A total of 44 Irish riders (lists below) have made it into the UCI's end of year rankings of elite male and female riders around the world - 25 Irish men and 19 Irish women. While Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) and Alice Sharpe (IBCT) are best-ranked Irish cyclists, there are many riders who ply their trade on the domestic scene in the UCI rankings, having picked up points through 2022 for their performances.
The men's global rankings are topped by Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) on 5,131 points from Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) on 4,525 points and Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-Alpha Vinyl) on 4,402.5 points. Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) is the top-ranked female rider in the world for 2022, finishing the season on 4,683 points. She is followed by Dutch sprint Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) on 3,830 points, with Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) 3rd on 3283.66 points.
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Bennett is top-ranked Irish male in the 'UCI World Ranking' list and also in the UCI's one-day ranking; the latter category only compiled for men. In the 'UCI World Ranking' list Bennett is 56th ranked rider in the world on 976 points. Eddie Dunbar (Ineos Grenadiers) is next, in 218th place, on 344 points. Then comes Archie Ryan (Jumbo Visma Development) in 383rd place on 182.83 points.
In the UCI male 'one-day' rankings Van Aert is best on 3,290 points followed by Pogačar on 2,358 points with young Belgian sprinter Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Soudal) in 3rd place on 2,248 points. Bennett is best of the Irish, in 35th place, on 750 points. Ben Healy is next; the EF Education-EasyPost rider ranked 268th with 151 points. Then comes Irish road race champion Rory Townsend (WiVSunGod), in 297th place on 136 points. Teenager Darren Rafferty (Hagens Berman Axeon) is 4th-best Irish rider; ranked 330th on 120 points.
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Only one UCI ranking list is compiled for elite female riders; the 'UCI world ranking'. Alice Sharpe (IBCT) is best of the Irish, in 181st place on 169 points. Her team mate Mia Griffin is next best Irish cyclist; ranked 305th in the world and scoring 90 points. Fiona Mangan (IBCT) is 3rd best Irish rider, ranked 428th on 60 points while another IBCT rider, Megan Armitage, is 4th best Irish rider in the rankings; 451st in the world on 57 points. Kelly Murphy (Independent Pedaler) is 5th best Irish woman; placing 486th in the rankings and scoring 50 points.
UCI World Ranking | Men
1 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 5131
2 VAN AERT Wout BEL JUMBO-VISMA 4525
3 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 4402.5
4 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 3154
5 VLASOV Aleksandr *** BORA - HANSGROHE 2484
6 DE LIE Arnaud BEL LOTTO SOUDAL 2268
7 KÜNG Stefan SUI GROUPAMA - FDJ 2180
8 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX 2099
9 VAN DER POEL Mathieu NED ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 2003.67
10 VALVERDE Alejandro ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 1996
56 BENNETT Sam IRL BORA - HANSGROHE 976
218 DUNBAR Edward IRL INEOS GRENADIERS 344
383 RYAN Archie IRL JUMBO-VISMA DEVELOPMENT TEAM 182.83
391 HEALY Ben IRL EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST 179
476 TOWNSEND Rory IRL WIV SUNGOD 136
534 RAFFERTY Darren IRL HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 120
556 EWART Jesse IRL BIKE AID 111
747 MCGEOUGH Cormac IRL WILDLIFE GENERATION PRO CYCLING 75
994 MULLEN Ryan IRL BORA - HANSGROHE 50
1077 HARVEY Dean IRL SPELLMAN DUBLIN PORT 45
1302 PEDEN George IRL PROLOGUE PCT 31
1540 CORKERY Dillon IRL CC ÉTUPES 24
1594 TEGGART Matthew IRL WIV SUNGOD 20
1711 JENKINS James IRL TREK DAS 18
2000 CHRISTIE Marcus IRL BANBRIDGE CC 10
2172 KEOGH Cian IRL EVOPRO RACING 8
2320 KENNY Jason IRL UCD CYCLING CLUB 5
2543 DOWLING Mark IRL ALL HUMAN-VELOREVOLUTION 3
2543 MCDUNPHY Conn IRL EVOPRO RACING 3
2543 CAULFIELD-DREIER Stefan IRL SPELLMAN DUBLIN PORT 3
2543 MCLAUGHLIN Mitchell IRL EVOPRO RACING 3
2923 KEOWN Nathan IRL DAN MORRISSEY PACTIMO 1
2923 DOOGAN Odhran IRL CALDWELL CYCLES 1
2923 IBBOTSON Cian IRL FINGAL TRIATHLON CLUB 1
2923 PHELAN Michael IRL SPELLMAN DUBLIN PORT 1
UCI One-Day Race World Ranking | Men
1 VAN AERT Wout BEL JUMBO-VISMA 3290
2 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 2358
3 DE LIE Arnaud BEL LOTTO SOUDAL 2248
4 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX 1989
5 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 1828
6 VAN DER POEL Mathieu NED ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 1716.67
7 GIRMAY Biniam ERI INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX 1693
8 KÜNG Stefan SUI GROUPAMA – FDJ 1673
9 MATTHEWS Michael AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE – JAYCO 1652.67
10 LAPORTE Christophe FRA JUMBO-VISMA
35 BENNETT Sam IRL BORA – HANSGROHE 750
268 HEALY Ben IRL EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST 151
297 TOWNSEND Rory IRL WIV SUNGOD 136
330 RAFFERTY DarrenIRL HAGENS BERMAN AXEON 120
513 MCGEOUGH Cormac IRL WILDLIFE GENERATION PRO CYCLING 75
729 MULLEN Ryan IRL BORA – HANSGROHE 50
803 HARVEY Dean IRL SPELMAN DUBLIN PORT 45
869 DUNBAR Edward IRL INEOS GRENADIERS 40
1007 PEDEN George IRL PROLOGUE PCT 31
1021 EWART Jesse IRL BIKE AID 30
1277 CORKERY Dillon IRL CC ETUPES 21
1291 TEGGART Matthew IRL WIV SUNGOD 20
1404 JENKINS James IRL TREK DAS 18
1653 CHRISTIE Marcus IRL BANBRIDGE CC 10
1816 KEOGH Cian IRL EVOPRO RACING 8
1816 RYAN Archie IRL JUMBO-VISMA DEVELOPMENT TEAM 8
1930 KENNY Jason IRL UCD CYCLING CLUB 5
2173 DOWLING Mark IRL ALL HUMAN VELOREVOLUTION 3
2173 MCDUNPHY Conn IRL EVOPRO RACING 3
2173 CAULFIELD-DREIER Stefan IRL SPELLMAN DUBLIN PORT 3
2173 MCLAUGHLIN Mitchell IRL EVOPRO RACING 3
2550 KEOWN Nathan IRL DAN MORRISSEY PACTIMO 1
2550 DOOGAN Odhran IRL CALDWELL CYCLES 1
2550 IBBOTSON Cian IRL FINGAL TRIATHLON CLUB 1
2550 PHELAN Michael IRL SPELLMA DUBLIN PORT 1
UCI World Ranking | Women
1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 4683
2 WIEBES Lorena NED TEAM DSM 3830
3 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK - SEGAFREDO 3283.66
4 KOPECKY Lotte BEL TEAM SD WORX 3169.17
5 VOLLERING Demi NED TEAM SD WORX 3166.17
6 BALSAMO Elisa ITA TREK - SEGAFREDO 3024.33
7 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 2411
8 PERSICO Silvia ITA VALCAR - TRAVEL & SERVICE 2289
9 LUDWIG Cecilie DEN FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 2287
10 CAVALLI Marta ITA FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 2136
181 SHARPE Alice IRL IBCT 169
305 GRIFFIN Mia IRL IBCT 90
428 MANGAN Fiona IRL IBCT 60
451 ARMITAGE Megan IRL IBCT 57
486 MURPHY Kelly IRL INDEPENDENT PEDALER 50
486 O BRIEN Caoimhe IRL TORELLI - CAYMAN ISLANDS - SCIMITAR 50
556 KELLY Linda IRL SPIN THE BEAN 40
644 MCCRYSTAL Eve IRL BELLURGAN WHEELERS 30
644 PATTERSON Joanna IRL INDEPENDENT PEDALER 30
767 WOODS Becky IRL ALL HUMAN-VELOREVOLUTION 20
844 MURPHY Annalise IRL UNATTACHED 15
947 CREAMER Lauren IRL VELO FIXERS 10
1068 NEENAN Jennifer IRL SUNDRIVE TRACK TEAM 5
1068 BOYLAN Lydia IRL QROMIA CYCLING TEAM 5
1168 MCDERMOTT Ellen IRL TEAM BOOMPODS 4
1174 MAGILL Hazel IRL TEAM EXFO 3
1174 BATES Jennifer IRL TORELLI - CAYMAN ISLANDS - SCIMITAR 3
1174 MAY Caoimhe IRL ORWELL WHEELERS 3
1336 MCDERMOTT Eve IRL LYNX CC 1
