UCI Points system

[Rockestar_33]

Astana gonna smash The Tour of Hellas.

Groenewegen is the best sprinter but Ulissi probably the GC favourite ahead of Plapp

 

[danielzu]

115 points intermarche, 92 UnoX, 42 Cofidis, 19 astana, 12 picnic. Good day for intermarche especially

 

[Samamba]

Really starting to believe in UNO X... Their scheduling has been pretty perfect for a team without a devo. Almost no WT stage races (I'm assuming they have not applied for WCs) and "abusing" the coupe de france races, well they are just better and maybe even more important smarter then any other team there.

 

[danielzu]

So this week now 220 points for UnoX, 156 Intermarche, 65 Cofidis, 27 astana and 12 for picnic

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Really starting to believe in UNO X... Their scheduling has been pretty perfect for a team without a devo. Almost no WT stage races (I'm assuming they have not applied for WCs) and "abusing" the coupe de france races, well they are just better and maybe even more important smarter then any other team there.

I think they will only do Dauphiné and the Tour of WT Stage races for the rest of the season (maybe BingoBongoBeNeLuxRenewi Tour) and there should be plenty of one day races and smaller stage races where good GC results are realistic (Tour of Norway, Tour of Belgium, Artic Race, Denmark, maybe Deutschland Tour and Cro Race etc). Good scheduling!

 

[danielzu]

Update after Today: intermarche this week now at 291, UnoX 220, Cofidis 153, Astana 96, picnic 105. Astana will probably get 185 tomorrow , which would bring them to 281 ahead of Ronde (with 10 more points possible if Ulissi manages to get 3 bonus seconds. There are 3 Bonus sprints at the road, one after a few kilometers. Astana should try to use them

 

[AupaPyama]

Astana should send their A-team to the Coupe de France races just like at the start of the season. Al those 1.1 races get them more points then the 2.1 stage races.

Next week also a strong Astana squad in Hainan with Gate, Malucelli and Henok. 200 points for the winner of the 2.PRO race and 20 per stage. 2 riders in the top 5 should be possible and a few stages.

Also a few Spanish and Italian PCT their to save their 30th place. Wildcards 2026 should be simple when Caja Rural/Euskaltel/Solution Tech/Polti are not in the top 30.

 

[pastronef]

Astana should send their A-team to the Coupe de France races just like at the start of the season. Al those 1.1 races get them more points then the 2.1 stage races.

Next week also a strong Astana squad in Hainan with Gate, Malucelli and Henok. 200 points for the winner of the 2.PRO race and 20 per stage. 2 riders in the top 5 should be possible and a few stages.

Also a few Spanish and Italian PCT their to save their 30th place. Wildcards 2026 should be simple when Caja Rural/Euskaltel/Solution Tech/Polti are not in the top 30.

the season is still long, but there could be some surprises

 

[pastronef]

Ballerini will get a few points in Flanders

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Ballerini will get a few points in Flanders

Peloton might still eat him up.

 

[pastronef]

Astana 185 points in Greece, 245 points in Flanders

 

[Mayomaniac]

A good day for Astana.

 

[Netserk]

Astana 185 points in Greece, 245 points in Flanders

In total for Ronde + Greece:

Chinastan: 275 + 210 = 485
Uno-X: 105 + 0 = 105
Intermarché: 75 + 0 = 75
Cofidis: 65 + 0 = 65
(B)DSM: 0 + 0 = 0

 

[tobydawq]

The gap is now only 1800 to Picnic in spot 18 in the 3-year ranking. Unreal stuff, although they've finally been pushed from second spot by Lidl-Trek in the 2025 ranking.

 

[Netserk]

I'd love it if (B)DSM gets relegated, far more than who of Cofidis and Uno-X makes it to the WT. Then I just need Poole and Onley to be rescued afterwards.

 

[pastronef]

I'd love it if (B)DSM gets relegated, far more than who of Cofidis and Uno-X makes it to the WT. Then I just need Poole and Onley to be rescued afterwards.

why this dislike for Giant-Sunweb-DSM-PicNic?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

why this dislike for Giant-Sunweb-DSM-PicNic?

Probably because of all the stories from ex-riders, the drama surrounding transfers and the fact that they run their team like Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe

 

[Samamba]

Probably because of all the stories from ex-riders, the drama surrounding transfers and the fact that they run their team like Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe

Don't get me wrong. I agree, out of all these teams I think PicNic deserves it the most for being an obnoxious weird team and also their arrogant way of handling the relegation battle, but from what I've heard it's significantly better there nowadays.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Don't get me wrong. I agree, out of all these teams I think PicNic deserves it the most for being an obnoxious weird team and also their arrogant way of handling the relegation battle, but from what I've heard it's significantly better there nowadays.

Could be the case, or it could be that nobody has fallen out with management in the past two years and perception has changed.
Reputations like that tend to linger and I don't think that'll go if Spekenbrink stays.

 

[wirral]

Astana gonna smash The Tour of Hainan.

 

[danielzu]

Update after Today: intermarche this week now at 291, UnoX 220, Cofidis 153, Astana 96, picnic 105. Astana will probably get 185 tomorrow , which would bring them to 281 ahead of Ronde (with 10 more points possible if Ulissi manages to get 3 bonus seconds. There are 3 Bonus sprints at the road, one after a few kilometers. Astana should try to use them

Full points last week:
Astana: 556
Intermarche: 366
UnoX: 325
Cofidis: 188
PicNic: 105

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Astana gonna smash The Tour of Hainan.

Malucelli wins the first stage

 

[aruipksni]

Malucelli wins the first stage

if UCI was counting all the 30 riders, then Astana would have around 300 more points, so picnic postnl (dsm) is even lucky...

 

[Samamba]

At this point there's not really any doubt anymorr that Astana is staying in the WT. They use every possible strategy to maximize points, without annoying riders (at least it looks like that). Obviously you can't do that every year but they also don't have to with their Chinese money. Just this year.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Also worth noting that Picnic are currently behind all three of Uno-X, Tudor and Q36 (and also Cofidis, in the unlikely event that both teams fail to make it) in the yearly ranking. It's unlikely, but it would be very funny if they miss out on everything.