With just two weeks left in the 2025 road season, there are plenty of reasons to watch the rest of the races and keep an eye on a few key teams looking to improve their standings in the 2023-2025 UCI Team Rankings which will determine the WorldTour teams for the next three seasons. Teams at the bottom of the rankings have been locked in battle to make the top 18, which form the UCI’s sporting criteria for the 2026-2028 WorldTour licenses.
On the other side of the wheel of fortune, Arkéa-B&B Hotels, 21st, were already assured to be relegated. Now, their future is increasingly grim as the team have yet to find a sponsor. The other WorldTour team in the relegation zone are Cofidis, 20th, who have been met with a serious challenge by Uno-X Mobility.
Uno-X Mobility (19th) turned what was a slim lead over Cofidis into an advantage of almost 400 points on the French team, who have had little luck in the results column in recent races.
While neither team currently meets the sporting criteria, the proposed merger between Intermarché-Wanty (18th) and Lotto would free up one position. Uno-X Mobility are 891 points behind Intermarché-Wanty and first in line to inherit their spot if the merger goes through.
The merger has not only kept these teams up at night, it has had the entire transfer market in limbo as the two teams try to work out the last details, including a major hiccup – Belgian media revealed this week that Intermarché have a €2.5 million debt that will need to be settled.
Meanwhile, Uno-X Mobility have had a lucrative week in terms of points. The team’s decision to add the Tour de Langkawi to their schedule paid off, with Anders Halland Johannessen finishing second overall. While the team weren’t able to give Alexander Kristoff his desired 100th victory and he crashed out of the race, they came away with 233 points. On the other side of the world, Johannessen’s twin brother Tobias finished seventh in Tre Valli Varesine and Johannes Kulset in ninth for 100 points.
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