The new world rankings from the International Cycling Union (UCI) are known. After the world championships, no change on the men’s podium. The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), titled for the first time in Zurich (Switzerland), retains the lead with a significant lead over the Belgian double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step). The winner of Milan San Remo and three stages of the 2024 Tour de France Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Deceuninck) retains third place in the world.
Ben O’Connor 5th thanks to a great end to the season
One of the biggest advances at the end of the season can be attributed to Australian Ben O’Connor, thanks to his 2nd place in the Tour of Spain and his silver medal at the Worlds. . The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team rider (who has signed up with Jayco AlUla for the coming season) climbs four places to settle in 5th position, behind Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic (RedBull Bora Hansgrohe) .
To find trace of the first Frenchman, you have to go down to 29th position. Future retiree next June, Romain Bardet (DSM firmenich) moves up two ranks to settle in the top 30. He is ahead of Julian Alaphilippe (36th), Benoit Cosnefroy (39th), Valentin Madouas (40th) and Christophe Lapoter (50th) .
The powerful Emirati team UAE Team Emirates, led by its leader Tadej Pogacar, is in first place in the team ranking ahead of Jonas Vingegaard’s Visma Lease a Bike and Remco Evenepoel’s Soudal Quick-Step. The first French team is Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale (7th). In the ranking by nations, Belgium is ahead of Slovenia and Spain while France is fourth.
