Sport | Road bicycle racing |
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Founded | Year-End Individual: (October 1948) Year-End Team: (1984–2018) Year-End Nation: (October 1996) Individual & Nation Weekly: (10 January 2016) Team Weekly: (13 January 2019) |
Official website | uci.org |
The UCI men's road racing world rankings are a points system used to rank men's road cycling riders. Points are awarded based on results in UCI sanctioned races, with points varying widely based on the importance and prestige of the race. The Tour de France grants the most points, with 1300 points going to the general classification winner.[1]
The rankings are updated weekly, with points accrued over a rolling 52 weeks for three categories: Individual, Nations, and Teams. The Nations UCI World Ranking is based on the total points of that country's top eight-ranked riders, and the Teams UCI World Ranking is based on that team's top ten-ranked riders.[2] These rankings are used to determine the number of riders per country at the UCI World Championships, and which teams are allowed access to UCI WorldTour events.
The UCI also published year-end rankings for the Individual and Nations categories.