UCI points are closely tracked by teams, specially as this year there were promotions and relegations based off a difference of just a few points. When it comes to riders there is also always interest, although Tadej Pogacar takes the top of the charts without any challenger… But what if the UCI rankings were ranked by nations? Would the outcome be the same for Slovenia, or are there countries above the small European nation.
The answer is yes. The margin is not huge, but at the top of the charts is Belgium, one of cycling’s cornerstones and the base for the spring classics. ProCyclingStats has ordered countries and made the total of its Top8 point-scoring riders in 2025, which favours the countries with less depth. But nevertheless at the top is a country that has the most depth out of the Top3. Belgium had Remco Evenepoel as its top scorer this year despite his difficult start to the season, but the presence of countless top sprinters and classics riders such as Wout van Aert, Arnaud de Lie, Jasper Philipsen, Tim Merlier and Tim Wellens has boosted the country towards the top of this chart.
The difference to Denmark however is rather small, as the northern European nation benefits of two great leaders who have finished the season very close to the top: Mads Pedersen and Jonas Vingegaard. The two have scored over 1.000 points just by themselves, whilst the country also benefited from the presence of riders such as Mattias Skjelmose and Tobias Lund Andresen scoring big points.

And Slovenia only sits in third place, but not overly close to the Top2. Pogacar was the year’s top rider, that has never been put to question, but the points he scored weren’t enough to compensate for the rest of the country in this specific circumstance. Slovenia does come away from the year with the reigning World and European titles, but besides Pogacar, only Primoz Roglic scored any meaningful points. The country does have Matej Mohoric and upcoming talent Jakob Omrzel in its ranks, so potentially next year they could bounce back to take the ‘title’.

Just outside the podium are Italy, Great Britain and France, with a point difference that is actually rather small and insignificant – which could’ve been closed off with the addition of one more top rider. Australia, Netherlands, United States of America and Spain complete the Top10, with a large gap to the countries that follow.

UCI points by nation – 2025#CountryPoints1 Belgium17976.32 Denmark17192.23 Slovenia149534 Italy14928.15 Great Britain14599.86 France13769.27 Australia11483.78 Netherlands11094.39 United States10246.810 Spain9076.411 Norway6943.512 Portugal6834.113 Switzerland6536.814 Germany6342.715 Mexico629716 Colombia5707.117 Ecuador5271.318 Ireland4604.219 Austria4211.420 New Zealand4074.921 Eritrea3928.122 Czech Republic2892.923 Canada254524 Poland2497.525 Uruguay188226 Venezuela1866.427 Slovakia180528 Latvia169329 Estonia1655.630 Kazakhstan158031 South Africa1316.832 Japan110833 Russia1096.934 Israel1090.635 Greece103236 Ukraine102737 Algeria100838 Mongolia1005.739 Luxembourg1001.440 Guatemala96541 Sweden956.442 Panama915.843 Thailand89844 Uzbekistan81345 Hungary79946 Serbia77147 China766.548 Costa Rica76149 Mauritius74450 Romania71351 Argentina653.152 Bermuda63853 Belize60054 Chile57755 Honduras56756 Uganda54057 Monaco529.558 United Arab Emirates52659 Brazil52460 Morocco515.261 Malta50062 Iran49463 Jamaica48964 Indonesia488.365 Rwanda462.366 Malaysia45767 Ethiopia42668 Türkiye40669 South Korea40070 Cyprus37071 Lithuania35172 Bulgaria33673 Philippines33674 Hongkong31775 North Macedonia31576 Kosovo31077 Paraguay30078 Vietnam29579 Bolivia27880 Taiwan27681 El Salvador26282 Trinidad & Tobago26283 Puerto Rico26184 Finland254.585 Cameroon25086 India25087 Benin24788 Cuba24489 Angola23890 Singapore23491 Jordan23392 Namibia23193 Peru23194 Dominican Republic22995 Albania22296 Bosnia and Herzegovina22097 Tunisia219.398 Montenegro21699 Pakistan215100 Zimbabwe214