Final results UCI World Ranking 2024: Pogacar shatters record, Evenepoel and Van der Poel defend vigorously

For the men in 2024, one guy stood out from the pack. Tadej Pogacar won Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the World Championship, with the Tour of Lombardy as the most fitting finale. He won 25 (!) times, which is impressive for a stage rider. Not surprisingly, the UAE Team Emirates Slovenian dominates the UCI Ranking with a record number of points.

11,655 is behind Pogacar's name, almost twice as many as number two Remco Evenepoel. Indeed, the latter didn't perform poorly in 2024 either, with the Olympic title in the time trial and road race as a highlight. He also became the world time trial champion. He finishes 2024 on 6,072.57 points, also maintaining a solid lead over number three Jasper Philipsen. The winner of Milan-Sanremo and three Tour stages now has 4,790 points behind his name.

Ben O'Connor (the surprising number two in the Vuelta a España and the World Cup) climbed to fourth, just ahead of Mathieu van der Poel. The latter won the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix but had a lot of points to defend after his world title in 2023. So did Evenepoel, who won tons in 2023. Hence, the surprising riders of 2024 proportionally gained more points since the standouts of 2023 primarily defended points (and thus their place). Marc Hirschi, for example, after a series of victories in the fall, occupies place six, and the green jersey winner in the Tour Biniam Girmay is in place nine.

Among the women, the number one position is for Lotte Kopecky of SD Worx-Protime. Not surprising since the Belgian defended her world title and went on to win fifteen more times. These included the UAE Tour, Strade Bianche, Paris-Roubaix, and the Tour de Romandie. Kopecky impressed during the tours and scored many points there. With 6,389 points, she outshines outgoing teammate Demi Vollering, who finishes the year in second place. Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) is in third place. Lorena Wiebes and Marianne Vos complete the top five after a strong year.