UCI men's road racing world ranking

The UCI men's road racing world rankings are a points system used to rank men's road cycling riders. Points are awarded based on results in UCI sanctioned races, with points varying widely based on the importance and prestige of the race. The Tour de France grants the most points, with 1300 points going to the general classification winner.[1]

UCI men's road racing world ranking
Tadej Pogačar from UAE Team Emirates
(current No.1 with record 175 weeks on top)
SportRoad bicycle racing
FoundedYear-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 websiteuci.org

The rankings are updated weekly, with points accrued over a rolling 52 weeks for three categories: Individual, Nations, and Teams. The Nations UCI World Ranking is based on the total points of that country's top eight-ranked riders, and the Teams UCI World Ranking is based on that team's top ten-ranked riders.[2] These rankings are used to determine the number of riders per country at the UCI World Championships, and which teams are allowed access to UCI WorldTour events.

The UCI also published year-end rankings for the Individual and Nations categories.

Current ranking system

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UCI World Ranking

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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
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.

Previous year-end ranking systems

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Throughout cycling's history, there have been many efforts to create season-long ranking systems that unify the many different races across the cycling calendar. Typically, these ranking systems were year long, with the winner being determined at the end of the season, rather than the rolling 52 week system introduced in 2016.

Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1948–1958)

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Cycling's first season-long classification system was the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, named after the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia directors at the time.[2] Introduced in 1948, the rankings included the 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)

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After the demise of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, French distillery Pernod sponsored a new season-long competition named the Super Prestige Pernod. It would run until 1987, when the French government placed a ban on alcohol advertisement in sport.[3] Like its predecessor, the competition rewarded the season's best rider across both one-day and stage races.

The 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)

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The UCI Road World Rankings were based upon results from all UCI sanctioned races. 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)

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The UCI Road World Cup operated from 1984-2004, running in parallel to the UCI Road World Rankings, and was intended as a successor of the Super Prestige Pernod. It consisted of ten one-day events, including the five Monuments.[3] Hein Verbruggen, then president of the FICP and later the UCI, introduced the World Cup to try to increase cycling's television viewership: World Cup events were required to take place on the weekend, and many took place outside of cycling's historic core of France, Belgium, Italy, and Spain.[3]

During World Cup events, the leader of the ranking for that season wore a distinctive jersey with a vertical rainbow.

UCI Pro Tour (2005–2010)

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The creation of the UCI ProTour reshaped professional cycling, as part of an attempt to standardize the cycling calendar and ensure all professional teams rode the top races.[4] As part of this reorganization, the UCI ProTour ranking (and second-tier UCI Continental Circuits) replaced the UCI Road World Cup and UCI Road World Rankings. The new ranking included both one-day and stage races.

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 WorldTour in 2011.

UCI World Tour (2011–2018)

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The UCI World Tour ranking merged with ex UCI ProTour ranking in 2011, counting points for all World Tour races. It designated the best rider and best team of the season between 2009 and 2018, and the best nation of the season between 2009 and 2016.

After 2018, the World Tour ranking was superseded by the road race world rankings, which include points from all races, not just World Tour events.

UCI Stage Race World RankingUCI One Day Race World RankingUCI World RankingUCI World TourUCI Oceania TourUCI Europe TourUCI Asia TourUCI America TourUCI Africa TourUCI ProTourUCI Road World CupUCI Road World RankingsSuper Prestige Pernod InternationalChallenge Desgrange-Colombo

Current world rankings

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Riders (as of 15 October 2024)
Rank Rider Team Points Prev. Move
1   Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates 11655 1  
2   Remco Evenepoel Soudal–Quick-Step 6072.57 2  
3   Jasper Philipsen Alpecin–Deceuninck 4790 3  
4   Ben O'Connor Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale 4096 4  
5   Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin–Deceuninck 4053 5  
6   Marc Hirschi UAE Team Emirates 3618 7   1
7   Jonas Vingegaard Visma–Lease a Bike 3536 8   1
8   Primož Roglič Bora–Hansgrohe 3471 6   2
9   Biniam Girmay Intermarché–Wanty 3352 9  
10   Wout van Aert Visma–Lease a Bike 2925 10  

Ranking timeline and statistics

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List of number one ranked riders

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No. Rider Team Start date End date Weeks Total
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 November 26, 2024 166 176

last update: 26 November 2024

Total weeks at No. 1

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Rank Rider Weeks
1   Tadej Pogačar 176
2   Primož Roglič 75
3   Peter Sagan 69
4   Greg Van Avermaet 48
5   Alejandro Valverde 26
6   Julian Alaphilippe 25
7   Chris Froome 14
8   Simon Gerrans 7
9   Jason Christie 2
  Wout van Aert 2
11   Richie Porte 1
Rank Nation Weeks
1   Belgium 307
2   France 78
3   Italy 37
4   Slovenia 13
5   Australia 8
6   New Zealand 2
last update: 26 November 2024

List of number one ranked nations

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No. Team Start date End date Weeks Total
1   New Zealand January 10, 2016 January 17, 2016 2 2
2   Australia January 24, 2016 February 28, 2016 6 6
3   Italy March 6, 2016 March 6, 2016 1 1
  Australia (2) March 13, 2016 March 20, 2016 2 8
4   Belgium March 27, 2016 April 24, 2016 5 5
5   France May 1, 2016 February 19, 2017 43 43
  Belgium (2) February 26, 2017 March 5, 2017 2 7
  France (2) March 12, 2017 March 19, 2017 2 45
  Belgium (3) March 26, 2017 October 9, 2017 29 36
  Italy (2) October 16, 2017 October 16, 2017 1 2
  Belgium (4) October 23, 2017 January 21, 2018 14 50
  Italy (3) January 28, 2018 January 28, 2018 1 3
  Belgium (5) February 4, 2018 February 4, 2018 1 51
  Italy (4) February 11, 2018 February 11, 2018 1 4
  Belgium (6) February 18, 2018 February 18, 2019 1 52
  Italy (5) February 25, 2018 September 2, 2018 28 32
  Belgium (7) September 9, 2018 March 17, 2019 28 80
  France (3) March 24, 2019 April 7, 2019 3 48
  Belgium (8) April 14, 2019 April 28, 2019 3 83
  France (4) May 5, 2019 May 5, 2019 1 49
  Belgium (9) May 12, 2019 May 19, 2019 2 85
  France (5) May 26, 2019 June 9, 2019 3 52
  Belgium (10) June 16, 2019 June 16, 2019 1 86
  France (6) June 23, 2019 June 23, 2019 1 53
  Belgium (11) June 30, 2019 July 21, 2019 4 90
  France (7) July 28, 2019 August 11, 2019 3 56
  Belgium (12) August 18, 2019 March 17, 2020 31 121
Ranking frozen
March 24, 2020 July 28, 2020 19 19
  Italy (6) August 4, 2020 August 4, 2020 1 33
  Belgium (13) August 11, 2020 August 18, 2020 2 123
  Italy (7) August 25, 2020 September 15, 2020 4 37
6   Slovenia September 22, 2020 November 3, 2020 7 7
  France (8) November 10, 2020 March 16, 2021 19 75
  Slovenia (2) March 23, 2021 March 30, 2021 2 9
  Belgium (14) April 6, 2021 April 6, 2021 1 124
  Slovenia (3) April 13, 2021 April 13, 2021 1 10
  Belgium (15) April 20, 2021 May 4, 2021 3 127
  France (9) May 11, 2021 May 25, 2021 3 78
  Belgium (16) June 1, 2021 March 29, 2022 44 171
  Slovenia (4) April 5, 2022 April 19, 2022 3 13
  Belgium (17) April 26, 2022 November 26, 2024 136 307

last update: 26 November 2024

Year-end UCI World Rankings

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The following is a list of Top 3 riders, teams and nations at the end of each season:[5]

Individual Ranking
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2024   Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
11655 pts   Remco Evenepoel
Soudal–Quick-Step
6072.57 pts   Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin–Deceuninck
4790 pts
2023   Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
7695.86 pts   Jonas Vingegaard
Team Jumbo–Visma
6304.07 pts   Remco Evenepoel
Soudal–Quick-Step
5631.71 pts
2022   Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
5131 pts   Wout van Aert
Team Jumbo–Visma
4525 pts   Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
4402.5 pts
2021   Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
5363 pts   Wout van Aert
Team Jumbo–Visma
4382 pts   Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo–Visma
3924 pts
2020   Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo–Visma
4237 pts   Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
3055 pts   Wout van Aert
Team Jumbo–Visma
2700 pts
2019   Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo–Visma
4705.28 pts   Julian Alaphilippe
Deceuninck–Quick-Step
3569.95 pts   Jakob Fuglsang
Astana
3472.5 pts
2018   Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
4168 pts   Simon Yates
Mitchelton–Scott
3160 pts   Elia Viviani
Quick-Step Floors
3106 pts
2017   Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
4148 pts   Chris Froome
Team Sky
3692 pts   Peter Sagan
Bora–Hansgrohe
3344 pts
2016   Peter Sagan
Tinkoff
5359 pts   Chris Froome
Team Sky
3771 pts   Greg Van Avermaet
BMC Racing Team
3711.25 pts
2011–2015 see UCI World Tour
2010   Joaquim Rodriguez
Team Katusha
561 pts   Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma–Lotto
437 pts   Luis León Sánchez
Caisse d'Epargne
413 pts
2009   Alberto Contador
Astana
527 pts   Alejandro Valverde
Caisse d'Epargne
483 pts   Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel–Euskadi
357 pts
Team Ranking
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
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
Nation Ranking
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2023   Belgium 22800.71 pts   Denmark 18669.98 pts   Slovenia 16501.34 pts
2022   Belgium 17901.5 pts   Spain 11845.5 pts   France 11774 pts
2021   Belgium 14289.33 pts   Slovenia 11983 pts   France 11536.67 pts
2020   France 9542.83 pts   Slovenia 8824 pts   Belgium 8530 pts
2019   Belgium 13491.09 pts   Italy 11747.48 pts   Netherlands 11388.14 pts
2018   Belgium 14502.02 pts   France 13628.12 pts   Italy 12142.76 pts
2017   Belgium 14600 pts   Italy 13938 pts   France 12123 pts
2016   France 13007 pts   Belgium 12483.25 pts   Italy 11922 pts

Explanation of the ranking points system

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UCI events

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Rules and regulations can be found here.

Points hierarchy for overall placings

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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
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
17 85 70
18 80 60
19 70 55
20 60 50
21 40 30 20 16 12
22
23
24
25
26 40 30
27
28
29
30
31–40 35 25 15 10 8 5 3
41–50 25 20
51–55 20 15 10 5 4 2
56–60 15 10 5 3 2 1

Prologue and stage placing points hierarchy

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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
1 210 180 60 50 40 20 14 7 5 15 12
2 150 130 40 30 25 10 5 3 1 9 8
3 110 95 30 25 20 5 3 1 5 4
4 90 80 25 20 15
5 70 60 20 15 10
6 55 45 15 10 8
7 45 40 10 8 6
8 40 35 8 6 3
9 35 30 5 3 2
10 30 25 2 1 1
11 25 20
12 20 15
13 15 10
14 10 5
15 5 2

Secondary classification (points and mountains competitions) hierarchy for final position

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Position Tour de France Giro d'Italia
Vuelta a España
1 210 180
2 150 130
3 110 95

Wearing the race leaders jersey

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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
Points per day 25 20 10 8 6 5 3 1 1 2 1

Other events

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Points for World, Olympic, Continental and National Championships

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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
1 900 455 200 125 250 70 125 50 100 50 50 25 50 25
2 715 325 150 85 200 55 85 30 75 30 30 15 30 15
3 600 260 125 70 150 40 70 20 60 20 20 10 20 10
4 490 195 100 60 125 30 60 15 50 15 15 5 15 5
5 410 165 85 50 100 25 50 10 40 10 10 3 10 3
6 340 130 70 40 90 20 40 5 30 5 5 5
7 265 110 60 35 80 15 35 3 20 3 3 3
8 225 90 50 30 70 10 30 10
9 190 80 40 25 60 5 25 1 5 1 1 1
10 150 65 35 20 50 3 20 3
11 130 55 30 15 40 15
12 105 40 25 10 35 10 1
13 90 30 20 5 30 5
14 75 25 15 25
15 60 20 10 20
16 50 15 5 3 15 3
17 45 10 10
18 5
19 5
20
21 3
22 30
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31 3 3
32 15
33
34
35
36–40 1
41–50
51–55 10
56–60 5

Team Time Trial Championships

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Relative Position World Championships Continental Championships
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:[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UCI Regulations: PART II – ROAD RACES" (PDF). UCI.
  2. ^ a b "The ins and outs of UCI Rankings". UCI. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Ryan, Barry (19 November 2017). "WorldTour week: The historical predecessors to cycling's top series". CyclingNews. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  4. ^ Maloney, Tim (11 October 2003). "Sea Change Coming For Pro Cycling With New UCI ProTour". CyclingNews. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Rankings". UCI.
  6. ^ "UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS - PART 2 ROAD RACES" (PDF). UCI.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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