2016 UCI Women's World Tour

2016 UCI Women's World Tour

First edition of the UCI Women's WorldTour
Details
Dates	5 March – 11 September
Location	Europe, USA and China
Rounds	18
← 2015 (UCI Women's Road World Cup) 2017 →

The 2016 UCI Women's World Tour is the first edition of the UCI Women's World Tour.

It features nine one-day races of the former UCI Women's Road World Cup, plus another four one-day races. However, unlike its predecessor, the World Tour also incorporates four stage races, in China, the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy respectively.

Events

Races in the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour

Race ()	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Leader
Strade Bianche	March 5	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) Rabo–Liv	Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans
Ronde van Drenthe	March 12	Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Gracie Elvin (AUS) Orica–AIS	Trixi Worrack (GER) Canyon–SRAM	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio	March 20	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans	Jolanda Neff (SUI) Servetto Footon	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans
Gent–Wevelgem	March 27	Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon–SRAM	Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo–Liv	Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans
Tour of Flanders	April 3	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5	Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	April 20	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv	Evelyn Stevens (USA) Boels–Dolmans	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans
Tour of Chongming Island	May 6 – 8
Amgen Tour of California	May 19 – 22
Philadelphia International Cycling Classic	June 5
Aviva Women's Tour	June 15 – 19
Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile	July 1 – 10
La Course by Le Tour de France	July 24
Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix	July 30
Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT	August 19
Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda	August 21
GP de Plouay-Bretagne	August 27
Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta	September 11
Points at single day races and general classifications (1st place onwards)				Stage points (in stage races)
120, 100, 85, 70, 60, 50, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2				25, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4
Source[1][2]

Points standings

Standings after La Flèche Wallonne.

Individual

Lizzie Armitstead (pictured at La Flèche Wallonne), the current leader of the individual classification.

Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.

Individual rankings ()
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Boels–Dolmans	368
2	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	343
3	Megan Guarnier (USA)	Boels–Dolmans	325
4	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Wiggle High5	325
5	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Rabo–Liv	300
6	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Rabo–Liv	235
7	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Orica–AIS	209
8	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	Wiggle High5	202
9	Jolanda Neff (SUI)	Servetto Footon	144
10	Gracie Elvin (AUS)	Orica–AIS	124
11	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Canyon–SRAM	112
12	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Canyon–SRAM	110
13	Leah Kirchmann (CAN)	Team Liv–Plantur	106
14	Lucinda Brand (NED)	Rabo–Liv	101
15	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Boels–Dolmans	100
16	Lauren Kitchen (AUS)	Team Hitec Products	95
17	Carmen Small (USA)	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling	86
18	Trixi Worrack (GER)	Canyon–SRAM	85
19	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	85
20	Claudia Lichtenberg (GER)	Lotto–Soudal Ladies	85
56 riders have scored points
Source:[3]

Youth

Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured at La Flèche Wallonne), the current leader of the youth classification.

The top three riders born on 1 January 1994 or later in the final results of each World Tour event receive points towards the young rider classification. Six points are awarded to first place, four points to second place and two points to third place.

Youth rankings ()
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Rabo–Liv	24
2	Floortje Mackaij (NED)	Team Liv–Plantur	12
3	Alexis Ryan (USA)	Canyon–SRAM	10
4	Lotte Kopecky (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal Ladies	6
5	Sheyla Gutiérrez (ESP)	Cylance Pro Cycling	4
6	Jip van den Bos (NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team	4
7	Sofia Beggin (ITA)	Astana	4
8	Anna Zita Maria Stricker (ITA)	Inpa–Bianchi	2
9	Jeanne Korevaar (NED)	Rabo–Liv	2
10	Kelly Van den Steen (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro-Duo	2
11	Arianna Fidanza (ITA)	Astana	2
Source:[4]

Team

Boels–Dolmans (members of the team pictured at La Flèche Wallonne), the current leaders of the teams classification.

Team rankings are calculated by adding the ranking points of the top four riders of a team in each race, plus points gained in the Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT.

Team classification
Rank	Team	STR	RON	TRO	GEN	FLA	LFW	CHO	TOC	PHI	AWT	GIR	LAC	RID	TTT	VAR	PLO	MAD	Points
1	Boels–Dolmans	176	130	238	200	325	193												1262
2	Rabo–Liv	192	86	90	85	60	220												733
3	Wiggle High5	169	14	97	118	160	100												658
4	Orica–AIS	50	150	45	68	72	61												446
5	Canyon–SRAM	2	103	78	118	12	54												367
6	Team Liv–Plantur	25	65	16	40														146
7	Servetto Footon	18		85	16		25												144
8	Alé–Cipollini	16	60	8			26												110
9	Lotto–Soudal Ladies	35		6		48	20												109
10	Team Hitec Products	30	35	30															95
11	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling		8		62	6	18												94
12	Cylance Pro Cycling	8	50			16													74
13	UnitedHealthcare			20		10													30
14	Bepink				10	14													24
15	Lensworld–Zannata		4	12		2													18
16	Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank		12																12
17	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86		6																6
	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team						6												6
19	Lares–Waowdeals		2																2
	BTC City Ljubljana						2												2
Source:[5]

References

1. "Road - Calendar".
2. Cycling News. "Tour de Pologne to host women's WorldTour race". Cyclingnews.com.
3. "UCI Women's WorldTour Ranking – 2016: Individual (6)". UCI Women's WorldTour. Infostrada Sports; Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
4. "UCI Women's WorldTour Ranking – 2016: Youth (6)". UCI Women's WorldTour. Infostrada Sports; Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
5. "UCI Women's WorldTour Ranking – 2016: Team (6)". UCI Women's WorldTour. Infostrada Sports; Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.