{"id":215992,"date":"2025-10-21T18:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215992\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T18:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:06:06","slug":"fdj-suez-knock-sd-worx-protime-off-top-spot-of-uci-worldteam-rankings-for-first-time-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215992\/","title":{"rendered":"FDJ-Suez knock SD Worx-Protime off top spot of UCI WorldTeam rankings for first time in five years"},"content":{"rendered":"

After four years of SD Worx-Protime<\/a> domination, FDJ-Suez<\/a> dethroned the Dutch team to top the UCI Women’s WorldTeam rankings for the first time in their existence.<\/p>\n

Buoyed by the arrival of Demi Vollering<\/a>, who also finished 2025 as the top-ranked individual rider in the Women’s WorldTour, FDJ-Suez took the top spot in the rankings with 12,490.51 points. SD Worx still finished second, with 11,115.13 points.<\/p>\n

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SD Worx have topped the UCI rankings every year since 2021, after Trek-Segafredo bettered them in the Covid-abbreviated 2020 season. Before that, the team had been top of the rankings every year since 2016.<\/p>\n

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With 2025 ushering in a whole host of high-profile transfers and a shift in team dynamics, however, SD Worx’s decade-long reign as the very best team in the women’s peloton seems to have come to an end. They are of course still a top team, but they are no longer as far ahead as they once were.<\/p>\n

Naturally, FDJ-Suez points haul was led by Demi Vollering, who took 11 wins in 2025, but they also saw big returns from Elise Chabbey, Juliette Labous<\/a> and Ally Wollaston \u2013 all also new signings in 2025 \u2013 who all scored over 1,500 UCI points each throughout the year.<\/p>\n

For the French team, who have been in existence since 2006 but never previously topped the rankings, this marks a clear example of the growing investment in the team, which has multiplied from \u20ac400,000 to over \u20ac4 million between 2020 and 2025.<\/p>\n

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With SD Worx in second, UAE Team ADQ<\/a> rounded up the top three spots in the rankings, mainly boosted by their headline signing of Elisa Longo Borghini<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

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In the individual rider rankings, Vollering topped the standings with her multiple stage race success, beating Lorena Wiebes<\/a> (SD Worx-Protime) into second, despite the sprinter winning 25 races this year.<\/p>\n

Third-best was Marlen Reusser<\/a> (Movistar), who had an incredibly consistent season, peaking with second overall at both the Vuelta and Giro, and winning the time trials at the World and European Championships.<\/p>\n

The team rankings are especially this year, as 2025 marks the end of a two-year promotion and relegation system for the Women’s WorldTour. Only teams ranking high enough at the end of the 2024-2025 season will be eligible for a WorldTour license for the 2026-2027 period.<\/p>\n

At the end of this cycle, the results show that ProTeam EF Education-Oatly<\/a> have done enough to earn a spot in the WorldTour, finishing 11th after two years, whilst Roland Le D\u00e9voluy<\/a> are likely to be relegated after finishing 18th in the standings.<\/p>\n

Ceratizit are folding this year, but no other team made the top 15 to gain eligibility for a WorldTour license, so it is likely that only 14 licenses will be given out for 2026, rather than the maximum of 15.<\/p>\n