Women's cycling world cup

The World Cup in road cycling women ( English UCI Women Road World Cup ) was a 1998 to 2015 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 women.

At the races, points were awarded to female riders and UCI women's teams , which were included in an overall ranking. With the aim of increasing the attractiveness of the competitions, the UCI introduced additional special ratings in addition to the overall individual and team ratings for the 2014 season. A sprint and a mountain classification were awarded on the basis of intermediate sprints , as well as a junior classification on the basis of the finish line.

Over time, various races were part of the women's cycling world cup, which were later removed from the program; nor did the number of races remain constant. In 2015, ten events were included in the overall ranking of the Women's Cycling World Cup, including nine one-day races and one team time trial , which take place between the end of March and mid-September.

The 20 UCI women's teams that top the UCI world rankings for teams at the beginning of the season as well as the national teams of those five nations that had won the UCI at the end of the previous season were automatically entitled to start in all races of the women's cycling world cup Leading world rankings for nations. At least four riders per team had to start.

At the end of the 2015 season, the series was replaced by the UCI Women's WorldTour , which also includes the most important stage races .

Scoring

Individual evaluation

The overall ranking of the Cycling World Cup for women riders was based on the allocation of points in each individual race.

The points scale was revised with effect from the 2014 Women's Cycling World Cup and is as follows for the one-day races with individual starts:

position	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	...	20th
Points	120	100	85	70	60	50	40	35	30th	25th	20th	18th	...	2

In the team time trial, the riders received points according to the ranking of their team as follows:

position	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	...	20th
Points	35	30th	25th	20th	16	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	...	1

Team evaluation

For the team evaluation, the four best placed drivers of a team were evaluated in each race after the finish and their points were added to a total value, which was then included in the team evaluation.

For the team time trial, however, a different point allocation also applied to the team classification; if a team completed the team time trial with fewer than four drivers, no points were awarded:

position	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	...	20th
Points	140	120	100	80	64	60	56	...	4th

Sprint, mountain and junior competition

In the sprint and mountain classifications , 6, 4 and 2 points were awarded in up to three intermediate evaluations in each competition. On the basis of crossing the finish line, the best female riders in the U23 category are also awarded 6, 4 and 2 points.

Leader jerseys

After each race, the points gained for each driver were added to the current status. The respective leading rider in the overall ranking of the Women's Cycling World Cup was then presented with a special jersey. She is obliged to wear this jersey in the other races of the Cycling World Cup for as long as she holds the lead in the overall standings.

The leaders of the special ratings introduced in 2014, as well as the overall leaders, were awarded a rating jersey . The look of the rating jerseys was based on designs by Iris Slappendel , an active cyclist who won a UCI design competition.

Palmarès

year	Winner (individual ranking)	Points	Runner-up	Points	Third place	Points
1998	Diana Žiliūtė	271	Alessandra Cappellotto	134	Deirdre Demet-Barry	126
1999	Anna Millward	288	Hanka Kupfernagel	281	Tracy Gaudry	162
2000	Diana Žiliūtė	230	Pia Sundstedt	215	Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel	140
2001	Anna Millward	324	Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel	285	Susanne Ljungskog	240
2002	Petra Rossner	345	Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel	283	Regina Schleicher	225
2003	Nicole Cooke	309	Regina Schleicher	211	Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel	198
2004	Oenone Wood	334	Petra Rossner	293	Angela Brodtka	229
2005	Oenone Wood	378	Susanne Ljungskog	299	Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel	255

year	Winner (individual ranking)	Points	Runner-up	Points	Third place	Points	Winner (team ranking)	Points
2006	Nicole Cooke	473	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg	311	Annette Beutler	244	Univega Pro Cycling Team	807
2007	Marianne Vos	407	Nicole Cooke	337	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg	160	Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team	540
2008	Judith Arndt	365	Suzanne de Goede	232	Marianne Vos	182	Team High Road Women	852
2009	Marianne Vos	407	Emma Johansson	379	Kirsten Wild	248	Cervélo Test Team	780
2010	Marianne Vos	270	Emma Johansson	209	Kirsten Wild	202	Cervélo Test Team	677
2011	Annemiek van Vleuten	362	Marianne Vos	315	Emma Johansson	223	Nederland Bloeit	686
2012	Marianne Vos	355	Judith Arndt	187	Evelyn Stevens	152	Rabobank Women Cycling Team	606
2013	Marianne Vos	429	Emma Johansson	302	Ellen van Dijk	224	Rabobank Women Cycling Team	682
2014	Elizabeth Armitstead	515	Emma Johansson	390	Marianne Vos	370	Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team	1515
2015	Elizabeth Armitstead	484	Anna van der Breggen	435	Jolien D'hoore	391	Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team	1205

Records

• Most victories in the drivers' championship: Marianne Vos (5), Diana Žiliūtė , Anna Millward , Oenone Wood , Nicole Cooke (2 each)
• Most victories in the team classification: Cervélo TestTeam (until 2006 as Univega Pro Cycling Team and 2007 as Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team (4))
• Most victories in World Cup races: Marianne Vos (14), Petra Rossner (10)
• Most victories in World Cup races in one season: Marianne Vos (4), Petra Rossner , Nicole Cooke , Judith Arndt and Annemiek van Vleuten (3 each)
• Most victories in a World Cup race: Petra Rossner (4 victories in the Liberty Classic ) and Geneviève Jeanson (4 victories in the Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal )

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UCI Women Road World Cup: a sneak preview of the new leader jerseys. uci.ch, December 24, 2013, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on December 24, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Women's World Tour will replace the World Cup from 2016. radsport-news.com, September 25, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Women's cycling: 9 world cup races with design leader jersey by Iris Slappendel In: radsportseiten.net, December 25, 2013
4. ↑ Jersey Design Contest UCI World Cup - Modified version - Iris Slappendel. uci.ch, archived from the original on January 4, 2014 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 . 

Web links

• UCI regulations for road cycling (as of March 27, 2014), there: 2.14.001ff - Elite Women's World Cup. (pdf) uci.ch, archived from the original on July 5, 2014 ; accessed on January 17, 2014 (English).