Pogacar, Evenepoel, Del Toro, Seixas and Vingegaard retain the Top 5
The Top 5 remains completely unchanged. Pogacar is still first, followed by Evenepoel, Isaac del Toro, Paul Seixas and Jonas Vingegaard. The Mexican has 6,336.46 points and keeps third place, while Seixas is fourth on 5,020.38 and Vingegaard fifth on 4,160.82.
Del Toro and Evenepoel will have one final opportunity to increase their totals in the closing part of the season at Il Lombardia. The Mexican has secured a place on the ranking podium, while Evenepoel starts with a sizeable advantage in the battle for second. It promises to be an intriguing contest.
Tom Pidcock also remains sixth. The Briton has accumulated 3,891.50 points and stays close to the leading group after a season packed with notable results. The Brit is concluding the year at the Italian classics at a high level with second places at both Giro dell’Emilia and Tre Valli Varesine.
Tom Pidcock in action at GP de Quebec 2026
Van Aert moves ahead of Philipsen
The only change inside the Top 10 comes between Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen. The Visma | Lease a Bike rider climbs one place into seventh, while Philipsen drops to eighth.
Van Aert will not race again this season after the World Championships, so his move reflects the latest update to points earned in earlier races. Philipsen, meanwhile, could only finish eighth at the Münsterland Giro and loses one place in the new standings.
Felix Gall remains ninth, with Mathieu van der Poel completing the Top 10. Just behind them is Richard Carapaz, who gains one place to move into 11th, overtaking Lenny Martínez, now 12th.
McNulty continues to climb after the World ChampionshipsBrandon McNulty is one of the main protagonists of this update. The American from UAE Team Emirates – XRG continues his rise to the top after his World Championships success brought him among the select top riders.
Thanks to a second place at Coppa Agostoni (and 10th at Giro dell’Emilia), McNulty moves up five places in the weekly ranking and is now 24th with 2,091.89 points.
Brandon McNulty in rainbow jersey
Mads Pedersen has also made significant progress. The Dane gains two places to move into 14th, with 2,714.25 points.
Tobias Halland Johannessen, by contrast, drops to 15th after an unsuccessful appearance at the Tre Valli Varesine (102th).
Piganzoli and Kooij make the biggest gains
Outside the Top 30, the two biggest rises of the week stand out. Olav Kooij climbs ten places to 38th with 1,670.88 points, while Davide Piganzoli records the largest improvement across the entire Top 50.
The Italian, winner of the Giro dell’Emilia, rises no fewer than 11 places to 39th with 1,643.82 points. His victory on home roads propels him firmly into the group of the 40 best riders in the UCI WorldTour ranking.
The same cannot be said of Paul Lapeira. The Frenchman, winner of the Coppa Agostoni, loses four places and drops out of the Top 50, settling in 57th. It is one of the most striking moves, given that he is coming off a victory.
Further down the rankings, Oscar Onley (67th -> 53rd), Bryan Coquard (91th -> 78th), or Coppa Bernocchi winner Noa Isidore (183rd -> 113rd) and Tour de Vendée winner Alexis Renard (160th -> 120th) make interesting leaps.UCI WorldTour rider rankingRankRiderTeamPoints1Tadej PogacarUAE Team Emirates – XRG10,131.752Remco EvenepoelRed Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe7,086.613Isaac Del ToroUAE Team Emirates – XRG6,336.464Paul SeixasDecathlon CMA CGM Team5,020.385Jonas VingegaardTeam Visma | Lease a Bike4,160.826Tom PidcockPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team3,891.507Wout van AertTeam Visma | Lease a Bike3,758.578Jasper PhilipsenAlpecin-Premier Tech3,665.629Felix GallDecathlon CMA CGM Team3,425.0010Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Premier Tech3,404.6211Richard CarapazEF Education – EasyPost3,031.1212Lenny MartínezBahrain – Victorious3,028.3813Mauro SchmidTeam Jayco AlUla2,943.4214Mads PedersenLidl-Trek2,714.2515Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility2,709.2516Christian ScaroniXDS Astana Team2,590.0017Romain GrégoireGroupama – FDJ United2,450.0018Mattias SkjelmoseLidl-Trek2,403.8219Paul MagnierSoudal – Quick-Step2,274.0020Benoit CosnefroyUAE Team Emirates – XRG2,170.2821Enric MasMovistar Team2,153.1422Tobias Lund AndersenDecathlon CMA CGM Team2,104.0023Quinn SimmonsLidl-Trek2,092.8224Brandon McNultyUAE Team Emirates – XRG2,091.8925Primoz RoglicRed Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe2,024.0026Matthew BrennanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike2,020.0027Giulio CicconeLidl-Trek2,008.0028Giulio PellizzariRed Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe1,947.0029Christophe LaporteTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1,924.0030Jordi MeeusRed Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe1,920.0031Matteo JorgensonTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1,914.8232Florian LipowitzRed Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe1,904.6133Laurence PithieRed Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe1,837.8634Jasper StuyvenSoudal – Quick-Step1,773.8835Guillermo Thomas SilvaXDS Astana Team1,732.0036Tim MerlierSoudal – Quick-Step1,701.8837Ion IzaguirreCofidis1,685.2938Olav KooijDecathlon CMA CGM Team1,670.8839Davide PiganzoliTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1,643.8240Alex AranburuCofidis1,631.00