The 2018 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2018 men's cycling season. 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. Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet was the defending champion.
Summary 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. 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, and the Volta a Catalunya, 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. After another stage win and a second-place overall finish at the Tour de Pologne, Yates won his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a España, taking the race lead definitively after a stage victory on stage fourteen, and the rankings lead when the race concluded.
80 points behind, in second place, was Slovakia's Peter Sagan, riding for . 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, and for the first time, Paris–Roubaix. Sagan won three stages at the Tour de France as he won a record-equalling sixth points classification victory, but was unable to win any stages at the Vuelta a España, where Yates took the lead. In third place, with 2,609 points, 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, and the Volta a Catalunya, 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 – at the World Tour level, including seven overall victories taken by Niki Terpstra (E3 Harelbeke and the Tour of Flanders), Yves Lampaert (Dwars door Vlaanderen), Julian Alaphilippe (La Flèche Wallonne and Clásica de San Sebastián), Bob Jungels (Liège–Bastogne–Liège), and Elia Viviani (EuroEyes Cyclassics). The team also took 13 stage victories at the Grand Tours, with two classification jerseys won by Viviani (points at the Giro d'Italia), and Alaphilippe, who won the polka-dot jersey at the Tour de France. 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, while Geraint Thomas won the Tour de France, after success at the Critérium du Dauphiné. took four other general classification victories: Michał Kwiatkowski won Tirreno–Adriatico, and the Tour de Pologne, Egan Bernal won the Tour of California in his first season with the team, while Gianni Moscon won the season-ending Tour of Guangxi. 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), and Pascal Ackermann at the RideLondon–Surrey Classic. 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.
Teams + 2018 UCI WorldTeams and equipment Code Official Team Name Country Groupset Road Bike(s) Time Trial Bike Wheels ALM (2018 season) Shimano Factor Bikes o2Factor Bikes ONE Factor Bikes ONE–S Factor Bikes Slick Mavic AST (2018 season) Shimano Argon 18 Gallium ProArgon 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 TMR01BMC Roadmachine RM01 BMC TimeMachine TM01 Shimano BOH (2018 season) Shimano S-Works VengeS-Works TarmacS-Works Roubaix S-Works Shiv Roval DDD (2018 season) Shimano/Rotor Cervélo S5 Cervélo R5Cervélo 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 SLLapierre Aircode SLLapierre Pulsium Lapierre Aerostorm DRS Shimano TKA (2018 season) SRAM Canyon Ultimate CF SLXCanyon Aeroad CF SLXCanyon Endurace CF SL Canyon Speedmax CF Zipp TLJ (2018 season) Shimano Bianchi OltreXR4, OltreXR2Bianchi SpecialissimaBianchi Aria Bianchi Aquila CV Shimano LTS (2018 season) Campagnolo Ridley Helium SLX Ridley Noah SLRidley Fenix SL Ridley Dean Fast Campagnolo MTS (2018 season) Shimano Scott FoilScott Addict Scott Plasma Shimano MOV (2018 season) Campagnolo Canyon Ultimate CF SLXCanyon Aeroad CF SLXCanyon Endurace CF SL Canyon Speedmax CF Campagnolo QST (2018 season) Shimano/FSA S-Works VengeS-Works TarmacS-Works Roubaix S-Works Shiv Roval HED SKY (2018 season) Shimano Pinarello Dogma F10Pinarello Dogma K8-SPinarello GAN Pinarello Bolide Shimano SUN (2018 season) Shimano Giant TCR Advanced SLGiant Propel Advanced SLGiant Defy Advanced SL Giant Trinity Giant TFS (2018 season) Shimano Trek EmondaTrek MadoneTrek Domane Trek SpeedConcept Bontrager UAD (2018 season) Campagnolo Colnago c64, C60 Colnago ConceptColnago V1-R Colnago K-Zero Campagnolo
Events + Races in the 2018 UCI World Tour Race Date Winner Second Third Additional points Stage Tour Down Under 16–21 January 500 pts 400 pts 325 pts60, 25, 10 pts10 pts Great Ocean Road Race 28 January 300 pts 250 pts 215 ptscolspan=2 Abu Dhabi Tour 21–25 February 300 pts 250 pts 215 pts40, 15, 6 pts6 pts Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 24 February 300 pts 250 pts 215 ptscolspan=2 Strade Bianche 3 March 300 pts 250 pts 0 ptscolspan=2 Paris–Nice 4–11 March 500 pts 400 pts 325 pts60, 25, 10 pts10 pts Tirreno–Adriatico 7–13 March 500 pts 400 pts 325 pts60, 25, 10 pts10 pts Milan–San Remo17 March 500 pts 400 pts 325 ptscolspan=2 Volta a Catalunya 19–25 March 400 pts 320 pts 260 pts50, 20, 8 pts8 pts E3 Harelbeke23 March 400 pts 320 pts 260 ptscolspan=2 Gent–Wevelgem25 March 500 pts 400 pts 325 ptscolspan=2 Dwars door Vlaanderen 28 March 300 pts 250 pts 215 ptscolspan=2 Tour of Flanders1 April 500 pts 400 pts 325 ptscolspan=2 Tour of the Basque Country 2–7 April 400 pts 320 pts 260 pts50, 20, 8 pts8 pts Paris–Roubaix8 April 500 pts 400 pts 325 ptscolspan=2 Amstel Gold Race15 April 500 pts 400 pts 325 ptscolspan=2 La Flèche Wallonne18 April 400 pts 320 pts 260 ptscolspan=2 Liège–Bastogne–Liège22 April 500 pts 400 pts 325 ptscolspan=2 Tour de Romandie 24–29 April 500 pts 400 pts 325 pts60, 25, 10 pts10 pts Eschborn–Frankfurt 1 May 300 pts 250 pts 215 ptscolspan=2 Giro d'Italia 4–27 May 850 pts 680 pts 575 pts100, 40, 20, 12, 4 pts20 pts Tour of California 13–19 May 300 pts 250 pts 215 pts40, 15, 6 pts6 pts Critérium du Dauphiné 3–10 June 500 pts 400 pts 325 pts60, 25, 10 pts10 pts Tour de Suisse 9–17 June 500 pts 400 pts 325 pts60, 25, 1010 pts Tour de France 7–29 July 1000 pts 800 pts 675 pts120, 50, 25, 15, 5 pts25 pts RideLondon–Surrey Classic 29 July 300 pts 250 pts 215 ptscolspan=2 Clásica de San Sebastián4 August 400 pts 320 pts 260 ptscolspan=2 Tour de Pologne 4–10 August 400 pts 320 pts 260 pts50, 20, 8 pts8 pts / BinckBank Tour 13–19 August 400 pts 320 pts 260 pts50, 20, 8 pts8 pts EuroEyes Cyclassics19 August 400 pts 320 pts 260 ptscolspan=2 Vuelta a España 25 August –16 September 850 pts 680 pts 575 pts100, 40, 20, 12, 4 pts20 pts Bretagne Classic Ouest–France26 August 400 pts 320 pts 260 ptscolspan=2 GP de Québec7 September 500 pts 400 pts 325 ptscolspan=2 GP de Montréal9 September 500 pts 400 pts 325 ptscolspan=2 Presidential Tour of Turkey 9–14 October 0 pts 250 pts 215 pts40, 15, 6 pts6 pts Il Lombardia 13 October 500 pts 400 pts 325 ptscolspan=2 Tour of Guangxi16–21 October 300 pts 250 pts 215 pts40, 15, 6 pts6 pts
Final points standings
Individual
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.
RankNameTeamPoints13072229923260942534.2552442.146239972393.1982161.1291976.68101975.62111951121803131610141530151516161515.25171500181480191459201456211447221417231403241380.12251368.57 418 riders scored points. 198 other riders finished in positions that would have earned them points, but they were ineligible as members of non-UCI WorldTeams.
Team For the team rankings, this was calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team.