As a result, Jayco moved from 14th to 12th, while EF Education-EasyPost dropped to 13th and Movistar Team to 14th. The margins are extremely tight in this section: Jayco now have just over eight points on EF, while Movistar remain within striking distance of the teams immediately ahead.
The top remains largely unchanged
The Montreal results did little to alter the established order at the top of the team classification. UAE Team Emirates XRG retain first place on 29,446.96 points, with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe second and Team Visma | Lease a Bike third. Decathlon CMA CGM Team and Lidl-Trek complete the top five.
UAE’s advantage was strengthened by McNulty’s world title, while several other teams also collected significant points through their riders’ performances in Montreal. Lidl-Trek, for example, had Quinn Simmons in fourth, Mads Pedersen sixth and Giulio Ciccone ninth, while Visma had Matteo Jorgenson in eighth.
But those results were not enough to change the order among the leading teams, where the accumulated totals have created substantial gaps. The more significant consequences came lower down, where much smaller differences separate teams.
Michael Matthews on the podium of the 2026 Montreal World Championships
Lotto’s drop makes the WorldTour battle tighter
Lotto Intermarché were the biggest losers among the teams around the WorldTour cutoff, falling three places to 18th.
Their position is particularly important because the current three-year WorldTour licensing cycle runs from 2026 through 2028. The teams are accumulating points throughout the period, meaning that the current classification is only an early stage of the battle, but every result contributes to the eventual total.
Lotto now sit on 9,020 points, with Cofidis just behind on 8,837.03. Groupama-FDJ United are 20th with 8,520.59.
That leaves only around 500 points separating 18th from 20th, creating a much tighter contest than the standings at the top of the table. The movement of NSN Cycling Team and Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team has also contributed to the changing order in this part of the classification, with NSN climbing two places to 16th and Pinarello-Q36.5 moving up one to 15th.
A separate battle is developing around 30th
Further down the classification, Team Picnic PostNL continue to hold 30th place (2,517 points), but the teams immediately behind them – Li Ning Star (2,347 points) and Euskaltel-Euskadi (2,223 points) – are closing in fast.
This fight is critical because, under UCI regulations, finishing inside the top 30 of the World Ranking is the strict prerequisite for Grand Tour wildcard eligibility. While a top-30 finish does not guarantee an automatic entry, dropping to 31st or lower completely disqualifies a team from receiving an organizer invitation to the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, or Vuelta a España next season.
With the calendar moving toward its final weeks, the remaining Italian classics offer another opportunity for teams to add points. The effect will be most noticeable in the tightly packed sections of the classification, where relatively small hauls can produce several changes in position.
UCI WorldTour team rankingPos.TeamPoints1UAE Team Emirates XRG29,446.962Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe23,860.263Team Visma | Lease a Bike21,408.104Decathlon CMA CGM Team18,884.325Lidl-Trek17,760.076XDS Astana Team14,966.717Bahrain Victorious13,390.028Netcompany INEOS12,110.599Uno-X Mobility11,724.6310Soudal Quick-Step11,302.4011Alpecin-Premier Tech11,182.3412 ↑2Team Jayco AlUla10,095.5413 ↓1EF Education-EasyPost10,087.2714 ↓1Movistar Team9,669.1015 ↑1Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team9,235.5016 ↑2NSN Cycling Team9,194.0017Tudor Pro Cycling Team9,094.3718 ↓3Lotto Intermarché9,020.0019Cofidis8,837.0320Groupama-FDJ United8,520.5921Unibet Rose Rockets6,690.0022TotalEnergies6,526.6623Caja Rural-Seguros RGA4,444.0124Burgos-Burpellet-BH3,944.9125Team Polti VisitMalta3,710.1526Solution Tech Nippo Rali3,268.1827Equipo Kern Pharma2,956.9728MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort2,574.0029Bardiani CSF 7 Saber2,541.5830Team Picnic PostNL2,517.0031Li Ning Star2,347.3332Euskaltel-Euskadi2,223.2633Roojai Insurance Winspace1,817.3334Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe Rookies1,500.5335Modern Adventure Pro Cycling1,348.0036 ↑3XDS Astana Development Team1,289.3837 ↓1Madar Pro Cycling Team1,226.6638 ↑6Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development1,207.0039 ↓2Energus Cycling Team1,200.0040 ↓2Terengganu Cycling Team1,197.00