UCI Women's WorldTour 2016

UCI Women's WorldTour 2016
General
organizer		Union Cycliste Internationale
sport		Road cycling
Period		March 5th - September 11th
Race locations		Asia, North America, Europe
output		1st edition
Attendees		UCI women's teams + national teams
Competitions		17th
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The UCI Women's WorldTour 2016 (WWT) was the first edition of the Women's WorldTour newly introduced by the UCI World Cycling Federation . It replaced the women's cycling world cup , which was held from 1998 to 2015.

The Women's WorldTour 2016 comprised 35 racing days between March and September, divided into four stage races and 13 one-day races . The races took place in nine countries, but none of them in a German-speaking country. Eight races will be broadcast live on television.

In March 2016, the UCI announced that from this year the Women Junior Nations' Cup will also be held for juniors , a racing series exclusively for riders aged 17 to 18 years.

run

date	run	Winners	Leading driver	Leading junior	Leading team
5. March	Strade Bianche	Elizabeth Armitstead	Elizabeth Armitstead	Katarzyna Niewiadoma	Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team
March 12th	Ronde van Drenthe	Chantal Blaak	Anna van der Breggen	Floortje Mackaij	Boels Dolmans cycling team
March, 20th	Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio	Elizabeth Armitstead	Elizabeth Armitstead	Katarzyna Niewiadoma
27th of March	Gent – ​​Wevelgem	Chantal Blaak	Chantal Blaak	Floortje Mackaij
3rd of April	Tour of Flanders	Elizabeth Armitstead	Elizabeth Armitstead	Katarzyna Niewiadoma
20th of April	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	Anna van der Breggen
6-8 May	Tour of Chongming Island	Chloe Hosking
19. – 22. May	California tour	Megan Guarnier	Megan Guarnier
June 5th	Philadelphia International Cycling Classic	Megan Guarnier
15-19 June	Women's Tour	Elizabeth Armitstead
1-10 July	Giro d'Italia Femminile	Megan Guarnier
24th July	La Course by Le Tour de France	Chloe Hosking
30th July	Prudential Ride London	Kirsten Wild
August 19th	Open de Suède Vårgårda - team time trial	Boels Dolmans cycling team
August 21	Open de Suède Vårgårda - one day race	Emilia Fahlin
August 27	Grand Prix de Plouay-Bretagne	Eugenia Bujak
September 11	La Madrid Challenge	Jolien D'hoore

Rankings

Regulations

Overall ratings for female drivers, young drivers and teams were carried out according to the following rules:

For the individual classification, points are awarded as follows for each race:

• between 120 and two points for the first twenty riders in the one-day races and for the overall ratings of the stage races ,
• between 35 and one point for the riders of the top twenty teams in team time trials ,
• between 25 and four points for the first ten riders on the individual stages and
• six points each for the overall leader in stage races or after a World Tour competition.

For the evaluation of the best young female driver, six, four and two points are awarded to the best female drivers under the age of 23 in each competition.

For the team classification of the UCI women's teams and national teams, the points of the four best riders of a team per competition are added, except for the team time trial, in which between 140 and four points are awarded for the first twenty teams.

Female drivers

#	driver	nation	team	Points
1.	Megan Guarnier		Boels Dolmans cycling team	946
2.	Leah Kirchmann		Liv-Plantur	624
3.	Elizabeth Armitstead		Boels Dolmans cycling team	545
4th	Chantal Blaak		Boels Dolmans cycling team	541
5.	Elisa Longo Borghini		Wiggle High5	523
6th	Evelyn Stevens		Boels Dolmans cycling team	519
7th	Anna van der Breggen		Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team	492
8th.	Emma Johansson		Wiggle High5	463
9.	Chloe Hosking		Wiggle High5	450
10.	Marianne Vos		Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team	442

Teams

#	team	nation	Points
1.	Boels Dolmans cycling team		2894
2.	Wiggle High5		2245
3.	Rabo Liv Womens Cycling Team		1853
4th	Canyon SRAM Racing		1031
5.	Liv-Plantur		841
6th	Cervélo Bigla Pro Cycling Team		794
7th	Orica AIS		691
8th.	Alé Cipollini		645
9.	Hitec Products		461
10.	Lensworld-Zannata		433

youth

#	driver	nation	team	Points
1.	Katarzyna Niewiadoma		Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team	36
2.	Floortje Mackaij		Liv-Plantur	18th
3.	Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz		Cylance Pro Cycling	18th

See also

• UCI women's road cycling calendar 2016

Web links

• Results and rankings on uci.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's World Tour will replace the World Cup from 2016. radsport-news.com, September 25, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Women's cycling takes major step forward with the launch of the UCI Women's WorldTour. uci.ch, September 24, 2015, accessed on September 24, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Part 2 - Road Races - Amendments to regulations with effect on 01.01.2016. uci.ch, October 5, 2015, accessed on October 28, 2015 .