UCI Road World Rankings

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.

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

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.

Individual winners
Year Country Rider Team
1984  Ireland Sean Kelly Skil-Sem
1985  Ireland Sean Kelly Skil-Sem
1986  Ireland Sean Kelly Kas
1987  Ireland Sean Kelly Kas
1988  Ireland Sean Kelly Kas
1989  France Laurent Fignon Super U-Raleigh-Fiat
1990  Italy Gianni Bugno Chateau d'Ax–Salotti
1991  Italy Gianni Bugno Chateau d'Ax–Gatorade
1992  Spain Miguel Indurain Banesto
1993  Spain Miguel Indurain Banesto
1994   Switzerland Tony Rominger Mapei–CLAS
1995  France Laurent Jalabert ONCE
1996  France Laurent Jalabert ONCE
1997  France Laurent Jalabert ONCE
1998  Italy Michele Bartoli Asics–CGA
1999  France Laurent Jalabert ONCE–Deutsche Bank
2000  Italy Francesco Casagrande Vini Caldirola–Sidermec
2001  Germany Erik Zabel Team Telekom
2002  Germany Erik Zabel Team Telekom
2003  Italy Paolo Bettini Quick-Step–Davitamon
2004  Italy Damiano Cunego Saeco Macchine per Caffè
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