The three-year cycle moves on and the UCI Ranking grows ever more intense. The WorldTour cobbled classics (Tour of Bruges, E3 Saxo Classic and In Flanders Fields) and the Volta a Catalunya scooped up virtually all the points on offer over the past week. Other key races also mattered across the board. UAE remain on top, Movistar Team slide further, Visma surge, and Alpecin leap up after dominating their favourite terrain.
The promotion–relegation battle is getting fiercer. But first, the team of the week: Alpecin-Premier Tech. Thanks to their classics haul, the Belgian squad jumped from 20th (1,832 points last week) to 8th in the Ranking (3,235 points). Mathieu van der Poel won the E3 Saxo Classic and Jasper Philipsen doubled down at the In Flanders Fields, having already placed 2nd at the Tour de Bruges.At the top of the table, UAE Team Emirates – XRG remain in command. It was not their strongest week, with no wins since Tadej Pogacar’s Milano–Sanremo. Even so, on 8,383.4, they sit comfortably in first place.
Chasing them are Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe who, thanks to Florian Lipowitz’s 3rd overall at the Volta a Catalunya and Remco Evenepoel’s 5th, still hold a buffer of almost 400 points over Jonas Vingegaard’s Visma | Lease a Bike, fast closing after banking more than 1,000 points in the last week. Vingegaard’s own overall victory in Catalunya, with two stages included, was the standout result of the last seven days. Add Per Strand Hagenes’s 2nd at the E3 Saxo Classic and Christophe Laporte’s 3rd at In Flanders Fields, and the Dutch team have finally moved past XDS Astana Team into 3rd in the standings.
Like Visma, Decathlon CMA CGM were major climbers in the UCI Ranking, rising from 7th to 5th, just behind Astana. Tobias Lund Andresen continues to cement his status as a rising star with a rich points return from the cobbles (2nd at Fields of Flanders and 6th at the E3 Saxo Classic, where teammate Stan Dewulf was 4th). Felix Gall’s 6th overall at the Volta also proved important.
In the lower echelons of the rankings, we find that Unibet Rose Rockets continue to be the team on the up.
After the controversy of missing out on Tour de France wildcards, Bas Tietema’s squad have doubled down on a strong season and are now 19th after climbing two places, just one step from promotion. Dylan Groenewegen’s victory at the Tour de Bruges is their best result so far.
Dylan Groenewegen upset other sprinters at Tour de Brugge
Teams in danger
Just behind them, we find Spain’s only WorldTour team. Movistar are currently 20th with 2,335.9 points (up 343.9 week-on-week), trailing ProTeams such as Tudor (12th), Pinarello-Q36.5 (14th), Cofidis (18th) and even the aforementioned Unibet Rose Rockets. It is a real concern they hope to fix once the Grand Tours arrive, but it undeniably ramps up pressure for the coming fixtures.
The situation remains dire for Picnic PostNL. The Dutch WorldTour team made some progress compared to last week, moving up from 31st to 26th with 215 points scored (most of them through Pavel Bittner’s 6th place at Tour of Bruges), however the 18th Cofidis, which has already scored three times the amount of points this season, is not anywhere near Picnic’s reach at the moment.
UCI ranking (31.03.2026)
*This ranking reflects UCI points scored in 2026.
1 UAE Team Emirates – XRGWT8,383.42 Red Bull – BORA – hansgroheWT5,723.63 Team Visma | Lease a BikeWT5,337.44 XDS Astana TeamWT4,646.75 Decathlon CMA CGM TeamWT4,530.56 Bahrain – VictoriousWT4,1417 Team Jayco AlUlaWT4,0228 Alpecin-Premier TechWT3,2359 INEOS GrenadiersWT2,95210 Uno-X MobilityWT2,770.611 Soudal Quick-StepWT2,71912 Tudor Pro Cycling TeamPRT2,67813 Lotto IntermarchéWT2,64614 Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling TeamPRT2,57015 NSN Cycling TeamWT2,46716 EF Education – EasyPostWT2,434.817 Lidl – TrekWT2,41918 CofidisPRT2,40319 Unibet Rose RocketsPRT2,34220 Movistar TeamWT2,335.921 Groupama – FDJ UnitedWT2,266.622 TotalEnergiesPRT1,463.723 Burgos Burpellet BHPRT1,402.924 Caja Rural – Seguros RGAPRT90625 Equipo Kern PharmaPRT77526 Team Picnic PostNLWT74727 Roojai Insurance WinspaceCT733.328 Team Polti VisitMaltaPRT712.629 Euskaltel – EuskadiPRT62830 PetrolikeCT55731 XDS Astana Development TeamCT54832 Terengganu Cycling TeamCT51733 Bardiani CSF 7 SaberPRT48634 MBH Bank CSB Telecom FortPRT44835 Li Ning StarCT414.336 Modern Adventure Pro CyclingPRT39737 UAE Team Emirates Gen ZCT36338 Team AmaniCT352.739 Soudal Quick-Step Devo TeamCT333.940 Solution Tech NIPPO RaliPRT312.341 Madar Pro Cycling TeamCT297.742 Team Flanders – BaloisePRT28343 Team BrennanCT26744 Team Medellín – EPMCT25845 CIC Pro Cycling AcademyCT25546 Groupama-FDJ United CTCT25047 Lidl – Trek Future RacingCT215.448 Thailand Continental Cycling TeamCT21549 Team SistecreditoCT21050 Plus Performance – ZEO SportCT21051 Tshenolo Pro Cycling TeamCT20252 Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe RookiesCT201.953 Kinan Racing TeamCT199.354 NSN Development TeamCT18755 7 Saber Uzbekistan Cycling TeamCT18356 EF Education – AevoloCT18057 Konya Büyükşehir Belediye SporCT17358 China Anta – Mentech Cycling TeamCT16559 Van Rysel RoubaixCT16360 Victoria Sports Pro CyclingCT15761 GW Erco SportFitnessCT15462 Tarteletto – IsorexCT14963 Nu ColombiaCT14564 Factor RacingCT14165 Development Team Picnic PostNLCT14066 REMBE | rad-netCT13167 Elite Fondations Cycling TeamCT12768 ASC Monsters IndonesiaCT12369 Pío Rico Cycling TeamCT12170 Atom 6 Bikes – Cycleur de Luxe – Auto Stroo Continental TeamCT11571 Team UKYOCT11472 Hagens Berman JaycoCT11273 Team United ShippingCT11074 Team Visma | Lease a Bike DevelopmentCT10575 Lotto – Groupe WantyCT10476 AVC Aix Provence DoleCT10177 Bahrain Victorious Development TeamCT10078 Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23CT10079 Canel’s – JavaCT9680 Best PC EcuadorCT9281 St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93CT9082 St George Continental Cycling TeamCT8783 Swatt ClubCT8784 VC FukuokaCT8685 BEAT CC p/b SaxoCT8486 Nice Métropole Côte d’AzurCT8287 Astemo Utsunomiya BlitzenCT8088 Decathlon CMA CGM Development TeamCT8089 General Store – Essegibi – F.Lli CuriaCT8090 Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro CyclingCT7891 Tirol KTM Cycling TeamCT7592 Efapel CyclingCT7593 7Eleven Cliqq Roadbike PhilippinesCT7494 EEW-VDK CyclingteamCT7495 LX Cycling TeamCT72.796 FNIX – SCOM – Hengxiang Cycling TeamCT7097 Pogi Team Gusto LjubljanaCT7098 Anicolor / CampicarnCT6999 CCACHE x BODYWRAPCT69100 Muğla Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor KulübüCT68