The first Grand Tour of this season is about to begin. On Friday, some of the cycling’s biggest names line up for the Grande Partenza in Nessebar in search of glory, success and a huge haul of UCI points. That means that this week’s iteration of UCI Ranking shaped by Tour de Romandie, Eschborn-Frankfurt, and the Tour of Turkey will not remain in effect for too long.
Tadej Pogacar’s overall win in Switzerland, with four stages included, further extended UAE Team Emirates – XRG’s dominance. Thanks to the Slovenian, the UAE formation passes the 13,000 points benchmark (13,196.5). The double world champion banked 820 points on his own after taking the overall, four stages, placing 6th in the prologue, and 4th on stage 3.Behind UAE, Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe hold a firm 2nd and also shone last week. The German squad keep stretching their gap over Visma | Lease a Bike, despite Jorgen Nordhagen’s 4th overall at Romandie. Thanks to Florian Lipowitz, 2nd overall there with 522 UCI points, and Luke Tuckwell, 6th with 175, Red Bull pass the 10,000 mark and sit 1,300 clear of Visma.
Do not overlook Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team. The British outfit were protagonists at Romandie thanks to their best signing of the year. And no, not Oscar Onley, who quit after the prologue. Dorian Godon took two stage wins and a 2nd place to collect 180 points and leave INEOS just 40 shy of the season’s Top 10, still rounded out by Lidl-Trek.Things keep trending up at Bahrain – Victorious. The team climbed from 7th to 6th thanks above all to a Lenny Martínez who is confirming himself as a rising star. The Frenchman reached the Romandie podium, netting 370 crucial points. Pello Bilbao also placed 4th at Eschborn-Frankfurt, allowing Bahrain to move ahead of Alpecin-Premier Tech, down to 7th. The Belgian team is feeling the lack of spring classics points despite two second places in sprints at Tour of Turkey.
As for the rest of the Top 10, XDS Astana Team remain 5th after a few flashes at the Tour of Turkey, where Davide Ballerini won a stage. Jayco AlUla stay 8th after celebrating Luke Plapp’s strong 5th overall at Romandie, and Soudal – Quick-Step hold 9th thanks to Junior Lecerf’s 10th overall there as their top result.
Lotto-Intermarché in spotlight thanks to an unlikely hero
Behind the top positions, both WorldTour newcomer Uno-X Mobility and old acquaintance Cofidis hold firmly in the middle of the pack with a 500-point buffer to relegation battle.
Behind them, Lotto-Intermarché enjoyed a great weekend thanks to victories of Georg Zimmerman at Eschborn-Frankfurt (400 points) and Arnaud de Lie at Lotto Famenne Ardenne Classic (125 points). This had allowed them to bounce off the bottom and move up to 14th place.
On contrary, EF Education-EasyPost lose ground in the weekly update, dropping from 16th to 19th place, virtually out of WorldTour for the moment. The full infirmary is starting to catch up to the American team who’ve been without their key leaders for much of this season.
Georg Zimmermann outsprints Tom Pidcock to take victory at Eschborn-Frankfurt 2026
While Tudor and Unibet quietly prepare for Giro d’Italia, the bottom-WorldTour teams have regained some of their ground over the past week as the 18th team’s advantage expanded from 250 points last week to 400 and 600 respectively at the moment. Using opportunity to score at Tour of Turkey, Caja Rural – Seguros RGA flied up the ProTour rankings to sit only 250 points shy off TotalEnergies in a battle for automatic wild card to all WorldTour one-day events.
Meanwhile, Pinarello Q36.5 virtually entered the top division in 17th position thanks to a second place of Tom Pidcock at the Eschborn-Frankfurt.
UCI Teams Ranking (06.05.2026)PositionTeamClassUCI points1 UAE Team Emirates – XRGWT13196.52 Red Bull – BORA – hansgroheWT10121.93 Team Visma | Lease a BikeWT8730.84 Decathlon CMA CGM TeamWT7749.55 XDS Astana TeamWT6654.66 Bahrain – VictoriousWT61117 Alpecin – Premier TechWT58068 Team Jayco AlUlaWT56729 Soudal Quick-StepWT494510 Lidl – TrekWT4867.311 INEOS GrenadiersWT482712 CofidisPRT4158.713 Uno-X MobilityWT4093.814 Lotto IntermarchéWT406215 Groupama – FDJ UnitedWT381316 Movistar TeamWT3701.917 Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling TeamPRT366718 NSN Cycling TeamWT360419 EF Education – EasyPostWT3500.720 Tudor Pro Cycling TeamPRT316821 Unibet Rose RocketsPRT298322 TotalEnergiesPRT2475.723 Caja Rural – Seguros RGAPRT222224 Burgos Burpellet BHPRT2006.925 Solution Tech NIPPO RaliPRT1542.326 Equipo Kern PharmaPRT141127 Team Polti VisitMaltaPRT1387.628 Euskaltel – EuskadiPRT132129 Roojai Insurance WinspaceCT1163.330 Team Picnic PostNLWT114331 Li Ning StarCT870.332 MBH Bank CSB Telecom FortPRT81633 Terengganu Cycling TeamCT78934 XDS Astana Development TeamCT78835 Bardiani CSF 7 SaberPRT76436 PetrolikeCT63637 Team BrennanCT62038 Modern Adventure Pro CyclingPRT55939 Team Flanders – BaloisePRT55740 Soudal Quick-Step Devo TeamCT507.941 UAE Team Emirates Gen ZCT50642 CCACHE x BODYWRAPCT47743 Madar Pro Cycling TeamCT442.744 Van Rysel RoubaixCT43645 CIC Pro Cycling AcademyCT38546 Team AmaniCT337.747 NSN Development TeamCT33748 Tarteletto – IsorexCT32149 Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe RookiesCT313.950 Team Medellín – EPMCT29851 Tshenolo Pro Cycling TeamCT29152 Anicolor / CampicarnCT28253 Team SistecreditoCT28154 Groupama-FDJ United CTCT27855 Lidl – Trek Future RacingCT268.456 Team ColoQuickCT26857 Nu ColombiaCT26358 7 Saber Uzbekistan Cycling TeamCT26159 Team Visma | Lease a Bike DevelopmentCT24660 BEAT CC p/b SaxoCT24061 General Store – Essegibi – F.Lli CuriaCT23662 Elite Fondations Cycling TeamCT23563 Thailand Continental Cycling TeamCT21564 Team United ShippingCT21265 Plus Performance – ZEO SportCT21066 Lotto – Groupe WantyCT20367 BIKE AIDCT20368 Kinan Racing TeamCT199.369 Konya Büyükşehir Belediye SporCT19670 EF Education – AevoloCT19571 AVC Aix Provence DoleCT18572 China Anta – Mentech Cycling TeamCT18073 Efapel CyclingCT17974 GW Erco SportFitnessCT17775 Bahrain Victorious Development TeamCT17776 Team UKYOCT17577 Azerion / Villa ValkenburgCT17078 Development Team Picnic PostNLCT17079 Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23CT16980 Factor RacingCT16881 Metec – SOLARWATT p/b MantelCT16782 Swatt ClubCT16683 REMBE | rad-netCT16084 Decathlon CMA CGM Development TeamCT15785 Victoria Sports Pro CyclingCT15786 Best PC EcuadorCT14987 St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93CT14488 Atom 6 Bikes – Cycleur de Luxe – Auto Stroo Continental TeamCT14389 Canel’s – JavaCT13690 L39ION of Los AngelesCT13091 Nice Métropole Côte d’AzurCT13092 ATT InvestmentsCT12793 ASC Monsters IndonesiaCT12394 Veloce Club Rouen 76CT12295 Pío Rico Cycling TeamCT12196 Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro CyclingCT11997 Pogi Team Gusto LjubljanaCT11898 Hagens Berman JaycoCT11699 EEW-VDK CyclingteamCT114100 Team Storck – MRW BauCT112