UCI Women's World Tour
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Sport | Cycling |
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Founded | 2016 |
Organising body | Union Cycliste Internationale |
No. of teams | 15 |
Country | International |
Most recent champion(s) | Individual: ![]() Teams: SD Worx (2023 UCI Women's World Tour) |
Most titles | Individual: ![]() 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.
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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.
In July 2023, UCI Women’s World Tour announced a precautionary ban on trans women from competing.[7]
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
Current events (as of the 2024 season) | ||
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One-day races | Stage races | Grand Tour |
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | Women's Tour Down Under | La Vuelta Femenina |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | UAE Tour | Giro d'Italia Women |
Strade Bianche Donne | Itzulia Women | Tour de France Femmes |
Ronde van Drenthe | Vuelta a Burgos Feminas | |
Trofeo Alfredo Binda | RideLondon Classique | |
Classic Brugge–De Panne | Tour of Britain Women | |
Gent–Wevelgem | Tour de Suisse Women | |
Tour of Flanders | Tour of Scandinavia | |
Paris–Roubaix Femmes | Holland Ladies Tour | |
Amstel Gold Race | Tour de Romandie Féminin | |
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | Tour of Chongming Island | |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes | ||
Classic Lorient Agglomération | ||
Tour of Guangxi | ||
Former events | ||
One-day races | Stage races | Grand Tour |
The Philadelphia Cycling Classic | Ladies Tour of Norway | |
La Course by Le Tour de France | Tour of California | |
Clásica de San Sebastián | Emakumeen Bira | |
Open de Suède Vårgårda | Challenge by La Vuelta |
Winners by race
2016–2021
2022–
Victories
Updated: 2024 season: 18 August 2024
Rank | Rider | No of wins |
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1 | ![]() | 20 |
2 | ![]() | 17 |
3 | ![]() | 15 |
4 | ![]() | 11 |
5 | ![]() | 10 |
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7 | ![]() | 9 |
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9 | ![]() | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 5 |
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13 | ![]() | 4 |
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Riders in italics are no longer active.
Teams in italics are no longer active.
Rank | Team | No of wins | Riders |
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1 | ![]() | 89 | van Vleuten (20), van der Breggen (17), Vollering (15), Vos (10), Wiebes (11), Blaak (6), Wild (4), Pieters (2), Adegeest (1), Bredewold (1), Kool (1), Reijnhout (1), van Anrooij (1), van Dijk (1) |
2 | ![]() | 21 | Longo Borghini (9), Balsamo (5), Bastianelli (4), Cavalli (2), Consonni (1) |
3 | ![]() | 14 | Kopecky (9), D'Hoore (5) |
4 | ![]() | 11 | Deignan (10), Georgi (1) |
5 | ![]() | 8 | Rivera (4), Guarnier (3), Hall (1) |
![]() | Brown (4), Hosking (3), Gigante (1), Spratt (1) | ||
7 | ![]() | 7 | Niewiadoma (5), Bujak (1), Pikulik (1) |
8 | ![]() | 4 | Brennauer (2), Becker (1), Lippert (1) |
9 | ![]() | 3 | Reusser (3) |
10 | ![]() | 2 | Dideriksen (1), Ludwig (1) |
![]() | Lepistö (2) | ||
![]() | Labous (1), Cordon-Ragot (1) | ||
13 | ![]() | 1 | Jackson (1) |
![]() | Sierra (1) | ||
![]() | Majerus (1) | ||
![]() | Moolman (1) | ||
![]() | García (1) | ||
![]() | Fahlin (1) |
Season results
Individual ranking
Youth ranking
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
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2016 | ![]() Rabo–Liv | 36 pts | ![]() Team Liv–Plantur | 18 pts | ![]() Cylance Pro Cycling | 18 pts |
2017 | ![]() Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling | 52 pts | ![]() Drops | 16 pts | ![]() Boels–Dolmans | 16 pts |
2018 | ![]() Astana | 42 pts | ![]() Team Sunweb | 30 pts | ![]() WaowDeals Pro Cycling | 22 pts |
2019 | ![]() Parkhotel Valkenburg | 46 pts | ![]() Valcar–Cylance | 42 pts | ![]() Team Virtu Cycling | 22 pts |
2020 | ![]() Team Sunweb | 28 pts | ![]() Équipe Paule Ka | 22 pts | ![]() Team Sunweb | 16 pts |
2021 | ![]() SD Worx | 34 pts | ![]() FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 32 pts | ![]() A.R. Monex | 22 pts |
2022 | ![]() Trek–Segafredo | 50 pts | ![]() SD Worx | 34 pts | ![]() Team DSM | 28 pts |
2023 | ![]() Lidl–Trek | 38 pts | ![]() Lidl–Trek | 30 pts | ![]() Canyon–SRAM | 22 pts |
Team ranking
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
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2016 | ![]() | 2894 pts | ![]() | 2245 pts | ![]() | 1853 pts |
2017 | ![]() | 3273 pts | ![]() | 2153 pts | ![]() | 1824 pts |
2018 | ![]() | 4329.99 pts | ![]() | 4119.02 pts | ![]() | 3321.99 pts |
2019 | ![]() | 4045 pts | ![]() | 2946 pts | ![]() | 2547.98 pts |
2020 | ![]() | 4380.98 pts | ![]() | 3177.02 pts | ![]() | 2876.98 pts |
2021 | ![]() | 8572 pts | ![]() | 5263 pts | ![]() | 5043 pts |
2022 | ![]() | 9803.02 pts | ![]() | 7998.98 pts | ![]() | 7536 pts |
2023 | ![]() | 19251.52 pts | ![]() | 9007.22 pts | ![]() | 8787.53 pts |
Participating teams
Key
Colour | Definition |
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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.
- ^ a b "2016 UCI Women's Worldtour Candidates Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ a b Sadhbh O'Shea and Kirsten Frattini (19 August 2015). "2016 Women's WorldTour: Rules, organizers' requirements and live broadcasting". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Transgender women barred from female events as UCI takes 'precautionary measure'". BBC Sport. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "Road – Calendar". UCI.
- ^ "Classifications". UCI.
- ^ "UCI announces 2018 road calendar | Cyclingnews". 22 September 2017.
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- Predecessor: UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015)