How many riders do you have from the specialization era? Valverde and Pogacar. Valverde is not even close to be a top10 rider of all times. Froome, Contador and Nibali are above him in big wins.
Even in the era of Merckx of which a lot of people say he was racing against farmers. I obviously don't agree with that. All of his competitors tried to be the best version of themselves using the means and knowledge of those days. Just like they do today. Sports is a survival of the fittest and because of that athletes will always seek how they can become better.
Pogačar is now indisputably one of the all-time greats. He passes Anquetil, Coppi and Bartali. With Merckx and Hinault he makes up the triumvirate of cycling history.
Roglič takes a few more points, but doesn't gain places.
Before abandoning, Evenepoel won the ITT. That was enough to leave Philippe Gilbert behind and become the seventh Belgian.
Van der Poel jumps over Jan Raas to become the second Dutchman, only behind Zoetemelk.
Van Aert has caught another winner on the Champs-Élysées: Alexander Vinokourov.
Vingegaard is the last member of the "Big Six" to enter the top 60.
Simon Yates keeps gaining places with another stage win.
Jasper Philipsen at last enters the top 200, knocking out another sprinter: André Greipel.
(006) 003. Tadej Pogačar
(016) 016. Primož Roglič
(035) 033. Remco Evenepoel
(048) 047. Mathieu van der Poel
(057) 055. Wout van Aert
(073) 059. Jonas Vingegaard
(132) 126. Simon Yates
(/////) 200. Jasper Philipsen
Hidden behind spoiler tags this is the updated list. This also includes points from races in June.
1 | Eddy Merckx | 2027
2 | Bernard Hinault | 1266 3 | Tadej Pogačar | 1118
4 | Jacques Anquetil | 1075
5 | Fausto Coppi | 1032
6 | Gino Bartali | 1009
7 | Sean Kelly | 958
8 | Alejandro Valverde | 921
9 | Roger De Vlaeminck | 873
10 | Francesco Moser | 830
11 | Alfredo Binda | 789
12 | Felice Gimondi | 778
13 | Costante Girardengo | 765
14 | Miguel Induráin | 740
15 | Rik Van Looy | 733 16 | Primož Roglič | 698
17 | Joop Zoetemelk | 657 18 | Chris Froome | 656
19 | Fabian Cancellara | 637
20 | Louison Bobet | 621
21 | Alberto Contador | 619
22 | Laurent Jalabert | 619
23 | Tony Rominger | 600
24 | Giuseppe Saronni | 599
25 | Vincenzo Nibali | 594
26 | Freddy Maertens | 594
27 | Tom Boonen | 523
28 | Peter Sagan | 520
29 | Rik Van Steenbergen | 484
30 | Fiorenzo Magni | 475
31 | Learco Guerra | 474
32 | Ferdi Kübler | 473 33 | Remco Evenepoel | 462
34 | Philippe Gilbert | 454
35 | Franco Bitossi | 452
36 | Johan Museeuw | 446
37 | Erik Zabel | 442
38 | Luis Ocaña | 441
39 | Mario Cipollini | 436
40 | Paolo Bettini | 432
41 | Greg LeMond | 429
42 | Raymond Poulidor | 425
43 | Jan Ullrich | 423
44 | Gianni Bugno | 423
45 | Mark Cavendish | 420
46 | Laurent Fignon | 418 47 | Mathieu van der Poel | 417
48 | Jan Raas | 416
49 | Moreno Argentin | 409 50 | Nairo Quintana | 388
51 | Nicolas Frantz | 385
52 | Alex Zülle | 378
53 | Joaquim Rodríguez | 377
54 | Herman Vanspringel | 369 55 | Wout van Aert | 360
56 | Oscar Freire | 359
57 | Alexander Vinokourov | 356
58 | Charly Gaul | 348 59 | Jonas Vingegaard | 339
60 | Hugo Koblet | 339
61 | Walter Godefroot | 336
62 | Michele Bartoli | 335
63 | Gaetano Belloni | 334
64 | Jan Janssen | 332
65 | Henri Pélissier | 332
66 | Antonin Magne | 331
67 | Charly Mottet | 324
68 | André Leducq | 323
69 | Stephen Roche | 322
70 | Pedro Delgado | 322
71 | Giovanni Brunero | 322
72 | Bernard Thévenet | 317
73 | Claudio Chiappucci | 317 74 | Julian Alaphilippe | 311
75 | Cadel Evans | 309
76 | François Faber | 307
77 | Philippe Thys | 305
78 | Vittorio Adorni | 303
79 | Abraham Olano | 303
80 | Rudi Altig | 303
81 | Alessandro Petacchi | 300
82 | Hennie Kuiper | 296
83 | Roberto Heras | 289
84 | Gustave Garrigou | 284
85 | Davide Rebellin | 276
86 | Briek Schotte | 275
87 | Gianbattista Baronchelli | 273
88 | Bradley Wiggins | 269
89 | Fred De Bruyne | 265
90 | Gianni Motta | 264
91 | André Darrigade | 263
92 | Nino Defilippis | 262
93 | Lucien Van Impe | 261
94 | Gilberto Simoni | 258
95 | Phil Anderson | 255
96 | Federico Bahamontes | 254
97 | Marino Lejarreta | 253
98 | Damiano Cunego | 252
99 | Stan Ockers | 249
100 | Tony Martin | 246 101 | Geraint Thomas | 245
102 | Michał Kwiatkowski | 245
103 | Julián Berrendero | 242
104 | Eric Vanderaerden | 242
105 | Marco Pantani | 241
106 | Michel Pollentier | 237 107 | Mads Pedersen | 236
108 | Richard Carapaz | 235
109 | Danilo Di Luca | 234
110 | Rolf Sørensen | 234
111 | Francesco Casagrande | 234
112 | Jean Stablinski | 232
113 | Samuel Sánchez | 231
114 | Pascal Richard | 227
115 | Delio Rodríguez | 226
116 | Raymond Impanis | 224
117 | Greg Van Avermaet | 222
118 | Sylvère Maes | 221
119 | Lucien Petit-Breton | 218
120 | Gastone Nencini | 218
121 | Dietrich Thurau | 218 122 | Alexander Kristoff | 216
123 | Ivan Basso | 211
124 | Octave Lapize | 210
125 | Marcel Kint | 210 126 | Simon Yates | 208
127 | Gerrie Knetemann | 208
128 | Tom Dumoulin | 208 129 | Arnaud Démare | 207
130 | Thor Hushovd | 206
131 | Carlos Sastre | 205
132 | Robbie McEwen | 204
133 | Denis Menchov | 203
134 | Stefano Garzelli | 202
135 | Adrie van der Poel | 202
136 | Claude Criquielion | 200
137 | Luis Herrera | 198
138 | Miguel María Lasa | 198
139 | Michele Dancelli | 197
140 | Pavel Tonkov | 196
141 | Ottavio Bottecchia | 195
142 | Giovanni Battaglin | 195
143 | Eddy Planckaert | 195
144 | Giuseppe Olmo | 194
145 | Richard Virenque | 193
146 | Georges Ronsse | 192
147 | Miguel Poblet | 192
148 | José Manuel Fuente | 189
149 | Jean Alavoine | 189 150 | Egan Bernal | 188
151 | Guido Bontempi | 187
152 | Georges Speicher | 186
153 | Heiri Suter | 185
154 | Maurizio Fondriest | 182
155 | Andy Schleck | 181
156 | Andrei Tchmil | 181
157 | Frans Verbeeck | 181
158 | Mariano Cañardo | 180
159 | Filippo Pozzato | 176
160 | Peter Van Petegem | 174
161 | Adolfo Leoni | 174
162 | Carlo Galetti | 172 163 | John Degenkolb | 172
164 | Filippo Ganna | 172
165 | Joaquim Agostinho | 172 166 | Rui Costa | 171
167 | Maurice De Waele | 171
168 | Ercole Baldini | 171
169 | Jakob Fuglsang | 170
170 | Luigi Ganna | 170
171 | Italo Zilioli | 170
172 | Louis Trousselier | 168
173 | Germain Derycke | 168
174 | Frank Vandenbroucke | 168
175 | Erik Breukink | 168
176 | Andreas Klöden | 167
177 | Pasquale Fornara | 166
178 | Roger Pingeon | 164
179 | Roger Lapébie | 164
180 | Alphonse Schepers | 164
181 | Franco Balmamion | 164
182 | Tom Simpson | 163
183 | Jef Planckaert | 163
184 | Tom Steels | 161
185 | Firmin Lambot | 160
186 | Gaston Rebry | 159
187 | Domingo Perurena | 158
188 | Laurent Dufaux | 157
189 | Robert Millar | 156
190 | Ritchie Porte | 156
191 | Andrew Hampsten | 155
192 | Andrea Tafi | 155
193 | Giovanni Valetti | 154
194 | Daniel Martin | 154
195 | Steven Rooks | 154
196 | Eric Leman | 154
197 | Fränk Schleck | 154
198 | Rigoberto Urán | 154
199 | Marino Basso | 153 200 | Jasper Philipsen | 153
He needs another 150 points for that. That probably won´t happen if he doesn´t participate in the vuelta.
WC rr+itt and lombardia gives 85 points, so he wil be slightly above 1200 points.
If he will participate in the vuelta (and doesn´t crash out), he probably will.
He needs another 150 points for that. That probably won´t happen if he doesn´t participate in the vuelta.
WC rr+itt and lombardia gives 85 points, so he wil be slightly above 1200 points.
If he will participate in the vuelta (and doesn´t crash out), he probably will.
Oh, thought it would be more. Then indeed probably not, because I don't think he will do so well in WC+Lombardia if he goes to the Vuelta, or like you said he might skip it and then he won't get there.
Short summary:
Pog gets an additional 80 pts, and remains at 3, probably until may next year ( barring crashes or other accidents)
Evenepoel gets an additional 51 points and enters the top 30.
Vingegaard gets another 52 points and enters the top 50.
After Il Lombardia it’s time for a round-up of the season. The remaining races won’t make a lot of difference anymore. First let’s have a look at the top 20 of 2025:
Number one was easy to predict. The gap between #1 and #2 has never been bigger. Almeida's second place is less obvious, but he wins three important one-week races. The second of the Vuelta does better than the first of the Vuelta; the second of the Giro does better than the first of the Giro.
Van der Poel was the second best of the spring; Vingegaard the second best of the grand tours; Evenepoel the second best of the autumn. Pedersen and Del Toro sneak in by performing well throughout the year. Roglič and Van Aert finish outside of the top 20 for the first time this decade.
Pogačar had another Merckxian season. Last year's score was even higher, but the difference is tiny. This is the new top 20 of the best individual seasons ever:
291 points in one season - incredible gap to the second and incredible performance (but last year it was...293 points). Passing Hinault is a matter of short time. He would need 3 more historic seasons like this (or 2 more historic seasons plus 2 weaker but still very strong) to pass Merckx. It could still happen but will be difficult.
291 points in one season - incredible gap to the second and incredible performance (but last year it was...293 points). Passing Hinault is a matter of short time. He would need 3 more historic seasons like this (or 2 more plus 2 weaker but still very strong) to pass Merckx. It could still happen but will be difficult.
Pogačar had another Merckxian season. Last year's score was even higher, but the difference is tiny. This is the new top 20 of the best individual seasons ever:
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