First things first, it’s worth highlighting the 800 UCI points banked by Wout van Aert, who climbs to second in the Ranking, ahead of Mathieu van der Poel, who moves up to third and is now five points behind his eternal rival. The Visma | Lease a Bike star is within the sight of overall leader Pogacar, who is however expected to expand his account notably the next two weeks at the Ardennes.
Despite a lesser week marked by abandon at Itzulia, Isaac Del Toro remains in the top-5 of the ranking with a comfortable lead to his closest opponents. Likewise, fifth Remco Evenepoel and sixth Tobias Lund Andresen have not added any points to their 2026 tally over the past week, allowing the star of last week Paul Seixas to breathe down their necks.
Paul Seixas starstruck
The Frenchman made Itzulia Basque Country his playground with three stage wins and overall triumph, combined worth almost 600 UCI points, enough to jump up from the depths of top-25 to a 7th place in the ranking, leaving behind stars of the caliber of Tom Pidcock (9th) or Jonas Vingegaard (12th).
Further notable movements up the ranking were made by Christophe Laporte – 5th at Roubaix – moving up to 8th overall. Hell of the North third place Jasper Stuyven leaped past former teammate Mads Pedersen (14th) to a 13th place, while the Dane is gradually approaching the top-10 despite a delayed season start.
The podium of the 2026 Paris-Roubaix
The top-10 is wrapped up by Mauro Schmid whose incredible consistency at smaller one-day races and stage races has earned him aleady over 1,300 UCI points. His only finish outside top-5 came at the Milano-Sanremo where the Swiss champion crossed finish line in 31st position.
UCI rider ranking (16.04.2026)
* This ranking shows the points earned by riders since the start of 2026 season
| Position | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 2715 |
| 2 | VAN AERT Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2225 |
| 3 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 2220 |
| 4 | DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 1839 |
| 5 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 1507.9 |
| 6 | ANDRESEN Tobias Lund | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1490 |
| 7 | SEIXAS Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1456 |
| 8 | LAPORTE Christophe | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1403 |
| 9 | PIDCOCK Thomas | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1361 |
| 10 | SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco AlUla | 1327 |
| 11 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1271 |
| 12 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1219.6 |
| 13 | STUYVEN Jasper | Soudal Quick-Step | 1197 |
| 14 | PEDERSEN Mads | Lidl – Trek | 1188 |
| 15 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | Unibet Rose Rockets | 1080 |
| 16 | JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland | Uno-X Mobility | 1041 |
| 17 | MARTINEZ Lenny | Bahrain – Victorious | 1038 |
| 18 | SCARONI Christian | XDS Astana Team | 1001 |
| 19 | GRÉGOIRE Romain | Groupama – FDJ United | 915 |
| 20 | TIBERI Antonio | Bahrain – Victorious | 895 |
| 21 | JORGENSON Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 890 |
| 22 | VERMEERSCH Florian | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 828 |
| 23 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | 798.3 |
| 24 | CHRISTEN Jan | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 776 |
| 25 | MORGADO António | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 766.6 |
| 26 | LIPOWITZ Florian | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 748.9 |
| 27 | PELLIZZARI Giulio | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 730 |
| 28 | VENDRAME Andrea | Team Jayco AlUla | 698 |
| 29 | PITHIE Laurence | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 685.9 |
| 30 | BRENNAN Matthew | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 670 |
| 31 | VINE Jay | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 665 |
| 32 | PLAPP Luke | Team Jayco AlUla | 634 |
| 33 | VERMEERSCH Gianni | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 619 |
| 34 | ARANBURU Alex | Cofidis | 615 |
| 35 | TRENTIN Matteo | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 613.1 |
| 36 | GIRMAY Biniam | NSN Cycling Team | 610 |
| 37 | MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 607.9 |
| 38 | MOZZATO Luca | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 575 |
| 39 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain – Victorious | 567 |
| 40 | VAUQUELIN Kévin | INEOS Grenadiers | 561.6 |
| 41 | TEJADA Harold | XDS Astana Team | 560 |
| 42 | MEEUS Jordi | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 555 |
| 43 | GANNA Filippo | INEOS Grenadiers | 555 |
| 44 | STRONG Corbin | NSN Cycling Team | 534 |
| 45 | KANTER Max | XDS Astana Team | 507.9 |
| 46 | STEINHAUSER Georg | EF Education – EasyPost | 503.7 |
| 47 | VAN DIJKE Tim | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 502.9 |
| 48 | BITTNER Pavel | Team Picnic PostNL | 485 |
| 49 | ROMEO Iván | Movistar Team | 483.6 |
| 50 | ROGLIČ Primož | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 474 |
| 51 | DE GENDT Aimé | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 463 |
| 52 | ZANA Filippo | Soudal Quick-Step | 458 |
| 53 | ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław | Cofidis | 455 |
| 54 | GALL Felix | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 453 |
| 55 | TURGIS Anthony | TotalEnergies | 445.1 |
| 56 | COQUARD Bryan | Cofidis | 440.3 |
| 57 | GODON Dorian | INEOS Grenadiers | 435.6 |
| 58 | GILMORE Brady | NSN Cycling Team | 430 |
| 59 | DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen | Lotto Intermarché | 419 |
| 60 | HAGENES Per Strand | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 413 |
| 61 | CHAMPOUSSIN Clément | XDS Astana Team | 408 |
| 62 | DE LIE Arnaud | Lotto Intermarché | 406 |
| 63 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 404 |
| 64 | ABRAHAMSEN Jonas | Uno-X Mobility | 400 |
| 65 | SEGAERT Alec | Bahrain – Victorious | 396 |
| 66 | PARET-PEINTRE Valentin | Soudal Quick-Step | 396 |
| 67 | ARRIETA Igor | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 393.1 |
| 68 | MERLIER Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | 393 |
| 69 | VENTURINI Clément | Unibet Rose Rockets | 390 |
| 70 | KRON Andreas | Uno-X Mobility | 386 |
| 71 | GRISEL Matys | Lotto Intermarché | 384 |
| 72 | KUBIŠ Lukáš | Unibet Rose Rockets | 382 |
| 73 | TEUNISSEN Mike | XDS Astana Team | 381.9 |
| 74 | LAMPERTI Luke | EF Education – EasyPost | 378.1 |
| 75 | JEANNIÈRE Emilien | TotalEnergies | 378 |
| 76 | FEDOROV Yevgeniy | XDS Astana Team | 368.3 |
| 77 | BRENNER Marco | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 367 |
| 78 | VAN DIJKE Mick | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 364.9 |
| 79 | BAUDIN Alex | EF Education – EasyPost | 364.1 |
| 80 | LAPEIRA Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 363 |
| 81 | TESFATSION Natnael | Movistar Team | 359 |
| 82 | RONDEL Mathys | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 350.1 |
| 83 | ALMEIDA João | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 348 |
| 84 | MOHORIČ Matej | Bahrain – Victorious | 346 |
| 85 | VERNON Ethan | NSN Cycling Team | 345 |
| 86 | BETTLES Carter | Roojai Insurance Winspace | 343 |
| 87 | SWEENY Harry | EF Education – EasyPost | 338 |
| 88 | AYUSO Juan | Lidl – Trek | 335.7 |
| 89 | MILAN Jonathan | Lidl – Trek | 333 |
| 90 | RICCITELLO Matthew | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 330 |
| 91 | WÆRENSKJOLD Søren | Uno-X Mobility | 322 |
| 92 | POLITT Nils | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 319.7 |
| 93 | L’HOTE Antoine | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 316 |
| 94 | MENTEN Milan | Lotto Intermarché | 310 |
| 95 | VINOKUROV Nicolas | XDS Astana Team | 309.3 |
| 96 | DONALDSON Robert | Team Jayco AlUla | 305 |
| 97 | SKJELMOSE Mattias | Lidl – Trek | 304 |
| 98 | REX Laurenz | Soudal Quick-Step | 300 |
| 99 | KUDUS Merhawi | Burgos Burpellet BH | 290 |
| 100 | VAN EETVELT Lennert | Lotto Intermarché | 283 |