UCI Women's Road World Rankings

The UCI Women's Road Rankings is a system of ranking road bicycle racers based upon the results in all women's UCI-sanctioned races over a twelve-month period. The world rankings were first instituted by the UCI in 1994.[1] Points are awarded according to finishing positions in each race, with lesser points for each stage of stage races and for wearing the race leader's jersey. The road races at the Olympics and Road World Championships are worth the most points. The team rankings are calculated by summing the points of the team's four best placed riders, and the national rankings by summing the points of the nation's five best placed riders.[2]

Since 1998, the competition has been run in parallel to the UCI Women's Road World Cup, which has included only six to twelve of the most prestigious one-day races. These are worth more points than other one-day races.[2]

Rankings

In the races throughout the year, points are earned for an individual ranking, a team ranking and a ranking by nation.

• Individual ranking: This is calculated monthly by adding the points obtained by each rider in a women's race on the UCI calendar. Points earned during the same period of the previous year are deducted.
• Team ranking: This is calculated monthly by adding the points obtained by the top four riders in the individual ranking of each UCI Women's Team.
• National ranking: This is calculated by adding the points obtained by the top five riders in the individual ranking of each nation.

Palmarès

Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos topped the individual rankings every year from 2007 to 2012.[3][4]

Year	Top-ranked individual	Second-ranked individual	Third-ranked individual	Top-ranked team	Top-ranked nation
1994	Monica Valvik (NOR)			No UCI Women's teams[1]
1995	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA)
1996	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA)
1997	Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)				Germany
1998	Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)				Lithuania
1999	Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) The Greenery Hawk Team	Anna Wilson (AUS) Saturn Cycling Team	Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)	Saturn Cycling Team	Germany
2000	Diana Žiliūtė (LTU) Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie	Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) TBU	Anna Wilson (AUS) Saturn Cycling Team	Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie	Netherlands
2001	Anna Millward (AUS) Saturn Cycling Team	Judith Arndt (GER)	Mirjam Melchers (NED) ADO	Saturn Cycling Team	Germany
2002	Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) Vlaanderen–T-Interim Ladies Team	Mirjam Melchers (NED) FAR	Nicole Brändli (SUI) ADO	Saturn Cycling Team	Germany
2003	Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) BIK–Powerplate	Mirjam Melchers (NED) FAR	Judith Arndt (GER) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	BIK–Powerplate	Germany
2004	Judith Arndt (GER) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Mirjam Melchers (NED) FAR	Oenone Wood (AUS)	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Germany
2005	Oenone Wood (AUS) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team	Judith Arndt (GER) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Germany
2006	Nicole Cooke (GBR) Univega Pro Cycling Team	Marianne Vos (NED) Team DSB Bank	Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team	Univega Pro Cycling Team	Germany
2007	Marianne Vos (NED) Team DSB Bank	Nicole Cooke (GBR) Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team	Judith Arndt (GER) T-Mobile Women	T-Mobile Women	Germany
2008	Marianne Vos (NED) Team DSB Bank	Judith Arndt (GER) Team Columbia Women	Ina Teutenberg (GER) Team Columbia Women	Team Columbia Women	Germany
2009	Marianne Vos (NED) Team DSB Bank	Kirsten Wild (NED) Cervelo Test Team	Emma Johansson (SWE) Red Sun Cycling Team	Cervélo TestTeam	Netherlands
2010	Marianne Vos (NED) Nederland Bloeit	Judith Arndt (GER) HTC Columbia Women	Kirsten Wild (NED) Cervelo Test Team	Cervélo TestTeam	Netherlands
2011	Marianne Vos (NED) Nederland Bloeit	Emma Johansson (SWE) Hitec Products-UCK	Judith Arndt (GER) HTC-Highroad Women	Nederland Bloeit	Netherlands
2012	Marianne Vos (NED) Rabobank Women Cycling Team	Judith Arndt (GER) Orica-AIS	Emma Johansson (SWE) Hitec Products-Mistral Home Cycling Team	Rabobank Women Cycling Team	Netherlands
2013[5]	Emma Johansson (SWE) Orica-AIS	Marianne Vos (NED) Rabobank–Liv Giant	Ellen van Dijk (NED) Specialized–lululemon	Orica-AIS	Netherlands
2014[6]	Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv	Emma Johansson (SWE) Orica–AIS	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Rabo–Liv	Netherlands
2015[7]	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Wiggle–Honda	Rabo–Liv	Netherlands
2016[8]	Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv	Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5	Boels–Dolmans	Netherlands
2017	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Orica–Scott	Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans	Marianne Vos (NED) WM3 Pro Cycling	Boels–Dolmans	Netherlands
2018

Points

Points can be earned during stage races and one-day races during year. It depends upon the category of the race how many points could be earned. There are several categories, related to their importance.

• World Cup races (CDM)
• World Championships (CM)
• First category races, divided into two categories:
  • 1.1 category (one day race)
  • 2.1 category (stage race)
• Second category races, divided into two categories:
  • 1.2 category (one day race)
  • 2.2 category (stage race)
• Continental Championships
• National Championships

Pos.	World Cup	Category 1	Category 2
1	100	60	40
2	75	45	30
3	55	35	16
4	45	30	12
5	38	25	10
6	32	20	8
7	26	15	6
8	22	10	3
9	18	8
10	15	6
11	12	4
12	10	2
13	8
14	6
15	4
16	3
17	2
18	1
Point(s) per stage
1		12	8
2		9	5
3		6	2
4		4
5		3
6		1
Leaders Jersey
1	10	4	0

Continental Championships
	Europe and America		Asia		Ociania and Africa
Pos.	Road race	Time trial	Road race	Time trial	Road race	Time trial
1	80	16	60	12	40	8
2	56	11	40	9	30	5
3	32	6	27	5	16	2
4	24	5	20	3	12
5	20	4	15		10
6	16	2	10		8
7	12		9		6
8	8		5
9	7		3
10	6
11	5
12	3

National Championships
	1st-10th place		11th place and beyond
Pos.	Road race	Time trial	Road race	Time trial
1	40	8	10	3
2	30	5	7	2
3	16	2	5
4	12		3
5	10
6	8
7	6
8	3

Olympic Games and World Championships
Pos.	Road race	Time trial
1	200	100
2	170	70
3	140	40
4	130	30
5	120	25
6	110	20
7	100	15
8	90	10
9	80	9
10	70	8
11	60	7
12	50	6
13	40	5
14	30	4
15	20	3
16	15
17	10
18	8
19	5
20	3

See also

• UCI Road World Rankings, men's world ranking (1984–2004)
• UCI Track Cycling World Ranking, track cycling world ranking

References

1. "Introduction To Women's Cycling". Procyclingwomen.com. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
2. "Chapter XII: Elite Women's Classifications". UCI Cycling Regulations: Part 2 Road Races. UCI. 1 February 2012.
3. "UCI rankings". uci.ch. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
4. "World UCI Rankings". procyclingwomen.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
5. "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2013 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual: Final result". UCI. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
6. "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
7. "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
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