Team Visma | Lease a Bike had an even greater week than their German couterparts, in particular thanks to Wout van Aert’s victory at Paris-Roubaix. A Monument victory is valued at 800 UCI points, comfortably more than Lipowitz’s 2nd overall in Itzulia (320+46 points) and Mick van Dijke’s 6th at Roubaix (280) combined. It’ll be interesting to follow in the coming weeks what the mental boost of Van Aert’s triumph does to the motivation of Dutch team with view to Ardennes and further down the road the Giro d’Italia.Challenger for the “big three”? Paul Seixas was one of the outstanding performers of past week at the Itzulia Basque Country, bringing 596 UCI points to Decathlon CMA CGM’s 2026 tally with overall and three stage victories. Thanks to this points input, the French team leaves rivals for fourth spot in the ranking far behind, however their gap to podium remains 1,500 points.

Behind them, in fifth place sits XDS Astana Team. The Kazakh team were a steady performer of the past week with top-10 results at both Itzulia and Roubaix, however struggled to leave a similar impact as the abovementioned teams.

Tadej Pogacar will have to wait another year to complete his Monuments collection

Tadej Pogacar will have to wait another year to complete his Monuments collection

Bahrain – Victorious also remains in their position, sixth, of last week, however their advantage over closest chasers thinned down to just 63 points as Pello Bilbao’s 6th place at Itzulia (140+13 points) was their main point input the past week.

The first change in the ranking can be spotted in seventh spot as Alpecin-Premier Tech wrap up their cobbled campaign with a leap over Jayco AlUla. Even though Mathieu van der Poel had to settle for just a 4th spot at Roubaix, that was more than enough to pass the Australian team which had a very modest week at both fronts. However the situation is likely to change in Ardennes where Jayco possesses wider range of weapons compared to Alpecin.

The top-10 is rounded off by former super-teams Soudal Quick-Step and INEOS Grenadiers who have swapped places since last week, but only Soudal can radiate satisfaction with the turn of events as Jasper Stuyven climbed onto the Paris-Roubaix podium (520 points) – a maximum possible, and Tim Merlier triumphed at Scheldeprijs (1.Pro) for 250 UCI points.

Lidl – Trek continues to float around the middle of WorldTour ranking, sliding down to 12th position in this week’s iteration of UCI ranking. Their ambitions were hurt by Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose’s failed GC attempt at Itzulia. On the other front, Classics team had to settle for just 7th place of Mads Pedersen at Roubaix (240 points).

Wildcard-battle complicates

Cofidis, for its part, continues its good run and cements itself as the best ProTeam, leveraging its ability to score across varied race profiles. Their block of racing in Basque Country was a massive success thanks to Ion Izagirre’s 4th overall (220+33 points) and Alex Aranburu’s stage win (50).

While Cofidis seems set to secure automatic wild cards for 2027 season, sporting a 700-point lead at the moment, the situatio further down has complicated. Pinarello Q36.5 slid down the ranking to 18th position, holding a mere 100-point advantage over Unibet Rose Rockets whose consistent performances allowed them to surpass the injury-marred Tudor Pro Cycling, even if only by a tiny margin.UCI team ranking (15.04.2026)PositionTeamClassUCI points 1 UAE Team Emirates – XRG WT 10446.4 2 Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe WT 7687.9 3 Team Visma | Lease a Bike WT 7545.4 4 Decathlon CMA CGM Team WT 6076.7 5 XDS Astana Team WT 5281.6 6 Bahrain – Victorious WT 4785 7 Alpecin-Premier Tech WT 4722 8 Team Jayco AlUla WT 4241 9 Soudal Quick-Step WT 4029 10 INEOS Grenadiers WT 3664 11 Uno-X Mobility WT 3662.8 12 Lidl – Trek WT 3638.3 13 Cofidis PRT 3470.7 14 NSN Cycling Team WT 3125 15 Lotto Intermarché WT 3053 16 EF Education – EasyPost WT 2914.3 17 Movistar Team WT 2899.3 18 Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team PRT 2889 19 Unibet Rose Rockets PRT 2781 20 Tudor Pro Cycling Team PRT 2742 21 Groupama – FDJ United WT 2701.3 22 TotalEnergies PRT 1918.7 23 Burgos Burpellet BH PRT 1596.9 24 Roojai Insurance Winspace CT 1153.3 25 Caja Rural – Seguros RGA PRT 1134 26 Team Picnic PostNL WT 1016 27 Equipo Kern Pharma PRT 1002 28 Team Polti VisitMalta PRT 807.6 29 Euskaltel – Euskadi PRT 747 30 Li Ning Star CT 711.3 31 Terengganu Cycling Team CT 642 32 Bardiani CSF 7 Saber PRT 612 33 XDS Astana Development Team CT 604 34 Solution Tech NIPPO Rali PRT 587.3 35 Petrolike CT 574 36 Team Brennan CT 520 37 CCACHE x BODYWRAP CT 474 38 MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort PRT 468 39 UAE Team Emirates Gen Z CT 468 40 Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team CT 451.9 41 Modern Adventure Pro Cycling PRT 406 42 Team Flanders – Baloise PRT 360 43 Van Rysel Roubaix CT 355 44 Team Amani CT 337.7 45 CIC Pro Cycling Academy CT 334 46 Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe Rookies CT 298.9 47 Madar Pro Cycling Team CT 297.7 48 Groupama-FDJ United CT CT 279 49 Team Medellín – EPM CT 258 50 Lidl – Trek Future Racing CT 249.4