UCI WorldTour 2015

UCI WorldTour 2015
General
organizer			Union Cycliste Internationale
sport			Road cycling
output			5.
Austragungs- period			January 21 - October 14, 2015
Race locations			Australia Europe Canada
Attendees			17 UCI WorldTeams
Competitions			28
Official website0			uciworldtour.com
winner
Individual evaluation			Alejandro Valverde (MOV)		675 P.
Team evaluation			Movistar Team (MOV)		1619 P.
Nations ranking			Spain		1945 P.
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The UCI WorldTour 2015 comprised 28 cycling races , including the three-week tours Tour de France , Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España ( Grand Tours ), as well as important classics , including the five monuments of cycling Milan – Sanremo , Tour of Flanders , Paris – Roubaix , Liège – Bastogne – Liège and Lombardy tour . The competitions took place from January to October 2015. Participants were the specially licensed UCI WorldTeams . In addition, UCI Professional Continental teams could be invited by the respective race organizer. A national team from the host country was also eligible to participate in certain competitions such as the Tour Down Under in Australia , the Tour of Poland or the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in Canada .

The Spaniard Alejandro Valverde won the individual competition for the second time in a row. His compatriot Joaquim Rodríguez and Colombian Nairo Quintana followed in second and third place . Movistar won the team championship for the third time in a row. Spain won the Nations Cup for the fourth time in a row.

run

date	run	winner	Result	Leading driver	Leading team	Leading Nation
20th - 25th January	Tour down under	Rohan Dennis	Details	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	Australia
8-15 March	Paris – Nice	Richie Porte	Details	Richie Porte	Team Sky
11-17 March	Tirreno-Adriatico	Nairo Quintana	Details
March 22	Milan – Sanremo	John Degenkolb	Details
27th of March	E3 Harelbeke	Geraint Thomas	Details
23-29 March	Tour of Catalonia	Richie Porte	Details
March 29	Gent – ​​Wevelgem	Luca Paolini	Details
April 5th	Tour of Flanders	Alexander Kristoff	Details
6-11 April	Basque Country Tour	Joaquim Rodríguez	Details
12. April	Paris – Roubaix	John Degenkolb	Details
April 19th	Amstel Gold Race	Michał Kwiatkowski	Details		Etixx-Quick Step
April 22	La Flèche Wallonne	Alejandro Valverde	Details
26th of April	Liège – Bastogne – Liège	Alejandro Valverde	Details	Alejandro Valverde		Spain
April 28–3. May	Tour de Romandie	Ilnur Sakarin	Details
9.-31. May	Giro d'Italia	Alberto Contador	Details
7-14 June	Critérium du Dauphiné	Chris Froome	Details		Team Sky
13.-21. June	Tour de Suisse	Simon Špilak	Details		Team Katusha
4th - 26th July	Tour de France	Chris Froome	Details		Team Sky
August 1st	Clásica San Sebastián	Adam Yates	Details
2nd-8th August	Tour of Poland	Jon Izaguirre	Details
10-16 August	Eneco tour	Tim Wellens	Details
August 23	Vattenfall Cyclassics	André Greipel	Details
August 30th	Grand Prix Ouest France	Alexander Kristoff	Details		Team Katusha
September 11	Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	Rigoberto Urán	Details
22nd August – 13th September	Vuelta a España	Fabio Aru	Details
13.september	Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	Tim Wellens	Details
September 20th	UCI Road World Championships ( MZF )	BMC Racing Team	Details		Movistar team
4th of October	Lombardy tour	Vincenzo Nibali	Details

Teams

UCI WorldTeams

On December 4 and 10, 2014, 17 teams received the UCI WorldTeam license, including the Astana Pro Team, subject to doping- related conditions. Team Europcar's licensing was refused because the financial requirements were not met.

UCI code	Surname	operator	nationality	Wheel manufacturer	License until ...
ALM	Ag2r La Mondiale	EUSRL France Cyclisme	France	Focus	2016
AST	Astana Pro Team	Olympus Sarl	Kazakhstan	Specialized	2016
BMC	BMC Racing Team	Continuum Sports LLC	United States	BMC	2016
EQS	Etixx-Quick Step	Decolef lux sarl	Belgium	Specialized	2016
FDJ	FDJ	Société de Gestion de L'Echappée	France	Lapierre	2016
I AM	IAM Cycling		Switzerland	Scott Sports	2016
CAT	Team Katusha	Katusha Management SA	Russia	Canyon bicycles	2015
LAM	Lampre-Merida	Cgs Cycling Team	Italy	Merida	2015
LTS	Lotto Soudal	Belgian Cycling Project	Belgium	Ridley	2015
MOV	Movistar team	Abarca Sports SL	Spain	Canyon bicycles	2016
OGE	Orica GreenEdge	GreenEdge Cycling	Australia	Scott Sports	2016
SKY	Team Sky	Tour Racing Limited	United Kingdom	Pinarello	2016
TCG	Team Cannondale-Garmin	Slipstream Sports, LLC	United States	Cannondale	2016
TCS	Tinkoff-Saxo	Tinkoff Sport A / S	Russia	Specialized	2016
TFR	Trek Factory Racing	Trek Bicycle Corporation	United States	Trek	2016
TGA	Team Giant-Alpecin	SMS Cycling BV	Germany	Giant	2016
TLJ	Team Lotto NL-Jumbo	Blanco	Netherlands	Bianchi	2016

UCI Professional Continental Teams

On December 4 and 10, 2014, 18 teams were licensed as Professional Continental Teams, including the Southeast team, subject to conditions imposed due to doping cases . The Cult Energy Pro Cycling and Europcar teams were re-licensed on December 18, 2014 and January 9, 2015 after closer examination.

UCI code	Surname	operator	nationality	Wheel manufacturer
AND	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	Teamgalli srl	Italy	Bianchi
BAR	Bardiani CSF	Aster Sport Limited	Italy	Colnago
BOA	Bora argon 18	Ralph Denk pro cycling GmbH	Germany	Argon 18
BSE	Brittany-Séché Environnement		France	Orbea
CCC	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	Miejski Klub Sportowy Polkowice	Poland	Merida
CJR	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Club Deportivo Preventia	Spain	Vivelo
CLT	Cult Energy Pro Cycling	Lion Cycling SA	Denmark	Ridley
COF	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	Cofidis Compétition EUSRL	France	LOOK
COL	Colombia	Instituto Colombiano del Deportes	Colombia	Wilier
DPC	Drapac Professional Cycling	Drapac Professional Cycling Pty Ltd	Australia	SwiftCarbon
EUC	Team Europcar	SA Vendée Cyclisme	France	Colnago
MTN	MTN-Qhubeka	Ryder Cycling	South Africa	Cervélo
NIP	Nippo-Vini Fantini	Marche Team SRL	Italy	De Rosa
ROP	Roompot Oranje Peloton	Orange Cycling Team	Netherlands	Isaac
RVL	RusVelo	PROvelo AG	Russia	Cervélo
STH	Southeast	Yellow Fluo Pro Cycling Team Srl	Italy	MCipollini
TNN	Team Novo Nordisk		United States	Colnago
TSV	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	Wielerclub Eddy Merckxvrienden vzw	Belgium	Eddy Merckx Cycles
UHC	UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team	Momentum Sports Group, LLC	United States	Neil Pryde
WGG	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Belgian Pro Cycling Team NV	Belgium	Zannata

Regulations

Following a reform of the UCI rankings, the calendar year driver and nation rankings of the UCI WorldTour should first be abolished and replaced by corresponding world rankings on a 52-week basis, which take into account all international races. A team rating should remain, which is calculated from the results of the three drivers with the highest points in each WorldTour competition - including the points for stage results, guided tours, mountain and point ratings. The point scale should correspond to that of the world rankings. Teams that place in the top ten in the team time trial of the UCI Road World Championships should receive between 400 and 60 additional points. After protests by the teams, this rule change was suspended for 2015.

The following points were awarded for the UCI WorldTour Ranking in the UCI WorldTour 2015 :

• Category 1 : Tour de France
• Category 2 : Giro d'Italia , Vuelta a España
• Category 3 : Monuments of cycling , remaining eleven stage races
• Category 4 : remaining nine one-day races

The team ranking and the nation ranking were determined by adding up the points of the five best drivers from each team or nation. Additional points were awarded to teams that placed in the top ten in the team time trial of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships .

Distribution of points in stage and one-day races

placement	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th	19th	20th
Cat. 1	200	150	120	110	100	90	80	70	60	50	40	30th	24	20th	16	12	10	8th	6th	4th
Cat. 2	170	130	100	90	80	70	60	52	44	38	32	26th	22nd	18th	14th	10	8th	6th	4th	2
Cat. 3	100	80	70	60	50	40	30th	20th	10	4th
Cat. 4	80	60	50	40	30th	22nd	14th	10	6th	2

Distribution of points at stage arrivals

placement	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.
Cat. 1	20th	10	6th	4th	2
Cat. 2	16	8th	4th	2	1
Cat. 3	6th	4th	2	1	1

Distribution of points in the team time trial of the UCI Road World Championships

placement	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
MZF	200	170	140	130	120	110	100	90	80	70

Ratings

Individual evaluation

space	Surname	team	Points
001.	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar team	675
002.	Joaquim Rodríguez	Team Katusha	474
003.	Nairo Quintana	Movistar team	457
004th	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	453
005.	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	448
006th	Chris Froome	Team Sky	430
007th	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	407
008th.	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	324
009.	Rui Costa	Lampre-Merida	324
010.	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	319
012.	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Alpecin	302
024.	André Greipel	Lotto Soudal	203
058.	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	072
064.	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	062
067.	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	059
068.	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling	056
092.	Tony Martin	Etixx-Quick Step	040
101.	Simon Geschke	Team Giant-Alpecin	032
119.	Steve Morabito	FDJ	021st
144.	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Alpecin	010
166.	Stefan Küng	BMC Racing Team	006th
167.	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	006th
177.	Matthias Brändle	IAM Cycling	004th
179.	Roger Kluge	IAM Cycling	004th
186.	Paul Martens	Team Lotto NL-Jumbo	002
191.	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r La Mondiale	002
209.	Marco Haller	Team Katusha	001

Team evaluation

space	team	Points	Top 5 drivers	WM - MZF
01.	Movistar team	1619	Valverde (675), Quintana (457), Izaguirre (173), Amador (93), Intxausti (81)	140
02.	Team Katusha	1606	Rodríguez (474), Kristoff (453), Špilak (269), Moreno (216), Sakarin (194)	-
03.	Team Sky	1378	Froome (430), Porte (314), Thomas (283), Henao (167), Nieve (104)	080
04th	Etixx-Quick Step	1158	Urán (301), Kwiatkowski (195), Alaphilippe (180), Štybar (172), Terpstra (140)	170
05.	Astana Pro Team	1106	Aru (448), Nibali (238), Landa (164), Boom (102), Fuglsang (64)	090
06th	BMC Racing Team	1010	Van Avermaet (324), Gilbert (179), Dennis (135), van Garderen (96), Evans (76)	200
07th	Tinkoff-Saxo	0929	Contador (407), Sagan (257), Majka (165), Kreuziger (64), Breschel (36)	-
08th.	Orica GreenEdge	0845	Matthews (221), A. Yates (150), S. Yates (148), Chaves (134), Albasini (62)	130
09.	Lotto Soudal	0832	Greipel (203), Wellens (195), Gallopin (127), De Clercq (106), Benoot (101)	100
10.	Team Giant-Alpecin	0769	Degenkolb (302), Dumoulin (271), Barguil (34), Geschke (32), Sinkeldam (10)	120
11.	Ag2r La Mondiale	0587	Pozzovivo (242), Bardet (206), Bakelants (59), Vuillermoz (49), Riblon (31)	-
12.	Lampre-Merida	0566	Costa (324), Ulissi (98), Bonifazio (60), Modolo (43), Valls (41)	-
13.	Trek Factory Racing	0529	Mollema (212), Nizzolo (78), Felline (64), Cancellara (59), Jungels (46)	070
14th	Team Lotto NL-Jumbo	0485	Gesink (114), Kelderman (111), Kruijswijk (80), Vanmarcke (52), Lindeman (18)	110
15th	FDJ	0439	Pinot (319), Geniez (44), Demare (33), Roux (22), Morabito (21)	-
16.	Team Cannondale-Garmin	0340	Hesjedal (102), Martin (85), Talansky (54), Navardauskas (50), Slagter (49)	-
17th	IAM Cycling	0189	Frank (72), Elmiger (56), Pantano (27), Pelucchi (20), Chavanel (14)	-

Nations ranking

space	nation	Points	Top 5 drivers
01.	Spain	1945	Valverde (675), Rodríguez (474), Contador (407), Moreno (216), Izaguirre (173)
02.	Italy	1106	Aru (448), Pozzovivo (242), Nibali (238), Ulissi (98), Paolini (80)
03.	Colombia	1099	Quintana (457), Urán (301), Henao (167), Chaves (134), Atapuma (40)
04th	United Kingdom	1041	Froome (430), Thomas (283), A. Yates (150), S. Yates (148), Cavendish (30)
05.	Belgium	0905	Van Avermaet (324), Wellens (195), Gilbert (179), De Clercq (106), Benoot (101)
06th	France	0881	Pinot (319), Bardet (206), Alaphilippe (180), Gallopin (127), Vuillermoz (49)
07th	Netherlands	0848	Dumoulin (271), Mollema (212), Terpstra (140), Gesink (114), Kelderman (111)
08th.	Australia	0777	Porte (314), Matthews (221), Dennis (135), Evans (76), Rogers (31)
09.	Germany	0587	Degenkolb (302), Greipel (203), Martin (40), Geschke (32), Kittel (10)
10.	Norway	0453	Kristoff (453)
15th	Switzerland	0270	Frank (72), Albasini (62), Cancellara (59), Elmiger (56), Morabito (21)
32.	Austria	0005	Brändle (4), Haller (1)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UCI regulations for road cycling, there: 2.1.005 International races and participation , accessed on January 12, 2015 (PDF)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Registration of UCI WorldTeams and UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2015 season. uci.ch, December 4, 2014, accessed on January 12, 2015 (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} 2015 UCI WorldTour: Decisions of the License Commission. uci.ch, December 10, 2014, accessed on January 12, 2015 (English). 
4. ^ Decision of the License Commission on team Cult Energy Pro Cycling. uci.ch, December 18, 2014, accessed on January 12, 2015 (English). 
5. ^ Decision on Team Europcar. uci.ch, January 9, 2015, accessed on January 12, 2015 (English). 
6. ↑ UCI Cycling Regulations - Part 2 Road races. (pdf) (No longer available online.) uci.ch, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 12, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
7. ↑ UCI reforms the point system. rad-net.de, January 8, 2015, accessed January 8, 2015 . 
8. ↑ UCI op vingers gotikt door wielerploegen. nos.nl, January 9, 2015, accessed January 25, 2015 (Dutch). 
9. ↑ UCI Cycling Regulations - Part II: Road Races - Version on 01/24/2015. (PDF) uci.ch, January 24, 2015, accessed on January 25, 2015 (English). 

Web links

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