UCI Road World Rankings

For the women's rankings, see UCI Women's Road Rankings. For the men's rankings which commenced in 2016, see UCI World Ranking.

The UCI Road World Rankings was a men's system of ranking road bicycle racers based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races over a twelve-month period. The world rankings were first instituted by the UCI in 1984.

Ranking

Sean Kelly of Ireland was the first rider to be ranked world number 1 in March 1984 and was the year-end rankings leader for five years from 1984 to 1988 inclusive. The only other rider to come close to Kelly's dominance was Laurent Jalabert who topped the rankings four times, from 1995 to 1997 and again in 1999.

The competition was run in parallel to the UCI Road World Cup, which included 10 UCI races. Both were replaced at the end of the 2004 season with the inauguration of the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits. A revised version of the ProTour ranking was announced for the 2009 season, renamed UCI World Ranking.

Palmarès

		Rider	Team
1984	IRL !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly (IRL)	Skil-Sem
1985	IRL !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly (IRL)	Skil-Sem
1986	IRL !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly (IRL)	Kas
1987	IRL !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly (IRL)	Kas
1988	IRL !	Kelly, SeanSean Kelly (IRL)	Kas
1989	FRA !	Fignon, LaurentLaurent Fignon (FRA)	Super U-Raleigh-Fiat
1990	ITA !	Bugno, GianniGianni Bugno (ITA)	Chateau d'Ax–Salotti
1991	ITA !	Bugno, GianniGianni Bugno (ITA)	Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade
1992	ESP !	Indurain, MiguelMiguel Indurain (ESP)	Banesto
1993	ESP !	Indurain, MiguelMiguel Indurain (ESP)	Banesto
1994	SUI !	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger (SUI)	Mapei–CLAS
1995	FRA !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert (FRA)	ONCE
1996	FRA !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert (FRA)	ONCE
1997	FRA !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert (FRA)	ONCE
1998	ITA !	Bartoli, MicheleMichele Bartoli (ITA)	Asics
1999	FRA !	Jalabert, LaurentLaurent Jalabert (FRA)	ONCE–Deutsche Bank
2000	ITA !	Casagrande, FrancescoFrancesco Casagrande (ITA)	Vini Caldirola–Sidermec
2001	GER !	Zabel, ErikErik Zabel (GER)	Team Telekom
2002	GER !	Zabel, ErikErik Zabel (GER)	Team Telekom
2003	ITA !	Bettini, PaoloPaolo Bettini (ITA)	Quick-Step–Davitamon
2004	ITA !	Cunego, DamianoDamiano Cunego (ITA)	Saeco Macchine per Caffè

References

External links

Official site archives

Road bicycle racing season-long competitions

Men	Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1948–1958) Super Prestige Pernod International (1958–1988) UCI Road World Rankings (1984–2004) UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) UCI ProTour (2005–2010) UCI World Tour (2009–present) UCI World Ranking (2016–present)

Women	UCI Women's Road World Rankings (1994–present) UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–present)

Road bicycle racing events and teams

List of events men women

UCI Circuits	UCI World Tour Grand Tour Tour de France Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España Classic races Cobbled classics Ardennes classics Flanders Classics UCI World Ranking UCI Continental Circuits UCI Women's Road World Cup UCI Women's Road World Rankings

International Games	Olympic Games Paralympic Games Commonwealth Games Asian Games Games of the Small States of Europe Island Games Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Friendship Games Universiade

Championships	World: UCI Road World Championships World University Cycling Championship Continental: African Asian European (U23) Oceanian Pan American National: National road cycling championships

UCI Cycling teams	WorldTeams Professional Continental Continental Women's Teams

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