UCI Women's World Tour
| Current season, competition or edition: Current sports event 2024 UCI Women's World Tour | |
| File:UCI Womens World Tour logo 2016.png | |
| Sport | Cycling |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Organising body | Union Cycliste Internationale |
| No. of teams | 15 |
| Country | International |
| Most recent champion(s) | Individual: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Vollering (NED) Teams: SD Worx (2023 UCI Women's World Tour) |
| Most titles | Individual: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (3 titles) Teams: SD Worx (7 titles) |
| Official website | UCI.org |
The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. As of 2024[update], the tour includes 28 events in Europe, Asia and Oceania – with one-day races such as Strade Bianche Donne and Paris–Roubaix Femmes, and stage races such as Women's Tour Down Under, as well as week long stage races (sometimes referred to as Grand Tour) such as Tour de France Femmes.
History
In order to increase the coverage of Women's cycling the UCI held a summit in December 2014 between the UCI Women's Working Group and the UCI Women's teams. The previous racing series, the UCI Women's Road World Cup, limited racing to 10 one-day events, whilst the Women's World Tour has a threefold increase in the total number of racing days.[1][2] In order to facilitate this a proposal was forwarded to split the single tiered UCI Women's team classification, into a two tiered system beginning in 2017. The premier division would consist of 10 teams who, like their male counterparts, will be required to compete in all World Tour events. The second tier will be similar to domestic men's teams (UCI Continental Teams). Initially the rankings will be based on the teams UCI rankings.[3] One requirement of the series is that all rounds are to be broadcast on live TV or via streaming, with race organisers creating media pages for each event in English and/or French.[4][5] For one-day races teams must consist of up to six riders, with no fewer than four and for stage races, seven or eight with no fewer than five.[6] Minimum prize money will also be included; €5130 for one day races or time trials and €2565 per day for a stage race.
Events
In comparison to the one-day race only World Cup, the Women's WorldTour will include stage races as well as one-day races, increasing the total number of race days to between 30 and 35. Events will also see an increase in the maximum distance which can be covered: from 130 to 140 kilometres for a one-day race and average stage race stage distance increasing from 100 to 120 kilometres. Race organisers are allowed to apply for special dispensation to have longer stages.[6] For events to be considered they must have reached the following criteria:[5]
- UCI Class 1 Road status
- Dates of candidate events must not clash with existing Women's World Cup and Class 1 events
- Dates and locations of candidate events must fit with the narrative of the season, whilst also providing some logic for the travel of teams
Winners by race
2016–2021
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2022–
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Victories
Updated: 2024 season: 21 Oktober 2024
| Rank | Rider | No of wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | 20 |
| 2 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anna van der Breggen (NED) | 17 |
| 3 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Vollering (NED) | 15 |
| 4 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lorena Wiebes (NED) | 11 |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lotte Kopecky (BEL) | ||
| 6 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lizzie Deignan (GBR) | 10 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marianne Vos (NED) | ||
| 8 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | 9 |
| 9 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED) | 6 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | 5 |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Elisa Balsamo (ITA) | ||
| File:Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) | ||
| 13 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Marta Bastianelli (ITA) | 4 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg Coryn Rivera (USA) | ||
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kirsten Wild (NED) |
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Season results
Individual ranking
Youth ranking
Team ranking
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Netherlands Boels–Dolmans | 2894 pts | United Kingdom Wiggle High5 | 2245 pts | Netherlands Rabo–Liv | 1853 pts |
| 2017 | Netherlands Boels–Dolmans | 3273 pts | Netherlands Team Sunweb | 2153 pts | United Kingdom Wiggle High5 | 1824 pts |
| 2018 | Netherlands Boels–Dolmans | 4329.99 pts | Australia Mitchelton–Scott | 4119.02 pts | Germany Team Sunweb | 3321.99 pts |
| 2019 | Netherlands Boels–Dolmans | 4045 pts | Netherlands Team Sunweb | 2946 pts | United States Trek–Segafredo | 2547.98 pts |
| 2020 | United States Trek–Segafredo | 4380.98 pts | Netherlands Boels–Dolmans | 3177.02 pts | Netherlands Team Sunweb | 2876.98 pts |
| 2021 | Netherlands SD Worx | 8572 pts | United States Trek–Segafredo | 5263 pts | Spain Movistar Team | 5043 pts |
| 2022 | Netherlands SD Worx | 9803.02 pts | United States Trek–Segafredo | 7998.98 pts | Netherlands Team DSM | 7536 pts |
| 2023 | Netherlands SD Worx | 19251.52 pts | Germany Canyon–SRAM | 9007.22 pts | United States Lidl–Trek | 8787.53 pts |
Participating teams
Key
| Colour | Definition |
|---|---|
| ABC Team | UCI Women's WorldTeams (WWT) |
| ABC Team | UCI Continental Women's Teams (CWT) |
| ABC Team | National Team |
References
- ↑ "UCI Women Get Upgraded to WorldTour Status for 2016". bicycling.com. 14 August 2015.
- ↑ "New WorldTour part of a shake-up of women's road racing – Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. 12 March 2015.
- ↑ "Women's WorldTour, two-tiered system amongst changes proposed by UCI Women's Working Group". cyclingtips.com.au.
- ↑ "UCI Women's Racing – Bicycling". bicycling.com. 13 March 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "2016 UCI Women's Worldtour Candidates Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sadhbh O'Shea and Kirsten Frattini (19 August 2015). "2016 Women's WorldTour: Rules, organizers' requirements and live broadcasting". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "Road – Calendar". UCI.
- ↑ "Classifications". UCI.
- ↑ "UCI announces 2018 road calendar | Cyclingnews". 22 September 2017.