Relegation Watch: What now for Israel-Premier Tech and Lotto Soudal?

Giacomo Nizzolo before the Sparkassen Giro
Israel-Premier Tech sprinter Giacomo Nizzolo before the Sparkassen Giro (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The light is fading on the 2022 road season and with the falling of the leaves, the hopes of at least two teams are being stripped bare as Israel-Premier Tech and Lotto Soudal appear to be stuck in the relegation zone in the UCI's 2023 WorldTour sporting criteria. 

We have previously posted an explanation of how the UCI points system works and followed the rise and fall of the 22 teams who aspire to be in the sport's top tier for the next three seasons. Now, it's time to follow what comes next for the first teams to be relegated from the UCI WorldTour in this new scheme.

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2020-2022 Team Rankings as of 4 October 2022
Rank (Δ)Team2020-2022 Points (Δ)
1Jumbo-Visma37681.17 (+319)
2QuickStep-AlphaVinyl35486.37 (+73)
3Ineos Grenadiers34850.99 (+10)
4UAE Team Emirates33141.66 (+278)
5Bora-Hansgrohe24656.5 (+115)
6Bahrain Victorious23901 (+142)
7Groupama-FDJ21216 (+153)
8Alpecin-Deceuninck21174.67 (+403)
9Trek-Segafredo20004.33 (+35)
10Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert18572 (+185)
11AG2R Citroen17438.33 (+150)
12Astana Qazaqstan16932 (+63)
13 (↑+1)Movistar16498 (+553)
14 (↓-1)Team DSM16064.21 (+25.5)
15 (↑+3)Cofidis15974 (+426)
16 (↓-1)BikeExchange-Jayco15937.5 (+79)
17 (↓-1)EF Education-EasyPost15881.65 (+224)
18 (↓-1)Arkea-Samsic15748 (+200)
19Lotto Soudal14618 (+13)
20Israel-Premier Tech13865.66 (+236)
21TotalEnergies10266 (+115)
22Uno-X Pro Cycling6862.09 (+35)
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2022 Team Rankings
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Jumbo-Visma 14848
2 (↑+1)UAE Team Emirates 12283
3 (↓-1)Ineos Grenadiers 12224
4Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert 10223
5QuickStep-AlphaVinyl 10069
6Bora-Hansgrohe 9696
7Groupama-FDJ 8887
8Bahrain Victorious 8786
9Alpecin-Deceuninck 8136
10Cofidis 7687
11Arkea-Samsic 7051
12 (↑+3)Movistar 6889
13 (↓-1)Trek-Segafredo 6820
14 (↓-1)Lotto Soudal 6683
15 (↓-1)AG2R Citroen 6659
16BikeExchange-Jayco 6265
17TotalEnergies 5656
18EF Education-EasyPost 4942
19 (↑+1)Israel-Premier Tech 4803
20 (↓-1)Team DSM 4595
21Astana Qazaqstan 3851
22Uno-X Pro Cycling 2668
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Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Laura specialises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.