UAE Team Emirates leads early-season victory count

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UAE Team Emirates has come out the strongest in the first six weeks of the 2020 season, taking home 10 victories on three continents with four different riders and look on course to climb up the UCI team rankings this season.

Last season UAE Team Emirates finished the year fourth behind Deceuninck-Quickstep, Bora-Hansgrohe and Jumbo-Visma in the UCI World Team Rankings, but were sixth in the victory count, with Astana and Mitchelton-Scott taking the top step more often.

UAE Team Emirates' success included three stages at the Vuelta a San Juan by sprinter Fernando Gaviria and three by Sebastian Molano at Tour Colombia 2.1. The team's sprint lead-out in both cases enlivened by new recruit Max Richeze from Deceuninck-Quickstep. Both riders outstripped Deceuninck's designated sprinter Alvaro Hodeg, who landed five of the team's podium placings but hasn't found the speed yet to take a win.

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Podium placings as of February 16, 2020*
Team	Division	1sts	2nds	3rds
UAE Team Emirates	WT	10	4	4
Deceuninck-Quickstep	WT	7	6	6
EF Pro Cycling	WT	6	5	5
NTT Pro Cycling	WT	4	5	2
Team Arkea-Samsic	PT	4	2	3
Trek-Segafredo	WT	4	1	Row 5 - Cell 4
Team Sunweb	WT	4	0	1
Bahrain McLaren	WT	3	3	2
Nippo Delko One Provence	PT	3	2	2
Lotto Soudal	WT	3	Row 9 - Cell 3	1
Mitchelton-Scott	WT	2	5	3
Bora-Hansgrohe	WT	2	4	3
Astana	WT	2	3	4
Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	PT	2	2	1
Total Direct Energie	PT	2	2	Row 14 - Cell 4
AG2R la Mondiale	WT	2	1	1
Team Jumbo-Visma	WT	2	1	Row 16 - Cell 4
Circus-Wanty Gobert	PT	2	Row 17 - Cell 3	3
Terengganu TSG	CT	2	Row 18 - Cell 3	3
Algeria	NT	1	4	Row 19 - Cell 4
Israel Start-Up Nation	WT	1	3	3
Team Ineos	WT	1	2	4
Movistar Team	WT	1	2	1
Italy	NT	1	2	Row 23 - Cell 4
Vino-Astana Motors	CT	1	2	Row 24 - Cell 4
Cofidis	WT	1	1	6
Sapura	CT	1	1	2
Groupama-FDJ	WT	1	1	1
Eritrea	NT	1	1	1
Natura4ever-RLM	CT	1	1	Row 29 - Cell 4
Ara	CT	1	Row 30 - Cell 3	2
Fenix-Alpecin	PT	1	Row 31 - Cell 3	Row 31 - Cell 4
Cameroon	NT	1	Row 32 - Cell 3	Row 32 - Cell 4
CCC Team	WT	Row 33 - Cell 2	3	4
St George	CT	Row 34 - Cell 2	2	1
Team Medellin	CT	Row 35 - Cell 2	1	2
Bardiani-CSF Faizane'	PT	Row 36 - Cell 2	1	2
Agrupacion Virgen De Fatima	CT	Row 37 - Cell 2	1	Row 37 - Cell 4
Rally Cycling	PT	Row 38 - Cell 2	1	Row 38 - Cell 4
Thailand CC	CT	Row 39 - Cell 2	1	Row 39 - Cell 4
Rwanda	NT	Row 40 - Cell 2	1	Row 40 - Cell 4
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	PT	Row 41 - Cell 2	Row 41 - Cell 3	1
Municipalidad de Pocito	CT	Row 42 - Cell 2	Row 42 - Cell 3	1
Nero Continental	CT	Row 43 - Cell 2	Row 43 - Cell 3	1
Riwal Readynez	PT	Row 44 - Cell 2	Row 44 - Cell 3	1
Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	PT	Row 45 - Cell 2	Row 45 - Cell 3	1
B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	PT	Row 46 - Cell 2	Row 46 - Cell 3	1
Morocco	NT	Row 47 - Cell 2	Row 47 - Cell 3	1

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UCI Team classification as of February 16, 2020
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mitchelton-Scott	1646
2	Team Ineos	1536
3	UAE Team Emirates	1272
4	Trek-Segafredo	1247
5	Deceuninck-Quick-Step	1169
6	EF Pro Cycling	1094
7	Bora-Hansgrohe	1032
8	Team Sapura Cycling	894
9	Team Arkea-Samsic	856
10	Cofidis	714
11	AG2R la Mondiale	688
12	Bahrain McLaren	683
13	Astana Pro Team	610
14	Terengganu inc. TSG	592
15	Circus-Wanty Gobert	585
16	Movistar Team	579
17	NTT Pro Cycling	554
18	Lotto Soudal	550
19	CCC Team	542
20	Team Sunweb	532
21	Groupama-FDJ	469
22	Nippo Delko Provence	461
23	Team Jumbo-Visma	403
24	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	385
25	St George Continental	358
26	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	333
27	Israel Start-Up Nation	320
28	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	279
29	Vino-Astana Motors	271
30	Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy	267
31	Ningxia Sports Lottery Continental Team	264
32	Fundacion-Orbea	262
33	Total Direct Energie	232
34	Vini Zabu' KTM	231
35	NTT Continental	210
36	Team Medellin	206
37	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	168
38	Gazprom-Rusvelo	167
39	Minsk Cycling Club	153
40	Team Bridgelane	141
41	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	139
42	Bai Sicasal Petro de Luanda	125
43	Aisan Racing Team	113
44	Protouch	110
45	Kern Pharma	104
46	Riwal Readynez	104
47	Utsunomiya Blitzen	93
48	Kometa Xstra	89
49	Mazowsze Serce Polski	85
50	Thailand Continental Cycling Team	84
51	Rally Cycling	81
52	Dukla Banska Bystrica	81
53	PGN Road	80
54	Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels	78
55	Hagens Berman Axeon	73
56	Hksi Pro	72
57	Hengxiang	70
58	Bardiani CSF Faizane'	70
59	Memil Pro Cycling	66
60	Burgos-BH	62
61	Team Ukyo	61
62	Colombia Tierra de Atletas GW Bicicletas	61
63	Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team	60
64	EPM-Scott	60
65	Nero Continental	59
66	Ferei-CCN	59
67	Amore e Vita-Prodir	55
68	BIG	55
69	Ssois Miogee	53
70	Canel's Pro Cycling	52
71	Canyon dhb p/b Soreen	50
72	Kinan	48
73	Spor Toto	48
74	Biesse Arvedi	45
75	Agrupación Virgen de Fatima-Saddledrunk	45
76	Alpecin-Fenix	42
77	Go for Gold Philippines	41
78	Akros-Excelsior-Thömus	40
79	ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	38
80	Groupement Sportif des Petroliers	38
81	Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling	36
82	Sindicato de Empleados Publicos de san Juan	35
83	Municipalidad de Pocito	35
84	Wallonie Bruxelles	33
85	Equipo Continental Supergiros	32
86	Jumbo-Visma Development Team	31
87	Wibatech Merx	30
88	SEG Racing Academy	26
89	Israel Start-Up Nation	25
90	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	25
91	A Bloc CT	22
92	Team Bridgestone Cycling	20
93	St Michel-Auber 93	20
94	Apple Team	18
95	Swiss Racing Academy	14
96	Sidi Ali Pro Cycling Team	13
97	Aevolo	13
98	7Eleven Cliqq-Air21 by Roadbike Philippines	11
99	Work Service-Dinatek-Vega	11
100	General Store-Essegibi-f.lli Curia	10
101	Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan	7
102	KFC Cycling Team	7
103	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	6
104	Atum General/Tavira/Maria Nova Hotel	6
105	Oliver's Real Food Racing	5
106	Aviludo-Louletano	5
107	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	5
108	Friuli Asd	5
109	Transporte Puertas de Cuyo	5
110	Cambodia Cycling Academy	5
111	Lokosphinx	5
112	Orgullo Paisa	5
113	Eurocyclingtrips-CMI Pro Cycling	3
114	Shimano Racing Team	3
115	Bike Aid	3
116	D'Amico um Tools	3
117	San Luis	3
118	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	3
119	Tianyoude Hotel	1

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.