Another week, another shake-up in the 2026 UCI WorldTour Ranking after the racing on the road. The Tour de Romandie was dominated by Tadej Pogacar, Eschborn-Frankfurt saw Georg Zimmermann surge to the top in front of his home crowds and the Tour of Turkey was claimed by Sebastian Berwick. These three events were the key to ranking changes over the past week as several names scored in absence of Classics riders and Giro d’Italia participants alike. Let’s take stock of where the sport’s headline acts stand.
Unsurprisingly, the spotlight is on Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian, as noted, won the Tour de Romandie. He didn’t stop there, taking 4 of the 6 stages along the way. That haul delivered 820 points, lifting him past the 4,000 mark to 4,335 and opening a sizeable gap to second-placed Paul Seixas.
The Frenchman did not race this past week, nor did Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert or Mathieu van der Poel, who all remain in the Top 5. Mauro Schmid holds sixth despite abandoning the Tour de Romandie early. Isaac del Toro is still sidelined but keeps seventh place.
Tom Pidcock also made headlines after coming within a whisker of victory at Eschborn-Frankfurt. Those 320 UCI points push the Pinarello Q36.5 star from 10th to 8th in the UCI Ranking. His rise nudges Romain Gregoire to ninth and Tobias Lund Andresen to tenth, both down one spot compared to last week.
With the Giro d’Italia in mind, Jonas Vingegaard has not raced in recent weeks, costing him two more places in the Ranking. The Dane sits 16th on 1,219.6 points, but as the leading favourite for the Corsa Rosa, a win (worth 1,100 points) alongside some nice stage results would trigger a major leap once the first Grand Tour of the year concludes.
Georg Zimmermann wins Eschborn-Frankfurt ahead of Tom Pidcock
Further in the top-20
The podium finishers from Tour de Romandie; Lenny Martinez and Florian Lipowitz move up the rankings to 11th (from 18th) and 15th (from 29th), passing aforementioned Vingegaard among others. At the bottom of this week’s top-20 sits Ion Izagirre who rides an outstanding final season of his career with another top result. This time, a 6th place at Eschborn-Frankfurt is just enough to move to a 20th position in the 2026 ranking.
UCI WorldTour Ranking (07.05.2026)
| Position | Rider | Team | UCI points |
| 1 | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 4335 |
| 2 | SEIXAS Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 2596 |
| 3 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 2527.9 |
| 4 | VAN AERT Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2225 |
| 5 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | Alpecin – Premier Tech | 2220 |
| 6 | SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco AlUla | 2037 |
| 7 | DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 1839 |
| 8 | PIDCOCK Tom | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1726 |
| 9 | GRÉGOIRE Romain | Groupama – FDJ United | 1650 |
| 10 | ANDRESEN Tobias Lund | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1538 |
| 11 | MARTINEZ Lenny | Bahrain – Victorious | 1533 |
| 12 | LAPORTE Christophe | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1403 |
| 13 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | Alpecin – Premier Tech | 1271 |
| 14 | SCARONI Christian | XDS Astana Team | 1271 |
| 15 | LIPOWITZ Florian | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 1270.9 |
| 16 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1219.6 |
| 17 | JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland | Uno-X Mobility | 1211 |
| 18 | STUYVEN Jasper | Soudal Quick-Step | 1197 |
| 19 | PEDERSEN Mads | Lidl – Trek | 1188 |
| 20 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | 1178.3 |
| 21 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | Unibet Rose Rockets | 1080 |
| 22 | PELLIZZARI Giulio | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 1045 |
| 23 | SKJELMOSE Mattias | Lidl – Trek | 979 |
| 24 | TIBERI Antonio | Bahrain – Victorious | 925 |
| 25 | JORGENSON Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 890 |
| 26 | PLAPP Luke | Team Jayco AlUla | 868 |
| 27 | COSNEFROY Benoît | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 852.6 |
| 28 | VERMEERSCH Florian | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 833 |
| 29 | BILBAO Pello | Bahrain – Victorious | 828 |
| 30 | CHRISTEN Jan | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 776 |
| 31 | MORGADO António | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 766.6 |
| 32 | BAUDIN Alex | EF Education – EasyPost | 759.1 |
| 33 | BERNAL Egan | Netcompany INEOS | 740 |
| 34 | VENDRAME Andrea | Team Jayco AlUla | 738 |
| 35 | VERSTRYNGE Emiel | Alpecin – Premier Tech | 709 |
| 36 | TULETT Ben | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 705 |
| 37 | PITHIE Laurence | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 701.9 |
| 38 | ARANBURU Alex | Cofidis | 685 |
| 39 | BRENNAN Matthew | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 670 |
| 40 | GODON Dorian | Netcompany INEOS | 668.6 |
| 41 | VINE Jay | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 665 |
| 42 | ZANA Filippo | Soudal Quick-Step | 653 |
| 43 | MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 637.9 |
| 44 | VAUQUELIN Kévin | Netcompany INEOS | 636.6 |
| 45 | VERMEERSCH Gianni | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 619 |
| 46 | TRENTIN Matteo | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 613.1 |
| 47 | GIRMAY Biniam | NSN Cycling Team | 610 |
| 48 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain – Victorious | 597 |
| 49 | MOZZATO Luca | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 575 |
| 50 | CHAMPOUSSIN Clément | XDS Astana Team | 566 |
| 51 | NORDHAGEN Jørgen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 565 |
| 52 | TEJADA Harold | XDS Astana Team | 560 |
| 53 | STRONG Corbin | NSN Cycling Team | 558 |
| 54 | MEEUS Jordi | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 555 |
| 55 | GANNA Filippo | Netcompany INEOS | 555 |
| 56 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 549 |
| 57 | ROMEO Iván | Movistar Team | 547.6 |
| 58 | ROGLIČ Primož | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 542 |
| 59 | RICCITELLO Matthew | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 540 |
| 60 | ZIMMERMANN Georg | Lotto Intermarché | 533 |
| 61 | DE LIE Arnaud | Lotto Intermarché | 531 |
| 62 | STEINHAUSER Georg | EF Education – EasyPost | 518.7 |
| 63 | KANTER Max | XDS Astana Team | 507.9 |
| 64 | TESFATSION Natnael | Movistar Team | 504 |
| 65 | VAN DIJKE Tim | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 502.9 |
| 66 | ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław | Cofidis | 493 |
| 67 | GILMORE Brady | NSN Cycling Team | 490 |
| 68 | BITTNER Pavel | Team Picnic PostNL | 485 |
| 69 | BERWICK Sebastian | Caja Rural – Seguros RGA | 478 |
| 70 | KRON Andreas | Uno-X Mobility | 471 |
| 71 | PARET-PEINTRE Valentin | Soudal Quick-Step | 466 |
| 72 | DE GENDT Aimé | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 463 |
| 73 | GALL Felix | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 453 |
| 74 | RONDEL Mathys | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 450.1 |
| 75 | TURGIS Anthony | TotalEnergies | 445.1 |
| 76 | COQUARD Bryan | Cofidis | 440.3 |
| 77 | DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen | Lotto Intermarché | 424 |
| 78 | SILVA Guillermo Thomas | XDS Astana Team | 418 |
| 79 | VANSEVENANT Mauri | Soudal Quick-Step | 416 |
| 80 | VINOKUROV Nicolas | XDS Astana Team | 414.3 |
| 81 | HAGENES Per Strand | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 413 |
| 82 | ABRAHAMSEN Jonas | Uno-X Mobility | 400 |
| 83 | SEGAERT Alec | Bahrain – Victorious | 396 |
| 84 | VENTURINI Clément | Unibet Rose Rockets | 396 |
| 85 | ARRIETA Igor | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 393.1 |
| 86 | MERLIER Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | 393 |
| 87 | GRISEL Matys | Lotto Intermarché | 384 |
| 88 | KUBIŠ Lukáš | Unibet Rose Rockets | 382 |
| 89 | TEUNISSEN Mike | XDS Astana Team | 381.9 |
| 90 | JEANNIÈRE Emilien | TotalEnergies | 381 |
| 91 | LAMPERTI Luke | EF Education – EasyPost | 378.1 |
| 92 | BERASATEGI Xabier | Euskaltel – Euskadi | 377 |
| 93 | FEDOROV Yevgeniy | XDS Astana Team | 368.3 |
| 94 | BRENNER Marco | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 367 |
| 95 | VAN DIJKE Mick | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 364.9 |
| 96 | LAPEIRA Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 363 |
| 97 | MENTEN Milan | Lotto Intermarché | 360 |
| 98 | HERMANS Quinten | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 354 |
| 99 | MOHORIČ Matej | Bahrain – Victorious | 349 |
| 100 | SOSA Iván Ramiro | Equipo Kern Pharma | 348 |