Cycling world cup

This article is about the former men's road cycling world cup . Further meanings of the term cycling world cup are listed under UCI World Cup .

The World Cup ( English UCI Men Road World Cup ) was a 1989 to 2004 by the International Cycling Union UCI discharged series of the most important one-day races of the season and was next to the UCI World Ranking as the most important annual ranking in road cycling men. In each race, points were awarded to drivers and teams, which were included in an overall ranking. The original purpose of the racing series was to establish professional road cycling for men in countries without great traditions or important one-day races and to achieve greater media attention. This should be achieved above all by combining cycling classics and newer races.

The predecessors of the Cycling World Cup as an annual ranking were the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1948 to 1958) and the Super Prestige Pernod ranking (1961 to 1987). From 2005, the UCI cycling world cup was replaced by the UCI ProTour , which included all previous world cup races as well as one-day races and various stage races.

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In the course of time, various one-day races were part of the Cycling World Cup, which were later removed from the program; and the number of races did not stay constant. Since the 1997 season, the Cycling World Cup has consisted of 10 races and took place in three time periods with five, three and two races, the order of the individual races varied:

• in spring (from mid-March to the end of April):
  • Milan – Sanremo
  • Tour of Flanders
  • Paris – Roubaix
  • Amstel Gold Race
  • Liège – Bastogne – Liège

• in late summer (from the beginning to the end of August):
  • HEW-Cyclassics and Rochester Classic (1997)
  • Clásica San Sebastián
  • Championship of Zurich

• in autumn (from early to mid-October):
  • Paris Tours
  • Lombardy tour

All GSI teams were automatically entitled to start in all races of the Cycling World Cup ; Furthermore, the race organizers could invite a maximum of three additional teams from the GSII or GSIII categories .

Scoring

Driver ranking

The overall ranking of the Cycling World Cup for drivers was based on different points awarded in each individual race after the finish:

	Points
position	from 1997	since 1990	1989
1	100	50	?
2	70	35	?
3	50	25th	?
4th	40	20th	?
5	36	18th	?
6th	32	16	?
7th	28	14th	?
8th	24	12	?
9	20th	10	?
10	16	8th	?
11	15th	6th	?
12	14th	5	?
...	...	-	?
25th	1	-	?

From 1997, the rule was that a driver had to have participated in at least 6 of the 10 races in order to be included in the final overall ranking.

Team evaluation

For the team evaluation, the three best placed drivers of a team were evaluated after the finish and their positions were added to a total value. The team with the lowest overall score received 12 points for the team rating, the team with the second lowest 9, and then the teams with the lowest rankings each received one point less. If less than three drivers of a team crossed the finish line, this team was not counted.

From 1997 the rule was that a team had to have participated in at least 8 of the 10 races in order to be included in the final overall ranking.

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After each race, the points gained for each driver were added to the current status. A special jersey was then presented to the respective leading rider in the overall ranking of the Cycling World Cup. He was obliged to wear this jersey in the other races of the Cycling World Cup as long as he held the lead in the overall standings.

Palmarès

year	Winner (driver standings)	Points	Runner-up	Points	Third place	Points	Winner (team ranking)	Points
1989	Sean Kelly	44	Tony Rominger	32	Rolf Sørensen	27	PDM Concorde	120
1990	Gianni Bugno	133	Rudy Dhaenens	99	Sean Kelly	94	PDM Concorde	92
1991	Maurizio Fondriest	132	Laurent Jalabert	121	Rolf Sørensen	114	Panasonic Sportlife	107
1992	Olaf Ludwig	144	Tony Rominger	118	Davide Cassani	108	Panasonic Sportlife	68
1993	Maurizio Fondriest	287	Johan Museeuw	142	Maximilian Sciandri	114	GB-MG Maglificio	75
1994	Gianluca Bortolami	151	Johan Museeuw	125	Andrej Tschmil	115	GB-MG Maglificio	89
1995	Johan Museeuw	199	Andrej Tschmil	114	Mauro Gianetti	106	Mapei GB	98
1996	Johan Museeuw	162	Andrea Ferrigato	126	Michele Bartoli	124	Mapei GB	101
1997	Michele Bartoli	280	Rolf Sørensen	275	Andrea Tafi	240	La Française des Jeux	82
1998	Michele Bartoli	416	Léon van Bon	190	Andrea Tafi	166	Mapei-Bricobi	76
1999	Andrej Tschmil	299	Michael Boogerd	238	Frank Vandenbroucke	214	Rabobank	94
2000	Erik Zabel	347	Andrej Tschmil	285	Francesco Casagrande	230	Mapei-Quick Step	96
2001	Erik Dekker	331	Erik Zabel	250	Romāns Vainšteins	229	Rabobank	73
2002	Paolo Bettini	279	Johan Museeuw	270	Michele Bartoli	242	Mapei-Quick Step	71
2003	Paolo Bettini	365	Michael Boogerd	220	Peter Van Petegem	220	Saeco	79
2004	Paolo Bettini	340	Davide rebel	327	Óscar Freire	252	T-Mobile team	69

Records

• Most wins in the drivers' championship: Paolo Bettini (3)
• Most victories in the team classification: Mapei (with changing co-sponsors) (5)
• Most victories in World Cup races: Johan Museeuw (11)
• Most World Cup victories in one season: Paolo Bettini (3 in 2003)
• Most victories in a World Cup race: Erik Zabel (4 victories near Milan – Sanremo )

See also

• Women's cycling world cup
• Junior cycling world cup

Web links

• Official website (archive) (English, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The UCI World Cup: A Look Back at 15 Years and a Look Ahead . dailypeloton.com, archived from the original on October 23, 2007 ; accessed on October 8, 2018 .