| 2018 UCI WorldTour | |
| Edition: | 10 |
| Competition: | UCI World Tour |
| Dates: | 16 January – 21 October |
| Rounds: | 37 |
| Individual Champion: | Simon Yates (Great Britain) |
| Previous: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2018 men's cycling season.[1] It was the tenth and final edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition began with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 16 January and concluded with the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi on 21 October.[2] Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet was the defending champion.[3]
Van Avermaet was unable to defend his World Tour title, as he failed to take a single individual win – he was a part of three team time trial victories for the however – as he finished fifth in the points rankings. The rankings were topped for the first time by British rider Simon Yates, riding for the team, who amassed 3,072 points over the course of the season.[4] Yates was the last of four riders to take the overall lead of standings during the season; he had ranked highly in the standings earlier in 2018, taking stage victories at Paris–Nice,[5] and the Volta a Catalunya,[6] before a break-through performance at the Giro d'Italia with three stage wins and thirteen days in the race lead; ultimately, Yates cracked in the mountains during the third week and ceded overall victory to compatriot Chris Froome.[7] After another stage win and a second-place overall finish at the Tour de Pologne,[8] Yates won his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a España,[9] taking the race lead definitively after a stage victory on stage fourteen,[10] and the rankings lead when the race concluded.[4]
80 points behind, in second place, was Slovakia's Peter Sagan, riding for .[4] Sagan led the standings for most of the season, having recorded consistent top-six finishes during the spring Classic races, with victories at Gent–Wevelgem,[11] and for the first time, Paris–Roubaix.[12] Sagan won three stages at the Tour de France as he won a record-equalling sixth points classification victory,[13] but was unable to win any stages at the Vuelta a España, where Yates took the lead. In third place, with 2,609 points,[4] was Alejandro Valverde of Spain, who rode for the . Valverde held the rankings lead in the spring, winning two general classifications at the Abu Dhabi Tour,[14] and the Volta a Catalunya,[6] in February and March – winning three stages over those races as well – before two stage victories and victory in the points classification at the Vuelta a España.
In the concurrent teams' standings, prevailed with 13,425.97 points, having held the classification lead for three-quarters of the season, and not been headed since late March. The team took 37 victories – out of a total of 73 wins during all UCI-classified races[15] – at the World Tour level, including seven overall victories taken by Niki Terpstra (E3 Harelbeke and the Tour of Flanders),[16] [17] Yves Lampaert (Dwars door Vlaanderen),[18] Julian Alaphilippe (La Flèche Wallonne and Clásica de San Sebastián),[19] [20] Bob Jungels (Liège–Bastogne–Liège),[21] and Elia Viviani (EuroEyes Cyclassics).[22] The team also took 13 stage victories at the Grand Tours, with two classification jerseys won by Viviani (points at the Giro d'Italia),[23] and Alaphilippe, who won the polka-dot jersey at the Tour de France.[24] 2017 teams classification winners finished second with 10,213 points, with the team winning two of the three Grand Tours; Froome became the seventh rider to win all three Grand Tours with his Giro d'Italia success,[25] while Geraint Thomas won the Tour de France,[26] after success at the Critérium du Dauphiné.[27] took four other general classification victories: Michał Kwiatkowski won Tirreno–Adriatico,[28] and the Tour de Pologne,[8] Egan Bernal won the Tour of California in his first season with the team,[29] while Gianni Moscon won the season-ending Tour of Guangxi.[30] With 9,201 points, finished in third place primarily down to Sagan's performances, with further wins to Jay McCarthy (Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race),[31] and Pascal Ackermann at the RideLondon–Surrey Classic.[32] Ackermann and Sam Bennett also took eleven World Tour stage victories between them during the season, with Bennett taking three at a Grand Tour, in the Giro d'Italia.[33]
| Code | Official Team Name | Country | Groupset | Road Bike(s) | Time Trial Bike | Wheels | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALM | (2018 season) | Shimano | Factor Bikes o2 Factor Bikes ONE Factor Bikes ONE–S | Factor Bikes Slick | Mavic | ||
| AST | (2018 season) | Shimano | Argon 18 Gallium Pro Argon 18 Nitrogen Pro Argon Krypton | E-118 Next | Corima | ||
| TBM | (2018 season) | Shimano | Merida Scultura Merida Reacto | Merida Warp | Fulcrum | ||
| BMC | (2018 season) | Shimano | BMC Teammachine SLR01 BMC Timemachine TMR01 BMC Roadmachine RM01 | BMC TimeMachine TM01 | Shimano | ||
| BOH | (2018 season) | Shimano | S-Works Venge S-Works Tarmac S-Works Roubaix | S-Works Shiv | Roval | ||
| DDD | (2018 season) | Shimano/Rotor | Cervélo S5 Cervélo R5 Cervélo C5 | Cervélo P5 | Enve | ||
| EFD | (2018 season) | Shimano/FSA | Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod Cannondale Synapse Hi-Mod Cannondale SystemSix Hi-Mod | Cannondale Slice Hi-Mod | Vision | ||
| FDJ | (2018 season) | Shimano | Lapierre Xelius SL Lapierre Aircode SL Lapierre Pulsium | Lapierre Aerostorm DRS | Shimano | ||
| TKA | (2018 season) | SRAM | Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Canyon Aeroad CF SLX Canyon Endurace CF SL | Canyon Speedmax CF | Zipp | ||
| TLJ | (2018 season) | Shimano | Bianchi OltreXR4,OltreXR2 Bianchi Specialissima Bianchi Aria | Bianchi Aquila CV | Shimano | ||
| LTS | (2018 season) | Campagnolo | Ridley Helium SLX Ridley Noah SL Ridley Fenix SL | Ridley Dean Fast | Campagnolo | ||
| MTS | (2018 season) | Shimano | Scott Foil Scott Addict | Scott Plasma | Shimano | ||
| MOV | (2018 season) | Campagnolo | Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Canyon Aeroad CF SLX Canyon Endurace CF SL | Canyon Speedmax CF | Campagnolo | ||
| QST | (2018 season) | Shimano/FSA | S-Works Venge S-Works Tarmac S-Works Roubaix | S-Works Shiv | Roval HED | ||
| SKY | (2018 season) | Shimano | Pinarello Dogma F10 Pinarello Dogma K8-S Pinarello GAN | Pinarello Bolide | Shimano | ||
| SUN | (2018 season) | Shimano | Giant TCR Advanced SL Giant Propel Advanced SL Giant Defy Advanced SL | Giant Trinity | Giant | ||
| TFS | (2018 season) | Shimano | Trek Emonda Trek Madone Trek Domane | Trek SpeedConcept | Bontrager | ||
| UAD | (2018 season) | Campagnolo | Colnago c64,C60 Colnago Concept Colnago V1-R | Colnago K-Zero | Campagnolo |
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | Additional points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | ||||||||||
 Tour Down Under | 16–21 January | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | 60, 25, 10 pts | 10 pts | ||||
| Great Ocean Road Race | 28 January | 300 pts | 250 pts | 215 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| Abu Dhabi Tour | 21–25 February | 300 pts | 250 pts | 215 pts | 40, 15, 6 pts | 6 pts | ||||
 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 24 February | 300 pts | 250 pts | 215 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
 Strade Bianche | 3 March | 300 pts | 250 pts | 0 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
 Paris–Nice | 4–11 March | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | 60, 25, 10 pts | 10 pts | ||||
| Tirreno–Adriatico | 7–13 March | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | 60, 25, 10 pts | 10 pts | ||||
| Milan–San Remo | 17 March | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
 Volta a Catalunya | 19–25 March | 400 pts | 320 pts | 260 pts | 50, 20, 8 pts | 8 pts | ||||
| E3 Harelbeke | 23 March | 400 pts | 320 pts | 260 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| Gent–Wevelgem | 25 March | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 28 March | 300 pts | 250 pts | 215 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| Tour of Flanders | 1 April | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| Tour of the Basque Country | 2–7 April | 400 pts | 320 pts | 260 pts | 50, 20, 8 pts | 8 pts | ||||
| Paris–Roubaix | 8 April | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
 Amstel Gold Race | 15 April | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| La Flèche Wallonne | 18 April | 400 pts | 320 pts | 260 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 22 April | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
 Tour de Romandie | 24–29 April | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | 60, 25, 10 pts | 10 pts | ||||
| Eschborn–Frankfurt | 1 May | 300 pts | 250 pts | 215 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| Giro d'Italia | 4–27 May | 850 pts | 680 pts | 575 pts | 100, 40, 20, 12, 4 pts | 20 pts | ||||
 Tour of California | 13–19 May | 300 pts | 250 pts | 215 pts | 40, 15, 6 pts | 6 pts | ||||
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 3–10 June | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | 60, 25, 10 pts | 10 pts | ||||
| Tour de Suisse | 9–17 June | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | 60, 25, 10 | 10 pts | ||||
| Tour de France | 7–29 July | 1000 pts | 800 pts | 675 pts | 120, 50, 25, 15, 5 pts | 25 pts | ||||
 RideLondon–Surrey Classic | 29 July | 300 pts | 250 pts | 215 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 4 August | 400 pts | 320 pts | 260 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
 Tour de Pologne | 4–10 August | 400 pts | 320 pts | 260 pts | 50, 20, 8 pts | 8 pts | ||||
| / BinckBank Tour | 13–19 August | 400 pts | 320 pts | 260 pts | 50, 20, 8 pts | 8 pts | ||||
 EuroEyes Cyclassics | 19 August | 400 pts | 320 pts | 260 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| Vuelta a España | 25 August – 16 September | 850 pts | 680 pts | 575 pts | 100, 40, 20, 12, 4 pts | 20 pts | ||||
| Bretagne Classic Ouest–France | 26 August | 400 pts | 320 pts | 260 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
 GP de Québec | 7 September | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
| GP de Montréal | 9 September | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
 Presidential Tour of Turkey | 9–14 October | 0 pts | 250 pts | 215 pts | 40, 15, 6 pts | 6 pts | ||||
| Il Lombardia | 13 October | 500 pts | 400 pts | 325 pts | colspan=2 | |||||
 Tour of Guangxi | 16–21 October | 300 pts | 250 pts | 215 pts | 40, 15, 6 pts | 6 pts |
For riders that had the same number of points, ties in placings were resolved by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3072 | |||
| 2 | 2992 | |||
| 3 | 2609 | |||
| 4 | 2534.25 | |||
| 5 | 2442.14 | |||
| 6 | 2399 | |||
| 7 | 2393.19 | |||
| 8 | 2161.12 | |||
| 9 | 1976.68 | |||
| 10 | 1975.62 | |||
| 11 | 1951 | |||
| 12 | 1803 | |||
| 13 | 1610 | |||
| 14 | 1530 | |||
| 15 | 1516 | |||
| 16 | 1515.25 | |||
| 17 | 1500 | |||
| 18 | 1480 | |||
| 19 | 1459 | |||
| 20 | 1456 | |||
| 21 | 1447 | |||
| 22 | 1417 | |||
| 23 | 1403 | |||
| 24 | 1380.12 | |||
| 25 | 1368.57 |
For the team rankings, this was calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team.[36]
| Rank | Team | Points | Point-scoring riders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13425.97 | Viviani (2399), Alaphilippe (2161.12), Terpstra (1380.12), Mas (1324.43), Štybar (1021), Gilbert (1015.55), Jungels (741.12), Gaviria (537.55), Schachmann (512), Lampaert (497.55), Devenyns (476), Jakobsen (233), Hodeg (211), Cavagna (183), Serry (138), Richeze (126.55), De Plus (123), Capecchi (81), Knox (64), Mørkøv (49), Sénéchal (44), Declercq (42.55), Narváez (21), Keisse (18.43), Sabatini (16), Asgreen (5), Martinelli (5) | ||
| 2 | 10213 | G. Thomas (2534.25), Froome (1976.68), Kwiatkowski (1515.25), Bernal (1204.25), Moscon (623.25), Ser. Henao (391), de la Cruz (332), van Baarle (328.57), Wiśniowski (250), Geoghegan Hart (199.57), Castroviejo (182.25), Poels (176.25), Doull (114), Sivakov (70), Seb. Henao (58), Basso (46), Gołaś (32), Dunbar (30), Lawless (30), Rowe (27.82), Puccio (25.43), Kiryienka (21.43), Elissonde (12), Rosa (10), D. López (10), Knees (7), Stannard (5), Dibben (1) | ||
| 3 | 9201 | P. Sagan (2992), Konrad (929), Buchmann (841), Formolo (779), S. Bennett (750), Majka (664), Ackermann (647), McCarthy (458), Großschartner (402), Mühlberger (235), Burghardt (164), Oss (112), Poljański (51), Pfingsten (42), Kennaugh (42), Selig (34), Bodnar (24), Pöstlberger (12), Benedetti (8), J. Sagan (8), Schillinger (7) | ||
| 4 | 8779.97 | Van Avermaet (2442.14), Porte (1368.57), Teuns (991.57), Dennis (842.57), Caruso (807.14), van Garderen (404.57), Roelandts (392), Küng (341.14), Drucker (218), De Marchi (188.57), Gerrans (163.57), Schär (97.14), Rosskopf (88.57), Bevin (84.14), Bookwalter (82.57), Roche (70), Frankiny (56), Van Hooydonck (42), Bohli (36.57), Wyss (29.57), Bettiol (16.57), Ventoso (9), Scotson (8) | ||
| 5 | 8660.03 | S. Yates (3072), Impey (1137.45), A. Yates (1072.45), Kreuziger (842), Ewan (619.57), Trentin (494), Nieve (289.88), Verona (216), Haig (188), Power (137), Chaves (132), Juul-Jensen (111), Mezgec (103.57), Bauer (53.45), Durbridge (44.45), Meyer (40), Hayman (37.88), L. Hamilton (30), Howson (26.88), Hepburn (7.45), Edmondson (5) | ||
| 6 | 7869 | Valgren (1803), M. López (1610), Fuglsang (1209), Bilbao (564), Cort (395), Lutsenko (388), Fraile (349), Sánchez (347), Chernetskiy (311), Kangert (196), J. Hansen (190), Villella (99), Houle (90), Hrivko (50), Stalnov (48), Tleubayev (40), Cataldo (40), Zeits (38), Hirt (32), De Vreese (25), Gatto (20), Korsæth (10), Gidich (8), Fominykh (5), Kozhatayev (2) | ||
| 7 | 7409 | I. Izagirre (1403), V. Nibali (1046), Pozzovivo (987), Colbrelli (842), G. Izagirre (698), Mohorič (686), Gasparotto (629), García (189), Visconti (189), Bonifazio (154), Bole (123), Haussler (111), Pernsteiner (83), Pellizotti (79), Pibernik (39), Padun (39), Koren (26), Navardauskas (20), Sivtsov (20), Arashiro (11), Novak (10), Agnoli (10), A. Nibali (10), Boaro (5) | ||
| 8 | 7351 | Valverde (2609), N. Quintana (1417), Landa (956), Soler (775), Carapaz (774), Rosón (160), Fernández (105), Rojas (83), Betancur (79), Amador (78), Oliveira (46), Sepúlveda (44), Sütterlin (43), Erviti (33), Anacona (30), Pedrero (28), de la Parte (23), Arcas (17), Valls (16), Barbero (16), Carretero (7), D. Quintana (7), Castrillo (5) | ||
| 9 | 7266.95 | Matthews (2393.19), T. Dumoulin (1975.62), Kelderman (640.57), Oomen (618.57), Teunissen (413), Kragh Andersen (308.19), Arndt (238.19), Theuns (180.19), Bauhaus (180), Geschke (54.19), ten Dam (53.62), Walscheid (43), Hindley (39), C. Hamilton (37), Vervaeke (32), Tusveld (26), Storer (22), Curvers (10), Kämna (2), Haga (0.62) | ||
| 10 | 7059 | Roglič (1951), Kruijswijk (1456), G. Bennett (906), Roosen (608), Gesink (406), Groenewegen (383), Battaglin (310), Tolhoek (241), D. van Poppel (202), Grøndahl Jansen (120), De Tier (113), van Emden (111), Wynants (48), Martens (48), Van Hoecke (39), Bouwman (36), Powless (22), Kuss (18), Olivier (15), Lindeman (11), Boom (8), Eenkhoorn (5), Leezer (2) | ||
| 11 | 6397 | Bardet (1530), O. Naesen (1516), Latour (798), Dillier (460), Vuillermoz (289), Gallopin (283), Frank (255), Geniez (252), Cherel (142), Cosnefroy (130), Bakelants (94), Bidard (70), Vandenbergh (67), Dupont (66), Denz (65), Gastauer (64), Gautier (62), Barbier (55), Domont (45), Peters (34), Montaguti (27), Jaurégui (24), Venturini (14), Chevrier (13), Paret-Peintre (12), S. Dumoulin (10), Bagdonas (8), Gougeard (8), Duval (4) | ||
| 12 | 5495 | Kristoff (1323), Ulissi (1127), D. Martin (1101), Costa (669), Aru (215), Polanc (209), Consonni (195), Đurasek (133), Bystrøm (90), Ravasi (83), Conti (83), Marcato (66), Riabushenko (55), Bono (30), Stake Laengen (29), Mori (26), Aït El Abdia (15), Ferrari (11), Atapuma (10), Ganna (10), Swift (10), Petilli (5) | ||
| 13 | 5428 | Stuyven (1459), Mollema (904), Degenkolb (577), Pedersen (520), Nizzolo (457), Guerreiro (443), Skujiņš (190), Brambilla (172), Felline (156), Grmay (116), Bernard (105), de Kort (103), Pantano (80), Conci (30), Stetina (23), Eg (20), Didier (15), Gogl (15), Rast (15), Mullen (10), B. van Poppel (10), Beppu (5), Reijnen (3) | ||
| 14 | 5102 | Pinot (1500), Démare (1447), Molard (459), Roux (397), Vichot (262), Preidler (250), Madouas (214), Gaudu (154), Le Gac (127), Reichenbach (110), Morabito (39), Vincent (34), Guarnieri (34), Sarreau (28), Cimolai (18), Seigle (13), Ladagnous (10), Ludvigsson (5), Sinkeldam (1) | ||
| 15 | 4700.01 | Wellens (1480), Benoot (1095.43), Vanendert (448.43), Debusschere (349), Greipel (294), De Gendt (231.43), Wallays (151.43), Lambrecht (137), Campenaerts (95.43), Bak (92), De Buyst (60), Monfort (34), Mertz (30), A. Hansen (30), Armée (29), Maes (28), Sieberg (28), Van der Sande (23), Keukeleire (21.43), Frison (20), Shaw (13), L. Naesen (5), Marczyński (4.43) | ||
| 16 | 4373 | Urán (912), Vanmarcke (858), Woods (728), Martínez (454), Modolo (343), Rolland (236), S. Clarke (174), Phinney (125), Craddock (102), Carthy (92), Moreno (86), Breschel (70), Brown (50), Langeveld (41), Van Asbroeck (21), Canty (20), van den Berg (20), McLay (20), Howes (10), Scully (5), Dombrowski (5), Magnusson (1) | ||
| 17 | 2757 | Haas (508), Zakarin (462), Špilak (271), Politt (255), Gonçalves (199), Kittel (185), Lammertink (154), Fabbro (92), T. Martin (91), Kuznetsov (90), Hollenstein (66), Cras (55), Restrepo (53), Würtz Schmidt (51), Kochetkov (50), Kišerlovski (40), Planckaert (36), Boswell (30), Machado (18), Dowsett (18), Zabel (15), Biermans (15), Smit (3) | ||
| 18 | 2017 | Boasson Hagen (497), Slagter (462), King (258), O'Connor (112), Pauwels (88), Vermote (87), Berhane (76), Kudus (67), Antón (64), Gebrezgabihier (59), Meintjes (50), Thwaites (49), Cavendish (35), Davies (31), R. Janse van Rensburg (28), Morton (21), Thomson (13), Gibbons (9), Dlamini (6), Eisel (2), Debesay (2), Dougall (1) |