In the hunt to remain in the WorldTour in 2023 when the UCI debuts its promotion/relegation system, the Tour de France offered the biggest opportunities for teams to turn their fortunes around. However, Lotto Soudal and Israel-Premier Tech fell even further behind in their efforts to climb out of the relegation zone.
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Lotto Soudal had an awful Tour de France, with Caleb Ewan struggling to finish the race and unable to score a single UCI point. The Belgian team’s only points in the Tour came from Andreas Kron, who was fourth on stage 8.
Israel-Premier Tech won stages with Simon Clarke and Hugo Houle. The Canadian also gained points for third on stage 13 and 24th place overall. He was docked 25 points for littering on one stage. The team’s 333 points in July were not enough to move over Lotto Soudal.
These two teams can be have some consolation in their being far and away the best-ranked teams below the top 18, and even if they aren’t in the WorldTour next year they will earn automatic invitations to all the major races.
Alpecin-Deceuninck and Arkéa-Samsic continue to be the teams most likely to earn their promotion to the WorldTour in 2023 by climbing into the top 18 of the three-year team rankings. The Dutch outfit won two stages with Jasper Philipsen, including the most coveted of sprint stages on the Champs-Élysées. Most of Arkéa’s points – 400 of 480 – came from Nairo Quintana’s sixth place in the final standings.
EF Education-EasyPost, who were slow to gain points in the first six months of the season, made up for lost ground and moved ahead of Movistar thanks to stage wins by Magnus Cort and his time in the mountains classification lead. Now, the pink-clad outfit are a solid 936 points ahead of Lotto Soudal, closing in on Cofidis in 16th, and looking far safer than in June.
Had Enric Mas not dropped out of the race while sitting 11th, the two teams would be nearly even.
| Ranking (change) | Team | 2020-2022 Total | July total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (+1) | Jumbo-Visma | 33861.67 | 2860 |
| 2 (+1) | Ineos Grenadiers | 31517.99 | 1175 |
| 3 (-3) | QuickStep-AlphaVinyl | 31294.37 | 284 |
| 4 | UAE Team Emirates | 29880.66 | 1705 |
| 5 (+1) | Bora-Hansgrohe | 22933.5 | 555 |
| 6 (-1) | Bahrain Victorious | 22495 | 55 |
| 7 | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 19214 | 425 |
| 8 | Groupama-FDJ | 18532 | 987 |
| 9 | Trek-Segafredo | 17272.66 | 278 |
| 10 (+1) | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 15475 | 305 |
| 11 (-1) | AG2R Citroen Team | 15455 | 245 |
| 12 | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 15182 | 417 |
| 13 | Arkea-Samsic | 14531 | 480 |
| 14 | Team DSM | 14312.71 | 405 |
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