UCI women's road world rankings explained

The UCI women's road rankings is a system of ranking road bicycle racers based upon the results in all women's UCI-sanctioned races over a twelve-month period. The world rankings were first instituted by the UCI in 1994.^[1] Points are awarded according to finishing positions in each race, with lesser points for each stage of stage races and for wearing the race leader's jersey. The road races at the Olympics and Road World Championships are worth the most points. The team rankings are calculated by summing the points of the team's four best placed riders, and the national rankings by summing the points of the nation's five best placed riders.^[2]

Between 1998 and 2015, the competition was run in parallel to the UCI Women's Road World Cup, which has included only six to twelve of the most prestigious one-day races. These are worth more points than other one-day races.^[2] Since 2016, the competition has been run in parallel with the UCI Women's World Tour.

Rankings

In the races throughout the year, points are earned for an individual ranking, a team ranking and a ranking by nation.

• Individual ranking: This is calculated monthly by adding the points obtained by each rider in a women's race on the UCI calendar. Points earned during the same period of the previous year are deducted.
• Team ranking: This is calculated monthly by adding the points obtained by the top four riders in the individual ranking of each UCI Women's Team. Since 2021, this ranking has been calculated as an annual championship rather than as an ongoing ranking.
• National ranking: This is calculated by adding the points obtained by the top five riders in the individual ranking of each nation.

Current rankings

See also: 2023 UCI Women's World Tour.

+ Riders (as of 6 August 2024)^[3]
width=30	Rank	width=222	Rider	width=222	Team	width=50	Points	width=40	Prev	width=50	Move^♦
1			6411	1
2			5197.29	2
3			4057	3
4			3943.14	4
5			2911.33	6	1
6			2674.8	5	1
7			2652.71	9	2
8			2578	7	1
9			2363	8	1
10			2310	10

^♦Change since previous week's rankings

Teams (as of 6 August 2024)!Rank!Nation!Points!Prev.!Move

1		14225.45	1
2		9925.56	2
3		6890	3
4		6059.56	4
5		5666.84	6	1
6		5538	5	1
7		5041.28	7
8		4894.56	8
9		3996.15	10	1
10		3922	9	1

Nations (as of 6 August 2024)!Rank!Nation!Points!Prev.!Move

1		15260.62	1
2		11396.64	2
3		7807.86	3
4		7472	4
5		6582.03	5
6		5073.63	7	1
7		4920.57	6	1
8		4898.85	8
9		4067.86	9
10		3596	11	1

Number one ranked riders and nations

The following is a list of riders who and nations which have achieved the number one position:

Number 1 ranked individuals
No.	Rider	Team	Start week	End week	Weeks	Total
1			March 2, 2009	August 18, 2013	233^↑	233
2			August 25, 2013	August 8, 2014	49	49
	(2)		August 15, 2014	June 21, 2015	44	277
3			June 28, 2015	July 21, 2015	3	3
4			July 26, 2015	April 10, 2016	37	37
	(2)		April 17, 2016	June 26, 2016	10	59
5			July 3, 2016	March 12, 2017	38	38
6			March 19, 2017	April 16, 2017	5	5
	(2)		April 23, 2017	July 31, 2017	15	52
7			August 7, 2017	February 25, 2018	30	30
	(3)		March 4, 2018	July 8, 2018	19	71
	(2)		July 15, 2018	August 5, 2018	4	34
	(4)		August 12, 2018	August 19, 2018	2	73
	(3)		August 26, 2018	September 16, 2018	4	38
	(3)		September 23, 2018	September 23, 2018	1	278^↑
	(4)		September 30, 2018	January 6, 2019	15	53
	(5)		January 13, 2019	February 24, 2019	7	80
	(5)		March 3, 2019	August 25, 2019	25	78
8			September 1, 2019	March 17, 2020	29	29
—		March 24, 2020	July 28, 2020	19	19
	(6)		August 4, 2020	September 29, 2020	9	87
	(6)		October 6, 2020	February 23, 2021	23	103
	(2)		February 23, 2021	March 2, 2021	1	6
	(7)		March 2, 2021	March 23, 2021	3	106
	(3)		March 23, 2021	May 25, 2021	9	15
	(7)		May 25, 2021	June 29, 2021	5	92
	(8)		June 29, 2021	July 27, 2021	4	110
	(8)		July 27, 2021	October 4, 2022	62	154
	(2)		October 4, 2022	October 11, 2022	1	30
	(9)		October 11, 2022	as of 18 October, 2022	1	155
Number 1 ranked nations
No.	Nation		Start week	End week	Weeks	Total
1			January 9, 2009	July 26, 2009	28	28
2			August 2, 2009	August 8, 2009	1	1
	(2)		August 15, 2009	September 6, 2009	3	31
	(2)		September 6, 2009	March 17, 2020	550^↑	551
—		March 24, 2020	July 28, 2020	19	19
	(3)		August 4, 2020	as of 19 April, 2022	88	639^↑

Teams

A ranking for teams was also previously provided on a rolling basis, but was replaced with an annual ranking for the 2021 season.^[4]

Number 1 ranked teams (rolling)
No.	Team		Start week	End week	Weeks	Total
1			January 9, 2009	July 26, 2009	28	28
2			August 2, 2009	August 9, 2009	1	1
	Team Columbia–High Road Women (2)		August 15, 2009	August 31, 2009	2	30
	Cervélo TestTeam (2)		September 6, 2009	January 3, 2011	70	71
	High Road Women (3)		January 10, 2011	June 22, 2011	23	53
3	(2011) Rabobank Women Cycling Team (2012) (2013)		June 29, 2011	September 15, 2013	116	116
4			September 22, 2013	3 January 2014	15	15
	(2)		January 10, 2014	January 10, 2016	104	220
5			January 17, 2016	March 6, 2016	7	7
	(3)		March 13, 2016	March 27, 2016	2	222^↑
	(2)		April 3, 2016	May 15, 2016	6	13
6			May 22, 2016	September 16, 2018	122^↑	122
	(2)		September 23, 2018	September 30, 2018	2	17
	(2)		October 7, 2018	April 7, 2019	27	149
	(3)		April 14, 2019	May 19, 2019	6	23
	(3)		May 26, 2019	January 12, 2020	34	182
	(4)		January 19, 2020	January 26, 2020	2	25
7			February 2, 2020	March 17, 2020	7	7
—		March 24, 2020	July 28, 2020	19	19
	(5)		August 4, 2020	August 25, 2020	4	29
8			September 1, 2020	November 10, 2020	11	11

Year-End Rankings

The following is a list of top ranked elite riders, team and nation at the end of each season:^[5]

Year	Top-ranked individual	Second-ranked individual	Third-ranked individual	Top-ranked team	Top-ranked nation
1994				No UCI Women's teams
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999	The Greenery Hawk Team	Saturn Cycling Team		Saturn Cycling Team
2000	Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie	TBU	Saturn Cycling Team	Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie
2001	Saturn Cycling Team		ADO	Saturn Cycling Team
2002	Vlaanderen–T-Interim Ladies Team	FAR	ADO	Saturn Cycling Team
2003	BIK–Powerplate	FAR	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	BIK–Powerplate
2004	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	FAR		Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2005	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Buitenpoort–Flexpoint Team	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2006	Univega Pro Cycling Team	Team DSB Bank	Buitenpoort–Flexpoint Team	Univega Pro Cycling Team
2007	Team DSB Bank	Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team	T-Mobile Women	T-Mobile Women
2008	Team DSB Bank	Team Columbia Women	Team Columbia Women	Team Columbia Women
2009	Team DSB Bank	Cervelo Test Team	Red Sun Cycling Team	Cervélo TestTeam
2010	Nederland Bloeit	HTC Columbia Women	Cervelo Test Team	Cervélo TestTeam
2011	Nederland Bloeit	Hitec Products–UCK	HTC–Highroad Women	Nederland Bloeit
2012	Rabobank Women Cycling Team	Orica–AIS	Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team	Rabobank Women Cycling Team
2013^[6]	Orica–AIS			Orica–AIS
2014^[7]
2015^[8]
2016^[9]
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

Points

Points can be earned during stage races and one-day races during year. It depends upon the category of the race how many points could be earned. There are several categories, related to their importance.

• World Cup races (CDM)
• World Championships (CM)
• First category races, divided into two categories:
  • 1.1 category (one day race)
  • 2.1 category (stage race)
• Second category races, divided into two categories:
  • 1.2 category (one day race)
  • 2.2 category (stage race)
• Continental Championships
• National Championships

Pos.	World Cup	Category 1	Category 2
1	100	60	40
2	75	45	30
3	55	35	16
4	45	30	12
5	38	25	10
6	32	20	8
7	26	15	6
8	22	10	3
9	18	8
10	15	6
11	12	4
12	10	2
13	8
14	6
15	4
16	3
17	2
18	1
Point(s) per stage
1		12	8
2		9	5
3		6	2
4		4
5		3
6		1
Leaders Jersey
1	10	4	0

Continental Championships
	Europe and America		Asia		Ociania and Africa
Pos.	Road race	Time trial	Road race	Time trial	Road race	Time trial
1	80	16	60	12	40	8
2	56	11	40	9	30	5
3	32	6	27	5	16	2
4	24	5	20	3	12
5	20	4	15		10
6	16	2	10		8
7	12		9		6
8	8		5
9	7		3
10	6
11	5
12	3

National Championships
	1st-10th place		11th place and beyond
Pos.	Road race	Time trial	Road race	Time trial
1	40	8	10	3
2	30	5	7	2
3	16	2	5
4	12		3
5	10
6	8
7	6
8	3

Olympic Games and World Championships
Pos.	Road race	Time trial
1	200	100
2	170	70
3	140	40
4	130	30
5	120	25
6	110	20
7	100	15
8	90	10
9	80	9
10	70	8
11	60	7
12	50	6
13	40	5
14	30	4
15	20	3
16	15
17	10
18	8
19	5
20	3

See also

• UCI Men's road racing world ranking
• UCI Track Cycling World Ranking, track cycling world ranking

Notes and References

1. Web site: Introduction To Women's Cycling. Procyclingwomen.com. 16 July 2012.
2. Book: UCI Cycling Regulations: Part 2 Road Races. Chapter XII: Elite Women's Classifications. UCI. 1 February 2012.
3. https://www.uci.org/discipline/road/6TBjsDD8902tud440iv1Cu?tab=rankings
4. Web site: The ins and outs of UCI Rankings . UCI . 2 November 2021.
5. Web site: Rankings. UCI.
6. Web site: Ranking – Cycling – Road 2013 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual: Final result . 24 November 2013. UCI.
7. Web site: Ranking – Cycling – Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result . 7 January 2015. UCI.
8. Web site: Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result . 28 December 2015. UCI.
9. Web site: World Ranking . 26 July 2017. UCI.

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