It was a great week for UAE, but it was arguably even better for Team Jayco AlUla. The Australian team didn’t earn as many UCI points as UAE, but they claimed a victory in the Muscat Classic with Mauro Schmid, granting 250 points. The Swiss rider has proven to be in outstanding shape at the beginning of the 2026 season, and he already added two victories to his tally, besides of a second place in the GC of the Tour Down Under in mid-January.

His win came after a textbook team effort, as Luke Plapp was instrumental in helping Schmid secure the first place. The Aussie finished in third place himself, getting 140 points. Jayco did not compete in Spain or France throughout the week, so they could not increase their tally even more, allowing some teams to get closer in the ranking.

This was the case of Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe, which stormed third place thanks to Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian rider continued his excellent season debut in Spain, securing the GC of Volta Comunitat Valenciana, plus two stages. Notwithstanding the neutralization of the time trial (the stage was ridden but times did not count for the GC due to strong gusts of wind), he went full gas and won it. He went on to win the queen stage afterwards as well, dropping everyone else with a powerful acceleration and winning solo.He earned over 300 points all by himself during the week, but he was not the only Red Bull Bora delivering strong performances. Both Giulio Pellizzari and Aleksandr Vlasov were very active throughout the race, both finishing in the top 10 (Pellizzari was third, Vlasov was seventh) despite working as domestiques for Remco. A great collective effort overall by the German team, lifting them to the third place in the ranking with 1527 points.pellizzari

Pellizzari is expected to ride the Giro d’Italia this year

They overtook XDS Astana Team, even if the Kazakh team added almost 500 points to their tally. Christian Scaroni has been one of the strongest riders this season, and he was fourth in the Muscat Classic, while Henok Mulubrhan was eighth. They didn’t compete in Spain or France, but they were instead busy with national championships. The Asian Continental Championships took place in Saudi Arabia, and Astana completely dominated the competition.

Yevgeniy Fedorov won the time trial, with Nicolas Vinokurov coming in second place. Both riders were also second in the mixed relay team time trial. The road race takes place February 11, and they are also expected to come on top. Meanwhile, Guilermo Thomas Silva was third in both the Uruguayan road race and time trial nationals. Both the nationals and continentals give tons of points, and Astana are capitalizing on that.

2026 UCI Team Ranking

UCI Teams Update; Date: 10/02/2026

*This ranking represents the UCI points scored in 2026 among the team’s top 20 riders; and how the 2026-2028 rankings stand.

Position Team Class Points 1  UAE Team Emirates – XRG WT 2301 2  Team Jayco AlUla WT 1857 3  Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe WT 1527 4  XDS Astana Team WT 1430 5  Uno-X Mobility WT 865 6  Movistar Team WT 838 7  Soudal Quick-Step WT 770 8  Decathlon CMA CGM Team WT 761 9  NSN Cycling Team WT 727 10  Tudor Pro Cycling Team PRT 675 11  Bahrain – Victorious WT 671 12  EF Education – EasyPost WT 623 13  INEOS Grenadiers WT 613 14  Team Visma | Lease a Bike WT 587 15  Unibet Rose Rockets PRT 510 16  Groupama – FDJ United WT 400 17  Lidl – Trek WT 319 18  Lotto Intermarché WT 298 19  Caja Rural – Seguros RGA PRT 294 20  Modern Adventure Pro Cycling PRT 289 21  Team Polti VisitMalta PRT 255 22  Alpecin-Premier Tech WT 253 23  Cofidis PRT 231 24  Burgos Burpellet BH PRT 211 25  Team Picnic PostNL WT 204 26  TotalEnergies PRT 193 27  Euskaltel – Euskadi PRT 186 28  Equipo Kern Pharma PRT 169 29  Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team PRT 141 30  MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort PRT 139 31  Team Flanders – Baloise PRT 75 32  Bardiani CSF 7 Saber PRT 64 33  Solution Tech NIPPO Rali PRT 41