# Lavreysen and Yuan take top spots in post-Worlds rankings

*By Simon | October 20, 2026*

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# 󠀁[Lavreysen and Yuan take top spots in post-Worlds rankings](https://globalkeirin.com/2026/10/lavreysen-and-yuan-take-top-spots-in-post-worlds-rankings/)󠁿

20 October 2026

It’s all-change at the top of the UCI’s weekly ranking of the world’s top male
and female sprinters, following the world championships in Shanghai last week.

[Harrie Lavreysen](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/harrie-lavreysen/) moves up
one place to first, having retained both his sprint and keirin titles, and the
maximum points which come with them.

[Nicholas Paul](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nicholas-paul/), who had topped
the rankings since April, had a disappointing championships. He lost in the
bronze medal ride-off for sprint, as he did in Santiago last year; but his
failure to get through keirin first-round repechages, having won the minor final
in Santiago, meant his rolling annual points total would decrease.

The Chinese pair of [Zhiwei Li](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/zhiwei-li/) and
[Han Xie](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/han-xie/) both climb into the top ten,
as do [Azizulhasni Awang](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/azizulhasni-awang/) and
[Dominik Topinka](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/dominik-topinka/): none of them
competed in Santiago last year, so those are new points added to their annual
totals.

[Matthew Richardson](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/matthew-richardson/),
removed from the championships by British Cycling for disciplinary reasons, and
[Kevin Quintero](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kevin-quintero/) both drop out
of the top 10 after failing to defend the points they won last year.

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Harrie Lavreysen | NED |
| 2 | Nicholas Paul | TTO |
| 3 | Kaiya Ota | JPN |
| 4 | Leigh Hoffman | AUS |
| 5 | Zhiwei Li | CHN |
| 6 | Azizulhasni Awang | MAS |
| 7 | David Ortega | COL |
| 8 | Han Xie | CHN |
| 9 | Nikita Kiriltsev | AIN |
| 10 | Dominik Topinka | CZE |

_Source: dataride.uci.ch_

![2026 Tissot UCI Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/AW5_2942-cropped.jpg)

_Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com_

In the women’s rankings,
[Yuan Liying](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/yuan-liying/) moves up four places
to the top spot, winning the sprint in Shanghai, but only placing 12th in keirin
following relegation in the minor final.
[Lea Friedrich](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lea-friedrich/) holds on to
second place, with new keirin champion
[Alina Lysenko](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/alina-lysenko/) moving up 3
places to third, ahead of
[Emma Finucane](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/emma-finucane/).

Previous number one
[Stefany Cuadrado](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/stefany-cuadrado/) drops to
fifth: she was ranked 19th in sprint and 27th in keirin, well down on her
performance at Santiago. [Mina Sato](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mina-sato/)
slips to 7th, returning from Shanghai with bronze in sprint and 8th overall in
keirin, having won gold and silver last year.

[Ellesse Andrews](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/ellesse-andrews/) moves up in
this week’s rankings despite posting worse results than last year:
[Alessia McCaig](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/alessia-mccaig/),
[Lauriane Genest](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lauriane-genest/) and
[Miriam Vece](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/miriam-vece/) all fared worse than
the Kiwi, and fall further.
[Hetty van de Wouw](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/hetty-van-de-wouw/) failed to
defend her world sprint title, and the points which come with it: she drops to
27th.

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Yuan Liying | CHN |
| 2 | Lea Friedrich | GER |
| 3 | Alina Lysenko | AIN |
| 4 | Emma Finucane | GBR |
| 5 | Stefany Cuadrado | COL |
| 6 | Wang Lijuan | CHN |
| 7 | Mina Sato | JPN |
| 8 | Ellesse Andrews | NZL |
| 9 | Veronika Tamme | CZE |
| 10 | Alessia McCaig | AUS |

_Source: dataride.uci.ch_

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