UCI Women's Road World Cup explained

UCI Women's Road World Cup
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Sport:	Road bicycle racing
Founded:	1998
Folded:	2015
Replaced:	UCI Women's World Tour (2016)
Teams:	See: UCI Women's Teams
Champion:
Website:	official website

The UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup was a season-long road bicycle competition for women organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale between 1998 and 2015. This competition consisted of a series (which has varied from 6 to 12 events) of races linked together, not only by a common designation, but also by a yearly overall points competition.

Each World Cup race was a one-day event, with courses ranging from relatively flat, criterium-like courses, to those which have much climbing, as exemplified by La Flèche Wallonne Féminine which ends on the famed Mur de Huy climb with several sections exceeding 15% grades.

From 2016, the competition was replaced by the UCI Women's World Tour - which includes stage stages as well as one-day events, including many races used in the World Cup.

Winners

Individuals

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1998	Diana Žiliūtė	Alessandra Cappellotto	Deirdre Demet-Barry
1999	Anna Wilson^[1]	Hanka Kupfernagel
2000	Diana Žiliūtė	Pia Sundstedt	Mirjam Melchers
2001	Anna Millward	Mirjam Melchers	Susanne Ljungskog
2002	Petra Rossner	Mirjam Melchers
2003	Nicole Cooke		Mirjam Melchers
2004	Oenone Wood	Petra Rossner	Angela Brodtka
2005	Oenone Wood	Susanne Ljungskog	Mirjam Melchers
2006	Nicole Cooke	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg	Annette Beutler
2007	Marianne Vos	Nicole Cooke	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg
2008	Judith Arndt	Suzanne de Goede	Marianne Vos
2009	Marianne Vos	Emma Johansson	Kirsten Wild
2010	Marianne Vos	Emma Johansson	Kirsten Wild
2011	Annemiek van Vleuten	Marianne Vos	Emma Johansson
2012	Marianne Vos	Judith Arndt	Evelyn Stevens
2013	Marianne Vos	Emma Johansson	Ellen van Dijk
2014	Lizzie Armitstead	Emma Johansson	Marianne Vos
2015	Lizzie Armitstead	Anna Van Der Breggen	Jolien D'Hoore

Teams

A teams classification was added in 2006.

Races

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Race	Country																			Total
Australia World Cup^[2]																				11
																				4
																				12
																				3
																				2
GP Suisse Féminin^[3]																				5
New Zealand World Cup^[4]																				5
																				7
																				17
																				7
																				5
																				14
																				1
																				7
																				12
																				1
																				4
																				10
																				1
																				9
																				8
Open de Suède Vårgårda (TTT^[5])																				8
																				6
																				2
																				2
																				1
Total		6	9	7	9	9	9	9	11	12	9	11	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	164

See also

• UCI Women's Road Rankings
• List of UCI Women's Teams

External links

• Union Cycliste Internationale

See main article: world cups.

Notes and References

1. Anna Wilson married in 2000 and changed her surname to Milward.
2. Referred to as World Cup Sydney in 1998, World Cup Canberra from 1999 to 2001 and Geelong World Cup from 2004 and 2008.
3. Referred to as GP William Tell in 1998 and UCI World Cup Finale Embrach in 1999 and 2000.
4. Referred to as World Cup Hamilton City in 1999, 2001 and 2002.
5. [Team time trial]