The UCI rankings were updated this Tuesday, and for the first time since May 30, 2023, Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx-Protime) no longer appears in first place in the women’s individual ranking! Following her incredible hat-trick achieved last season on the Ardennes, the Dutchwoman had a lot of points to defend last week, and despite two good results obtained on the Walloon Arrow (2nd) and Liège-Bastogne-Liège (3rd), she could not stay on the throne. The new boss of women’s cycling is called Lotte Kopecky !
Video – Lotte Kopecky is the new world number one!
No change at the top of the men’s rankings
Teammate of Demi Volleringwhich she is ahead of by 105 units, the world champion dominates the UCI ranking for the first time in her career, and it is a just reward as she has accumulated prestigious successes over the past two years, including the Tour of Flanders (x2), Paris-Roubaix Women with ZwiftTHE Strade Bianche (x2), theUAE TourL’Omloop Het Nieuwsblad or even a stage of Tour de France Women with Zwift. Always 100% Team SD Worx-Protimethe podium is completed by another Dutchwoman, Lorena Wiebes. First Frenchwoman, Juliette Labous (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) is in twelfth place.
Among men, no change in world number one, however, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) still dominating the individual rankings, with nearly 600 points ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike). Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) remains in third place, but the threat is getting closer for the Belgian, who is closely followed by Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek). Returned to sixth place in the world, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is not very far from the podium either.
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team continues its superb 2024 financial year
On the French side, the main information is that Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) wears the crown of first Tricolore, and this for the first time since… July 15, 2018! Thanks to his good Tour of the Alps (5th in the general classification, five top 10s in five days) and especially his second place on Liège-Bastogne-LiègeAuvergnat has gone ahead Thibaut Pinot (retirement), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), William Martin (Cofidis) and Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ). Having gained more than thirty places in seven days, he appears twenty-sixth in the UCI rankings this week.
In the team rankings, overlooked by UAE Team Emiratesthings are still going well for Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Teamwhich is at the foot of a podium on which also appear the training Alpecin-Deceuninck And Lidl-Trek, second and third respectively. A third of the way through the season, the team Vincent Lavenu ahead, excuse me a little, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike and the Soudal Quick-Step. If Groupama-FDJseventh, and Arkéa-B&B Hotelseleventh, are also doing well, times are much harder for Cofidis (19th and penultimate WorldTeam), and TotalEnergies (23rd).
The UCI ranking as of April 23, 2024 (Men)
Individual
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates) 6,558 points
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark, Team Visma | Lease a Bike) 5,970.5
3. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium, Soudal Quick-Step) 4,897.57
4. Jasper Philipsen (Belgium, Alpecin-Deceuninck) 4,812
5. Mads Pedersen (Denmark, Lidl-Trek) 4,784
6. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands, Alpecin-Deceuninck) 4,640
7. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia, BORA-hansgrohe) 4,466.36
8. Adam Yates (Great Britain, UAE Team Emirates) 3,884.43
9. Marc Hirschi (Switzerland, UAE Team Emirates) 3,488
10. Juan Ayuso (Spain, UAE Team Emirates) 3,456.62
11. Wout Van Aert (Belgium, Team Visma | Lease a Bike) 3,250
12. Aleksandr Vlasov (Russia, BORA-hansgrohe) 2,776.55
13. Mattias Skjelmose (Denmark, Lidl-Trek) 2,754
14. Sepp Kuss (United States, Team Visma | Lease a Bike) 2,620.5
15. Simon Yates (Great Britain, Team Jayco AlUla) 2,455
16. Joao Almeida (Portugal, UAE Team Emirates) 2,433.19
17. Arnaud De Lie (Belgium, Lotto Dstny) 2,353
18. Pello Bilbao (Spain, Bahrain Victorious) 2,338.29
19. Brandon McNulty (United States, UAE Team Emirates) 2,308.57
20. Michael Matthews (Australia, Team Jayco AlUla) 2,144.71
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26. Romain Bardet (France, Team dsm-firmenich Post) 1,911.50
Teams
1. UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates) 12,887.99 points
2. Alpecin-Deceuninck (Belgium) 6,925
3. Lidl-Trek (United States) 6,837
4. Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team (France) 6,712.98
5. Team Visma | Lease a Bike (Netherlands) 6,549.84
6. Soudal-Quick Step (Belgium) 5,248.42
7. Groupama-FDJ (France) 5,204
8. INEOS Grenadiers (Great Britain) 5,144.02
9. Lotto Dstny (Belgium) 4,534
10. BORA-hansgrohe (Germany) 4,386
11. Arkéa-B&B Hotels (France) 4,186
12. Israel-Premier Tech (Israel) 3,899
13. Team Jayco AlUla (Australia) 3,798.55
14. EF Education-Easy Post (United States) 3,738.45
15. Bahrain Victorious (Bahrain) 3,459.03
16. Team dsm-firmenich PostNL (Netherlands) 3,228
17. Intermarché-Wanty (Belgium) 3,195
18. Movistar Team (Spain) 2,476
19. Cofidis (France) 2,257.55
20. Uno-X Mobility (Norway) 2,255
21. Astana Qazaqstan Team (Kazakhstan) 1,974.01
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23. TotalEnergies (France) 1,671
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34. St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 (France) 503
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43. Van Rysel – Roubaix (France) 304
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54. Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team (France) 223
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65. CIC U Nantes Atlantique (France) 144
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74. La Conti Groupama-FDJ (France) 107
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97. Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur (France) 65
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120. Arkéa-B&B Hotels Continentale (France) 36
Nations
1. Belgium 22,029.57 points
2. Denmark 17,345.75
3. Slovenia 14,720.05
4. Great Britain 13,847.29
5. Spain 13,512.74
6. Netherlands 13,099.35
7. France 12,365.50
8. Italy 10,881
9. Australia 10,375.17
10. United States 9,939.21
The UCI ranking as of April 23, 2024 (Women)
Individual
1. Lotte Kopecky (Belgium, Team SD Worx-Protime) 5,095 points
2. Demi Vollering (Netherlands, Team SD Worx-Protime) 4,990.86
3. Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands, Team SD Worx-Protime) 3,520
4. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Poland, Canyon // SRAM Racing) 3,088.04
5. Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy, Lidl-Trek) 2,857
6. Marlen Reusser (Switzerland, Team SD Worx-Protime) 2,605.53
7. Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands, retired) 2,448.57
8. Elisa Balsamo (Italy, Lidl-Trek) 2,406
9. Chiara Consonni (Italy, UAE Team ADQ) 2,216
10. Marianne Vos (Netherlands, Team Visma | Lease a Bike) 2,203.14
11. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Denmark, FDJ-SUEZ) 2,178
12. Juliette Labous (France, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) 2,053.80
13. Pfeiffer Georgi (Great Britain, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) 2,024
14. Christina Schweinberger (Austria, Fenix-Deceuninck) 1,832
15. Charlotte Kool (Netherlands, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) 1,796.14
16. Shirin van Anrooij (Netherlands, Lidl-Trek) 1,673.33
17. Silvia Persico (Italy, UAE Team ADQ) 1,618.64
18. Grace Brown (Australia, FDJ-SUEZ) 1,583
19. Daria Pikulik (Poland, Human Powered Health) 1,577
20. Chloe Dygert (United States, Canyon // SRAM Racing) 1,537.71
Teams
1. Team SD Worx-Protime (Netherlands) 6,649 points
2. Lidl-Trek (United States) 6,573
3. Canyon // SRAM Racing (Germany) 3,735
4. UAE Team ADQ (United Arab Emirates) 3,225
5. Team dsm-firmenich PostNL (Netherlands) 3,175
6. Team Visma | Lease a Bike (Netherlands) 3,012
7. FDJ-SUEZ (France) 2,820
8. Fenix-Deceuninck (Belgium) 2,492
9. Liv AlUla Jayco (Australia) 2,487
10. Movistar Team Women (Spain) 2,056
11. Roland (Switzerland) 1,867
12. AG Insurance-Soudal Team (Belgium) 1,791
13. Human Powered Health (United States) 1,607
14. EF Education-Cannondale (United States) 1,478
15. Uno-X Mobility (Norway) 1,429
16. Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team (Germany) 1,078
17. Cofidis Women Team (France) 1,032
18. Team BridgeLane (Australia) 984
19. Volkerwessels Women’s Pro Cycling Team (Netherlands) 882
20. Lotto Dstny Ladies (Belgium) 789
21. St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 (France) 745
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30. Arkéa-B&B Hotels Women (France) 253
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38. Winspace (France) 128
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51. Team Komugi-Grand Est (France) 21
Nations
1. Netherlands 14,958.71 points
2. Italy 10,488.93
3. Poland 7,168.09
4. Belgium 6,793
5. Switzerland 5,625.72
6. France 5,491.69
7. Great Britain 4,641.43
8. Australia 4,253.66
9. Denmark 3,499.57
10. United States 3,458.14
