2016 UCI World Tour

2016 UCI WorldTour

Eighth edition of the UCI World Tour
Details
Dates	19 January – 9 October
Location	Australia, Europe, Canada and Qatar
Rounds	28
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The 2016 UCI World Tour is a competition that includes 28 road cycling events throughout the 2016 men's cycling season. It is the eighth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition started with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 19 January, and will conclude with the team time trial at the World Championships on 9 October. Spain's Alejandro Valverde is the two-times defending champion.

Teams

Professional cycling teams are divided into several tiers: the top teams are UCI WorldTeams and are automatically entitled and obliged to enter all World Tour races. The organisers of each race are also permitted to invite other teams – generally UCI Professional Continental teams – to compete alongside the WorldTeams.^[1] The UCI selects the teams based on sporting, ethical, financial and administrative criteria.^[2] The number of WorldTeams is limited to 18. In October 2015, 17 teams were WorldTeam status by the UCI; these were the same teams that competed in the 2015 UCI World Tour.^[3] In November, the final WorldTeam licence was awarded to Team Dimension Data, which had previously competed at Professional Continental level as MTN–Qhubeka. There were therefore a total of 18 teams^[4] selected for the 2016 World Tour.^[2]

As well as the addition of Team Dimension Data, there were two other changes to the team names for the 2016 season. The team that in 2015 had competed as Tinkoff–Saxo lost Saxo Bank as a sponsor and therefore became Tinkoff, while Cannondale–Garmin became Cannondale, although Garmin remained a sponsor of the team.^[3]

2016 UCI World Teams and equipment^[5][6][7]

Code	Official Team Name	Country	Groupset	Road Bike(s)	Time Trial Bike	Wheels
ALM	AG2R La Mondiale (2016 season)	France	SRAM	Focus Izalco Max Focus Cayo	Focus Izalco Chrono	Zipp
AST	Astana (2016 season)	Kazakhstan	Campagnolo	Specialized Venge S-Works Tarmac Specialized Roubaix	Specialized Shiv	Corima
BMC	BMC Racing Team (2016 season)	United States	Shimano	BMC Teammachine SLR01 BMC Timemachine TMR01 BMC Granfondo GF01	BMC TimeMachine TM01	Shimano
CPT	Cannondale (2016 season)	United States	Shimano	Cannondale SuperSix EVO Cannondale Synapse	Cannondale Slice	Mavic
DDD	Team Dimension Data (2016 season)	South Africa	Shimano/Rotor	Cervelo S5 Cervelo R5 Cervelo C5	Cervelo P5	Enve
EQS	Etixx–Quick-Step (2016 season)	Belgium	Shimano FSA	Specialized Venge S-Works Tarmac Specialized Roubaix	Specialized Shiv	Shimano
FDJ	FDJ (2016 season)	France	Shimano	Lapierre Xelius SL Lapierre AircodeSL Lapierre Pulsium	Lapierre Aerostorm	Shimano
IAM	IAM Cycling (2016 season)	Switzerland	Shimano	Scott Foil Scott Addict Scott Solace	Scott Plasma	DT Swiss
LAM	Lampre–Merida (2016 season)	Italy	Shimano Rotor	Merida Reacto Evo Merida Scultura Merida Ride	Merida Warp	Fulcrum
LTS	Lotto–Soudal (2016 season)	Belgium	Campagnolo	Ridley Helium SL Ridley Noah SL Ridley Fenix SL	Ridley Dean Fast	Campagnolo
MOV	Movistar Team (2016 season)	Spain	Campagnolo	Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Canyon Aeroad CF SLX Canyon Endurace CF SL	Canyon Speedmax CF	Campagnolo
OGE	Orica–GreenEDGE (2016 season)	Australia	Shimano	Scott Foil Scott Addict Scott Solace	Scott Plasma	Shimano
TGA	Giant–Alpecin (2016 season)	Germany	Shimano	Giant TCR Advanced SL Giant Propel Advanced SL Giant Defy Advanced SL	Giant Trinity	Shimano
KAT	Team Katusha (2016 season)	Russia	SRAM	Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Canyon Aeroad CF SLX Canyon Endurace CF SL	Canyon Speedmax CF	Zipp
TLJ	LottoNL–Jumbo (2016 season)	Netherlands	Shimano	Bianchi OltreXR2 Bianchi Specialissima Bianchi Infinito CV	Bianchi Aquila CV	Shimano
SKY	Team Sky (2016 season)	Great Britain	Shimano	Pinarello Dogma F8 Pinarello Dogma K8-S Pinarello Dogma K8 [8]	Pinarello Bolide	Shimano
TNK	Tinkoff (2016 season)	Russia	Shimano	Specialized Venge S-Works Tarmac Specialized Roubaix	Specialized Shiv	Roval
TFS	Trek–Segafredo (2016 season)	United States	Shimano	Trek Emonda Trek Madone Trek Domane	Trek SpeedConcept	Bontrager

Events

All events from the 2015 UCI World Tour are included, although some events are scheduled on different dates than previous editions.^[9] For the 2016 season UCI put forward a new ranking system to run alongside the normal WorldTour rankings. The new World Rankings will run over a 52-week period like the ATP and WTA Rankings in tennis.

Races in the 2016 UCI World Tour^[10][11]

Race	Date	Winner		Second		Third		Other points (4th place onwards)	Stage points
Tour Down Under	19–24 January	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	100 pts	Richie Porte (AUS)	80 pts	Sergio Henao (COL)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
Paris–Nice	6–13 March	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	100 pts	Alberto Contador (ESP)	80 pts	Richie Porte (AUS)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
Tirreno–Adriatico	9–15 March	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	100 pts	Peter Sagan (SVK)	80 pts	Bob Jungels (LUX)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
Milan–San Remo	19 March	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	100 pts	Ben Swift (GBR)	80 pts	Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	N/A
Volta a Catalunya	21–27 March	Nairo Quintana (COL)	100 pts	Alberto Contador (ESP)	80 pts	Dan Martin (IRL)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
E3 Harelbeke	25 March	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	80 pts	Peter Sagan (SVK)	60 pts	Ian Stannard (GBR)	50 pts	40, 30, 22, 14, 10, 6, 2	N/A
Gent–Wevelgem	27 March	Peter Sagan (SVK)	80 pts	Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)	60 pts	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS)	50 pts	40, 30, 22, 14, 10, 6, 2	N/A
Tour of Flanders	3 April	Peter Sagan (SVK)	100 pts	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	80 pts	Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	N/A
Tour of the Basque Country	4–9 April	Alberto Contador (ESP)	100 pts	Sergio Henao (COL)	80 pts	Nairo Quintana (COL)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
Paris–Roubaix	10 April	Mathew Hayman (AUS)	100 pts	Tom Boonen (BEL)	80 pts	Ian Stannard (GBR)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	N/A
Amstel Gold Race	17 April	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)	0 pts[nb 1]	Michael Valgren (DEN)	60 pts	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	0 pts[nb 2]	40, 30, 22, 14, 10, 6, 2	N/A
La Flèche Wallonne	20 April	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	80 pts	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	60 pts	Dan Martin (IRL)	50 pts	40, 30, 22, 14, 10, 6, 2	N/A
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	24 April	Wout Poels (NED)	100 pts	Michael Albasini (SUI)	80 pts	Rui Costa (POR)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	N/A
Tour de Romandie	26 April – 1 May	Nairo Quintana (COL)	100 pts	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	80 pts	Jon Izagirre (ESP)	70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
Giro d'Italia	6–29 May		170 pts		130 pts		100 pts	90, 80, 70, 60, 52, 44, 38, 32, 26, 22, 18, 14, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2	16, 8, 4, 2, 1
Critérium du Dauphiné	5–12 June		100 pts		80 pts		70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
Tour de Suisse	11–19 June		100 pts		80 pts		70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
Tour de France	2–24 July		200 pts		150 pts		120 pts	110, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 24, 20, 16, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4	20, 10, 6, 4, 2
Tour de Pologne	12–18 July		100 pts		80 pts		70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
Clásica de San Sebastián	30 July		80 pts		60 pts		50 pts	40, 30, 22, 14, 10, 6, 2	N/A
Vuelta a España	20 August  – 11 September		170 pts		130 pts		100 pts	90, 80, 70, 60, 52, 44, 38, 32, 26, 22, 18, 14, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2	16, 8, 4, 2, 1
Hamburg Cyclassics[nb 3]	21 August		80 pts		60 pts		50 pts	40, 30, 22, 14, 10, 6, 2	N/A
GP Ouest-France	28 August		80 pts		60 pts		50 pts	40, 30, 22, 14, 10, 6, 2	N/A
GP de Québec	9 September		80 pts		60 pts		50 pts	40, 30, 22, 14, 10, 6, 2	N/A
GP de Montréal	11 September		80 pts		60 pts		50 pts	40, 30, 22, 14, 10, 6, 2	N/A
/ Eneco Tour	19–25 September		100 pts		80 pts		70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	6, 4, 2, 1, 1
Il Lombardia	1 October		100 pts		80 pts		70 pts	60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 4	N/A
Team time trial at the World Championships[nb 4]	9 October		200 pts		170 pts		140 pts	130, 120, 110, 100, 90, 80, 70	N/A

Notes

1. As Gasparotto rode for Wanty–Groupe Gobert, which is not a UCI World Team, he was ineligible to score points towards the UCI World Tour standings.
2. As Colbrelli rode for Bardiani–CSF, which is not a UCI World Team, he was ineligible to score points towards the UCI World Tour standings.
3. Provisional name.
4. The World Team Time Trial Championship awards points only in the team rankings, not in the individual or national standings.

Points standings

Standings after the Tour de Romandie.

Individual

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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.

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	329
2	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Movistar Team	285
3	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Tinkoff	280
4	Richie Porte (AUS)	BMC Racing Team	222
5	Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)	Team Katusha	211
6	Sergio Henao (COL)	Team Sky	204
7	Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)	LottoNL–Jumbo	201
8	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	FDJ	200
9	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Trek–Segafredo	166
10	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	162
11	Rui Costa (POR)	Lampre–Merida	152
12	Wout Poels (NED)	Team Sky	147
13	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	FDJ	137
14	Jon Izagirre (ESP)	Movistar Team	131
15	Samuel Sánchez (ESP)	BMC Racing Team	130
16	Dan Martin (IRL)	Etixx–Quick-Step	126
17	Ian Stannard (GBR)	Team Sky	120
18	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	119
19	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Team Katusha	106
20	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Team Sky	105
21	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Team Sky	104
22	Michael Albasini (SUI)	Orica–GreenEDGE	102
23	Mathew Hayman (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	100
24	Ben Swift (GBR)	Team Sky	92
25	Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	84

• 130 riders have scored points. 11 other riders finished in positions that would have earned them points, but they were ineligible as they were not members of a WorldTeam.

Team

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Team rankings are calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders of a team in the table, plus points gained in the World Team Time Trial Championship (WTTT).

Rank	Team	Points	Top 5 riders (if applicable)
1	Tinkoff	771	P. Sagan (329), Contador (280), McCarthy (68), Valgren (60), Kreuziger (34)
2	Team Sky	680	Ser. Henao (204), Poels (147), Stannard (120), Thomas (105), Kwiatkowski (104)
3	Movistar Team	577	N. Quintana (285), J. Izagirre (131), Valverde (81), Fernández (40), Erviti (40)
4	BMC Racing Team	576	Porte (222), Van Avermaet (162), S. Sánchez (130), van Garderen (56), Vliegen (6)
5	Team Katusha	488	Zakarin (211), Kristoff (106), Rodríguez (71), Kuznetsov (50), Špilak (50)
6	Etixx–Quick-Step	417	D. Martin (126), Alaphilippe (82), Boonen (80), Jungels (72), Štybar (57)
7	FDJ	412	Pinot (200), Démare (137), Reichenbach (60), Morabito (11), Le Bon (4)
8	Orica–GreenEDGE	398	Gerrans (119), Albasini (102), Hayman (100), Matthews (46), S. Yates (31)
9	Trek–Segafredo	239	Cancellara (166), Stuyven (30), Mollema (30), Bonifazio (9), Theuns (4)
10	LottoNL–Jumbo	216	Vanmarcke (201), Kelderman (10), Roglič (4), Hofland (1)
11	Lampre–Merida	189	Costa (152), Ulissi (29), Cimolai (7), Kump (1)
12	Lotto–Soudal	170	Roelandts (84), Sieberg (30), Valls (21), Gallopin (21), Benoot (14)
13	Cannondale	115	Woods (54), van Baarle (40), Craddock (10), Bevin (6), Urán (5)
14	IAM Cycling	114	Haussler (70), Frank (20), Saramotins (20), Pantano (2), Howard (2)
15	Giant–Alpecin	114	T. Dumoulin (62), Barguil (48), Arndt (4)
16	AG2R La Mondiale	84	Bardet (52), Pozzovivo (30), Bakelants (1), Vuillermoz (1)
17	Astana	84	Nibali (40), Boom (22), Rosa (10), L. Sánchez (6), Lutsenko (6)
18	Team Dimension Data	75	Boasson Hagen (52), Cummings (12), Renshaw (8), Berhane (2), Sivtsov (1)

Nation

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National rankings are calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders registered in a nation in the table. The national rankings are also used to determine how many riders a country could have in the World Championships.

Rank	Nation	Points	Top 5 riders (if applicable)
1	Spain	693	Contador (280), J. Izagirre (131), S. Sánchez (130), Valverde (81), Rodríguez (71)
2	Australia	579	Porte (222), Gerrans (119), Hayman (100), Haussler (70), McCarthy (68)
3	Belgium	557	Vanmarcke (201), Van Avermaet (162), Roelandts (84), Boonen (80), Stuyven (30)
4	Colombia	524	N. Quintana (285), Ser. Henao (204), Gaviria (28), Urán (5), Pantano (2)
5	France	519	Pinot (200), Démare (137), Alaphilippe (82), Bardet (52), Barguil (48)
6	Great Britain	398	Stannard (120), Thomas (105), Swift (92), Rowe (50), S. Yates (31)
7	Switzerland	359	Cancellara (166), Albasini (102), Reichenbach (60), Frank (20), Morabito (11)
8	Slovakia	329	P. Sagan (329)
9	Netherlands	301	Poels (147), T. Dumoulin (62), van Baarle (40), Mollema (30), Boom (22)
10	Russia	270	Zakarin (211), Kuznetsov (50), Tsatevich (9)
11	Norway	158	Kristoff (106), Boasson Hagen (52)
12	Portugal	152	Costa (152)
13	Ireland	126	D. Martin (126)
14	Italy	120	Nibali (40), Pozzovivo (30), Ulissi (29), Visconti (11), Guarnieri (10)
15	Poland	105	Kwiatkowski (104), Bodnar (1)

• Riders from 30 nations have scored points.

Leader progress

Event (Winner)	Top Individual	Top Team	Top Nation
Tour Down Under (Simon Gerrans)	Simon Gerrans	Orica–GreenEDGE	Australia
Paris–Nice (Geraint Thomas)	Richie Porte	Team Sky
Tirreno–Adriatico (Greg Van Avermaet)		BMC Racing Team
Milan–San Remo (Arnaud Démare)		Team Sky
E3 Harelbeke (Michał Kwiatkowski)
Volta a Catalunya (Nairo Quintana)
Gent–Wevelgem (Peter Sagan)	Peter Sagan	Tinkoff
Tour of Flanders (Peter Sagan)
Tour of the Basque Country (Alberto Contador)			Spain
Paris–Roubaix (Mathew Hayman)			Australia
Amstel Gold Race (Enrico Gasparotto)
La Flèche Wallonne (Alejandro Valverde)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (Wout Poels)			Spain
Tour de Romandie (Nairo Quintana)

References

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External links

• Official website