Cycling. UCI – Lenny Martinez classification wins 26 places, xDS Astana Team soon saved?

Individual classification: Almeida 6th, Martinez wins places, Van Gils drifting

With his victory over the Romandie Tour, João Almeida Win 6 places and go from 12th to world position. Michael Matthews (Jayco-Alula), winner ofEschborn-Francfortwins 8 places and goes up to the 25th position. Winner last year, Maxim van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) continues its catastrophic season and loses 68 places! The Belgian now points to the 144th world position. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) is still in the lead, in front Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) et Primož Roglič (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe).

French side, Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) points to 41st place. Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor pro cycling) is 52nd, just ahead Lenny Martinez ! The French climber, 3rd of Romandie Tourwins 26 positions. We then find Clement Champoussin (XDs asa team), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates XRG).

Team ranking: XDS Astana Team threatens the Picnic Postnl team very seriously

For the team ranking, counting for climbs and descents at the end of the year, XDS Astana Teaman incredible a week, returns to 160 points from the Team Picnic PostNLtraining of Romain Bardet. Cofidis account even more than 600 points ahead of the team ofAlexandre Vinokourov. Behind, Uno-X Mobility clings, whileArkéa-B&B Hotels now seems too far from 18th place.

The rankings

Individual men’s classification men (06.05.2025)

1 – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 13 650 pts

2 – Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) – 5 972 pts

3 – Primoz Roglic (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe) – 3 855 pts

4 – Wout van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 3 773 pts

5 – Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – 3 703 pts

6 – Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 3 651,57 pts (+6)

7 – Ben O’Connor (Team Jayco AlUla) – 3 400,81 pts (–1)

8 – Biniam Girmay (Intermarche – Wanty) – 3,370 pts (–1)

9 – Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) – 3 365,57 pts (–1)

10 – Marc Hirschi (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) – 3 172 pts

UCI teams by teams in 2025 (06.05.2025)

1. UAE Team Emirates XRG – 13 823,99 pts

2. Lidl-Trek – 9 326,01 pts

3. XDS Astana Team – 7 477,66 pts

4. Team Visma | Lease a Bike – 6 115,85 pts

5. Ineos Grenadiers – 5 700,74 pts

6. Alpecin-Deceuninck – 5 510 pts

7. Soudal Quick-Step – 5 313,45 pts

8. Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe – 4 766,26 pts

9. Bahrain Victorious – 4 434 pts

10. Uno-X Mobility – 4 143 pts

11. Movistar Team – 4 108,26 pts

12. EF Education – EasyPost – 4 046 pts

13. DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM – 3 630,15 pts

14. Groupama-FDJ – 3 553 pts

15. Cofidis – 3 434 pts

16. Team Jayco AlUla – 3 229,44 pts

17. Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team – 3 167 pts

18. Tudor Pro Cycling Team – 3 138 pts

19. Intermarché – Wanty – 3,029 pts

20. Israel – Premier Tech – 2 998 pts

Zoom on maintenance

Cumulative UCI ranking 2023/2025

1 – UAE Team Emirates XRG  82 195

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15 – Jayco-Product 24 608

16 – Intermarché-Wanty 23 451

17 – Cofidis 21 751

18 – Team Picnic PostNL 21 252

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19 – XDS Astana Team 21 092

20 – UNO-X Mobility 19 651

21 – Arkéa-B&B Hotels 18 264