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UCI points are not necessarily on the front of every fan’s mind, but every once in a while, they do become relevant for call-up positions or Worlds team selections. The final 2018 UCI rankings do help tell a bit of the story of the season that was in cyclocross.

The UCI tallies rankings over the past 365 days, so the final rankings reflect the entire 2017/18 cyclocross campaign. An Elite World Championship win is worth 400 points, World Cup 200, National and Continental Championship 100, C1 80 and C2 40. Racers obviously have to do a lot of races to earn points, but they also have to do well.

The U.S. Women had a memorable season highlighted by Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek/Knight Composites) finishing second at Worlds, Kaitie Keough (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) taking second in the World Cup overall series and Elle Anderson (Milwaukee – Alpha Motorhomes) joining Keough and Compton in the top ten at Worlds.

Compton, Noble and Keough hit the barriers in the first lap. 2018 Reno Cyclocross National Championships, Elite Women. © J. Vander Stucken / Cyclocross Magazine

Katie Compton, Kaitie Keough and Ellen Noble all had impressive finishes in the overall UCI rankings. 2018 Reno Cyclocross National Championships, Elite Women. © J. Vander Stucken / Cyclocross Magazine

Accordingly, Compton and Keough finished the season second and third in the UCI rankings and the U.S. finished second in the national standings. Sanne Cant (IKO-Beobank), not surprisingly, finished the season as the top-ranked woman and Belgium took top national honors. Emma White (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Ellen Noble (Trek Factory Racing) and Anderson all finished inside the top 20.

For the Men, Mathieu van der Poel capped his 32-win season with the top UCI ranking. Wout van Aert (Crelan-Charles) finished second, and the three riders who consistently battled for “best of the rest”—Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions), Laurens Sweeck (ERA-Circus) and Michael Vanthourenhout (Marlux-Bingoal)—round out the top five.

Toon Aerts ran to a third-place finish. 2018 Telenet UCI World Cup Nommay. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Toon Aerts finished the UCI rankings as “best of the rest.” 2018 Telenet UCI World Cup Nommay. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Stephen Hyde (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) finished the season as the top-ranked … rider over the age of 30. The rankings validate the sport’s youth movement, with the top ten spots occupied by riders with racing ages 27 and under. Tobin Ortenblad (Santa Cruz / Donkey Label Racing) and Kerry Werner (Kona) both finished in the top 25. Belgium took home top national honors.

The tables below give the top 25 individual women and men and the national rankings.

Final 2018 Women's UCI Rankings

RankNameNationalityAgePoints
1CANT SanneBELGIUM282675
2COMPTON KatherineUNITED STATES OF AMERICA401958
3KEOUGH KaitlinUNITED STATES OF AMERICA261832
4LECHNER EvaITALY331602
5WYMAN HelenGREAT BRITAIN371530
6KAPTHEIJNS MaudNETHERLANDS241303
7BRAMMEIER NikkiGREAT BRITAIN321275
8VAN LOY EllenBELGIUM381234
9SELS LoesBELGIUM331197
10NASH KaterinaCZECH REPUBLIC411090
11MAJERUS ChristineLUXEMBOURG311079
12MANI CarolineFRANCE311031
13HAVLÍKOVÁ PavlaCZECH REPUBLIC351026
14BRAND LucindaNETHERLANDS291005
15ARZUFFI Alice MariaITALY24961
16WORST AnnemarieNETHERLANDS23880
17WHITE EmmaUNITED STATES OF AMERICA21860
18NOBLE EllenUNITED STATES OF AMERICA23822
19ANDERSON ElleUNITED STATES OF AMERICA30815
20DE BOER SophieNETHERLANDS28783
21DEL CARMEN ALVARADO CeylinNETHERLANDS20766
22FERRIER BRUNEAU ChristelCANADA39710
23FERRAND PREVOT PaulineFRANCE26688
24VERDONSCHOT LauraBELGIUM22656
25RICHARDS EvieGREAT BRITAIN21632

Final 2018 Men's UCI Rankings

RankNameNationalityAgePoints
1VAN DER POEL MathieuNETHERLANDS232985
2VAN AERT WoutBELGIUM242452
3AERTS ToonBELGIUM251820
4SWEECK LaurensBELGIUM251743
5VANTHOURENHOUT MichaelBELGIUM251610
6VAN DER HAAR LarsNETHERLANDS271438
7VAN KESSEL CorneNETHERLANDS271353
8MERLIER TimBELGIUM261235
9SOETE DaanBELGIUM241130
10HERMANS QuintenBELGIUM231125
11VAN DER POEL DavidNETHERLANDS261091
12MEISEN MarcelGERMANY291075
13HYDE StephenUNITED STATES OF AMERICA311026
14ISERBYT EliBELGIUM211019
15PAUWELS KevinBELGIUM341005
16CHAINEL SteveFRANCE35970
17BOROŠ MichaelCZECH REPUBLIC26837
18PIDCOCK ThomasGREAT BRITAIN19804
19ORTENBLAD TobinUNITED STATES OF AMERICA24750
20ORTS LLORET FelipeSPAIN23744
21WILDHABER MarcelSWITZERLAND33694
22WERNER KerryUNITED STATES OF AMERICA27666
23ADAMS JensBELGIUM26637
24MEEUSEN TomBELGIUM30631
25BERTOLINI GioeleITALY23630

Final 2018 Women's National UCI Rankings

RankNameNation CodePoints
1BELGIUMBEL5106
2UNITED STATES OF AMERICAUSA4650
3GREAT BRITAINGBR3437
4NETHERLANDSNED3188
5ITALYITA2881
6CZECH REPUBLICCZE2456
7FRANCEFRA2300
8CANADACAN1791
9SPAINESP1319
10LUXEMBOURGLUX1188
11SWITZERLANDSUI1092
12AUSTRIAAUT733
13JAPANJPN692
14SLOVAKIASVK664
15GERMANYGER636
16DENMARKDEN475
17AUSTRALIAAUS440
18SWEDENSWE330
19HUNGARYHUN313
20POLANDPOL271
21IRELANDIRL258
22NORWAYNOR220
23ARGENTINAARG212
24PORTUGALPOR210
25ESTONIAEST204
26FINLANDFIN200
27NEW ZEALANDNZL63
28LATVIALAT6

Final 2018 Men's National UCI Rankings

RankNameNation CodePoints
1BELGIUMBEL6015
2NETHERLANDSNED5776
3UNITED STATES OF AMERICAUSA2442
4FRANCEFRA2117
5CZECH REPUBLICCZE1944
6SWITZERLANDSUI1664
7SPAINESP1520
8GERMANYGER1468
9GREAT BRITAINGBR1337
10ITALYITA1074
11SLOVAKIASVK820
12CANADACAN667
13AUSTRALIAAUS657
14JAPANJPN598
15SWEDENSWE450
16POLANDPOL432
17DENMARKDEN309
18LUXEMBOURGLUX244
19NORWAYNOR238
20PORTUGALPOR229
21HUNGARYHUN220
22ICELANDISL210
23AUSTRIAAUT209
24IRELANDIRL207
25ESTONIAEST200
26FINLANDFIN200
27COLOMBIACOL118
28NAMIBIANAM5