, 2024 | 106 | 277 |
last update: 30 April 2024
Year-end UCI World Rankings edit
The following is a list of Top 3 riders, teams and nations at the end of each season:[1]
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
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| 2023 |  UAE Team Emirates |
30170.18 pts | Team Jumbo–Visma |
29177.45 pts | Soudal–Quick-Step |
18529.85 pts |
| 2022 | Team Jumbo–Visma |
15003.5 pts | UAE Team Emirates |
13323 pts | Ineos Grenadiers |
12494 pts |
| 2021 | Deceuninck–Quick-Step |
15641.21 pts | Ineos Grenadiers |
14998.66 pts | Team Jumbo–Visma |
12914.67 pts |
| 2020 | Team Jumbo–Visma |
9919 pts | Deceuninck–Quick-Step |
9776.16 pts | UAE Team Emirates |
8503 pts |
| 2019 | Deceuninck–Quick-Step |
14835.15 pts |  Bora–Hansgrohe |
14192.86 pts | Team Jumbo–Visma |
13128.07 pts |
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
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| 2023 | Belgium
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22800.71 pts | Denmark
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18669.98 pts | Slovenia
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16501.34 pts |
| 2022 | Belgium
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17901.5 pts | Spain
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11845.5 pts | France
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11774 pts |
| 2021 | Belgium
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14289.33 pts | Slovenia
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11983 pts | France
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11536.67 pts |
| 2020 | France
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9542.83 pts | Slovenia
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8824 pts | Belgium
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8530 pts |
| 2019 | Belgium
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13491.09 pts | Italy
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11747.48 pts | Netherlands
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11388.14 pts |
| 2018 | Belgium
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14502.02 pts | France
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13628.12 pts | Italy
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12142.76 pts |
| 2017 | Belgium
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14600 pts | Italy
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13938 pts | France
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12123 pts |
| 2016 | France |
13007 pts | Belgium |
12483.25 pts | Italy |
11922 pts |
Explanation of the ranking points system edit
UCI events edit
Points hierarchy for overall placings edit
| UCI WorldTour | UCI Continental Tours | |||||||||||
| Rank | Tour de France |
Giro, Vuelta |
Monu ments |
Cat.4
Santos Tour Down Under, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Gent–Wevelgem in Flanders Fields, Amstel Gold Race, Critérium du Dauphiné, Tour de Romandie, Tour de Suisse, Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal |
Cat.5
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, E3 Harelbeke, Itzulia Basque Country, La Flèche Wallonne, Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian, Tour de Pologne, Binck Bank Tour, EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg, Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France |
Cat.6
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, UAE Tour, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Strade Bianche, Driedaagse Brugge - De Panne, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Eschborn-Frankfurt, Amgen Tour of California, Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic, Gree – Tour of Guangxi |
Pro Series |
1.1 2.1 |
1.2 2.2 |
1.2U 2.2U |
Nations Cup de l’Avenir |
Nations Cup |
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| 1 | 1300 | 1100 | 800 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 200 | 125 | 40 | 30 | 140 | 70 |
| 2 | 1040 | 885 | 640 | 400 | 320 | 250 | 150 | 85 | 30 | 25 | 110 | 55 |
| 3 | 880 | 750 | 520 | 325 | 260 | 215 | 125 | 70 | 25 | 20 | 80 | 40 |
| 4 | 750 | 600 | 440 | 275 | 220 | 175 | 100 | 60 | 20 | 15 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | 620 | 495 | 360 | 225 | 180 | 120 | 85 | 50 | 15 | 10 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | 520 | 415 | 280 | 175 | 140 | 115 | 70 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 40 | 20 |
| 7 | 425 | 340 | 240 | 150 | 120 | 95 | 60 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 |
| 8 | 360 | 285 | 200 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 |
| 9 | 295 | 235 | 160 | 100 | 80 | 60 | 40 | 25 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 230 | 180 | 135 | 85 | 68 | 50 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 190 | 155 | 110 | 70 | 56 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 3 | |||
| 12 | 165 | 130 | 95 | 60 | 48 | 35 | 25 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | 140 | 110 | 85 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | 110 | 90 | 65 | 40 | 32 | 25 | 15 | |||||
| 15 | 100 | 80 | 55 | 35 | 28 | 20 | 10 | |||||
| 16 | 90 | 75 | 50 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
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| 51–55 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 56–60 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Prologue and stage placing points hierarchy edit
| Stage placing | Tour de France | Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España |
Major World Tour Events
Santos Tour Down Under, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour de Romandie, Critérium du Dauphiné, Tour de Suisse |
Medium World Tour Events
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Itzulia Basque Country, Tour de Pologne, Binck Bank Tour |
Minor World Tour Events
UAE Tour, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Eschborn-Frankfurt, Amgen Tour of California, Gree – Tour of Guangxi |
HC events | 2.1 events | 2.2 events | 2.2U events | Nations Cup Tour de l’Avenir | Nations Cup events |
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| 1 | 120 | 100 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 12 |
| 2 | 50 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 3 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| 4 | 15 | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 4 |
Secondary classification (points and mountains competitions) hierarchy for final position edit
| Position | Tour de France | Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España |
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| 1 | 120 | 100 |
| 2 | 50 | 40 |
| 3 | 25 | 20 |
Wearing the race leaders jersey edit
| Tour de France | Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España |
Major World Tour Events
Santos Tour Down Under, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour de Romandie, Critérium du Dauphiné, Tour de Suisse |
Medium World Tour Events
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Itzulia Basque Country, Tour de Pologne, Binck Bank Tour |
Minor World Tour Events
UAE Tour, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Eschborn-Frankfurt, Amgen Tour of California, Gree – Tour of Guangxi |
HC events | 2.1 events | 2.2 events | 2.2U events | Nations Cup Tour de l’Avenir | Nations Cup events | |
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| Points per day | 25 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Other events edit
Points for World, Olympic, Continental and National Championships edit
| World Championships Olympic Games |
U23 World Championships | Continental Championships Continental Games |
U23 Continental Championships | National Championships | U23 National Championships | |||||||||
| Relative position | Road Race | Time Trial | Road Race | Time Trial | Road Race | Time Trial | Road Race | Time Trial | Road Race – A | Road Race – B | Time Trial – A | Time Trial – B | Road Race | Time Trial |
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| 1 | 600 | 350 | 200 | 125 | 250 | 70 | 125 | 50 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 |
| 2 | 475 | 250 | 150 | 85 | 200 | 55 | 85 | 30 | 75 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 15 |
| 3 | 400 | 200 | 125 | 70 | 150 | 40 | 70 | 20 | 60 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | 325 | 150 | 100 | 60 | 125 | 30 | 60 | 15 | 50 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| 5 | 275 | 125 | 85 | 50 | 100 | 25 | 50 | 10 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| 6 | 225 | 100 | 70 | 40 | 90 | 20 | 40 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 175 | 85 | 60 | 35 | 80 | 15 | 35 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 150 | 70 | 50 | 30 | 70 | 10 | 30 | 10 | ||||||
| 9 | 125 | 60 | 40 | 25 | 60 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 100 | 50 | 35 | 20 | 50 | 3 | 20 | 3 | ||||||
| 11 | 85 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 40 | 15 | ||||||||
| 12 | 70 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 10 | 1 | |||||||
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Team Time Trial Championships edit
| Relative Position | World Championships | Continental Championships |
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| 1 | 500 | 70 |
| 2 | 400 | 55 |
| 3 | 325 | 40 |
| 4 | 275 | 30 |
| 5 | 225 | 25 |
| 6 | 175 | 20 |
| 7 | 150 | 15 |
| 8 | 125 | 10 |
| 9 | 100 | 5 |
| 10 | 85 | 3 |
| 11 | 70 | |
| 12 | 60 | |
| 13–15 | 50 | |
| 16–20 | 30 | |
| 21–25 | 25 |
Source:[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Rankings". UCI.
- ^ "UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS - PART 2 ROAD RACES" (PDF). UCI.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.