The UCI men's road racing world rankings are a point system which is used to rank men's road cycling riders. Points are accrued over a rolling 52 weeks in three categories (Individual, Nations and Teams). Also Year-End rankings exist, based on 12-month period in both Individual and Nations categories. All points available are determined on the importance level and for its prestige at each race.

Current ranking system

UCI World Ranking

On 10 January 2016, a complete new 52-week rolling basis ranking system was introduced in road cycling (same as ATP in tennis), incorporating both World Tour and Continental Circuit races.

Year-end previous ranking systems

Between 1948 and 2016 all rankings were Year-End, with no similarity to complete new 52 weeks system (copy of ATP) introduced in 2016:

Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1948–1958)

Year-end ranking included Giro, TdF, Vuelta,

Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it ...

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the ' Monuments' or classics of th ...

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five '' Monuments'' of the European professional ...

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Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 ...

Paris–Brussels The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...

and Tour de Suisse. Riders must have participated in at least one of the three races in each organizing country (

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and

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) to appear in the top season rider final classification1.

Super Prestige Pernod (1959–1987)

It was the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo successor ranking. It rewarded the season best rider who had been the most consistent in the biggest races (points were awarded over the entire cycling season). Ranking was divided into three categories: Super Prestige Pernod (the best rider of the year), Prestige Pernod (the best French rider) and Pernod Promotion (the best French under 25).

FICP/UCI Road World Rankings (1984–2004)

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was designating the best cyclist of the season. It was organized by Professional Cycling Federation (FICP) from the 1984 to 1992 and by

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(UCI) from 1993 to 2004.

UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004)

UCI Road World Cup The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long road cycling competition held from 1989 until 2004 and comprising ten one-day events. History The competition was inaugurated in 1989, and replaced the Super Prestige Pernod International. In the first ...

system that operated from 1989-2004, was successor of

Super Prestige Pernod The Super Prestige Pernod was a season-long competition in road bicycle racing between 1958 and 1987. For the first edition it was known as the Prestige Pernod, and for the last four years as the Super Prestige Pernod International. History Disag ...

. It consisted of ten one-day events, designating the best rider of the season.

UCI Pro Tour (2005–2010)

UCI ProTour The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, e ...

ranking (and the second-tier UCI Continental Circuits) was successor of

. It was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada designating the best rider of the season. The ProTour rankings were replaced with a World Ranking system for 2009-2010, though this only considered a small number of ProTour and other high-prestige races, and was then merged into the World Tour in 2011.

UCI World Tour (2011–2018)

UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an ann ...

ranking merged with ex

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Current world rankings

Ranking timeline and statistics

List of number one ranked riders

last update: 20 December 2022

Total weeks at No. 1

List of number one ranked nations

last update: 13 December 2022

Year-end UCI World Rankings

The following is a list of Top 3 riders and nations at the end of each season:

Explanation of the ranking points system

Current ranking system

UCI World Ranking

Year-end previous ranking systems

Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1948–1958)

Super Prestige Pernod (1959–1987)

FICP/UCI Road World Rankings (1984–2004)

UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004)

UCI Pro Tour (2005–2010)

UCI World Tour (2011–2018)

Current world rankings

Ranking timeline and statistics

List of number one ranked riders

Total weeks at No. 1

List of number one ranked nations

Year-end UCI World Rankings

Explanation of the ranking points system

UCI events

Points hierarchy for overall placings

Prologue and stage placing points hierarchy

Secondary classification (points and mountains competitions) hierarchy for final position

Wearing the race leaders jersey

Other events

Points for World, Olympic, Continental and National Championships

Team Time Trial Championships

References

External links