| First edition of theUCI Women's WorldTour | |
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5 March – 11 September |
| Location | Europe, USA and China |
| Races | 17 |
| Champions | |
| Individual champion | Megan Guarnier (Boels–Dolmans) |
| Teams' champion | Boels–Dolmans |
2017 → | |
The2016 UCI Women's World Tour was the first edition of theUCI Women's World Tour. It featured nine one-day races of the formerUCI Women's Road World Cup, plus another four one-day races. However, unlike its predecessor, the World Tour also incorporated four stage races, in China, the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy respectively.
The individual classification was won by American riderMegan Guarnier, riding for theBoels–Dolmans team.[1] Guarnier took the lead of the standings after winning theTour of California,[2] maintaining it for the remainder of the year, adding further race victories at thePhiladelphia Cycling Classic,[3] and theGiro d'Italia Femminile.[4] Her closest competitor, Canada'sLeah Kirchmann (Team Liv–Plantur) finished over 300 points in arrears in second place. Third place in the standings went to the defending world championLizzie Armitstead of Great Britain, also riding for Boels–Dolmans. Armitstead took four victories – the most by any rider in 2016 – including a win in her home race, theWomen's Tour.[5]
In the other classifications,Rabo–Liv riderKatarzyna Niewiadoma from Poland was the winner of the youth classification for riders under the age of 23. Niewiadoma took six victories in the classification, and finished with twice the number of points as compared to her nearest challenger, Dutch riderFloortje Mackaij of Team Liv–Plantur. Boels–Dolmans were the winners of the teams classification, taking ten wins out of a possible seventeen, including the opening five races of the season.Wiggle High5 took three victories withChloe Hosking taking a pair of victories andJolien D'Hoore winning the final race, as they finished as runners-up in the standings.
The World Tour featured 17 events, with 4 stage races, 12 one-day races and a team time trial event.Sparkassen Giro was the only race of the2015 UCI Women's Road World Cup not to join the World Tour calendar.
Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.
| Individual rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Team(s) | Points |
| 1 |  Megan Guarnier (USA) | Boels–Dolmans | 946 |
| 2 |  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) | Team Liv–Plantur | 624 |
| 3 |  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | Boels–Dolmans | 545 |
| 4 |  Chantal Blaak (NED) | Boels–Dolmans | 541 |
| 5 |  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Wiggle High5 | 523 |
| 6 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | Boels–Dolmans | 519 |
| 7 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Rabo–Liv | 492 |
| 8 |  Emma Johansson (SWE) | Wiggle High5 | 463 |
| 9 |  Chloe Hosking (AUS) | Wiggle High5 | 450 |
| 10 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Rabo–Liv | 442 |
| 11 |  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) | Rabo–Liv | 421 |
| 12 |  Alena Amialiusik (BLR) | Canyon–SRAM | 288 |
| 13 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA) | Lensworld–Zannata | 286 |
| 14 |  Lotta Lepistö (FIN) | Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling | 279 |
| 15 | Amy Pieters (NED) | Wiggle High5 | 265 |
| 16 | Marta Bastianelli (ITA) | Alé–Cipollini | 249 |
| 17 | Eugenia Bujak (POL) | BTC City Ljubljana | 245 |
| 18 | Joëlle Numainville (CAN) | Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling | 241 |
| 19 | Carmen Small (USA) | Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling Cylance Pro Cycling | 240 |
| 20 |  Roxane Fournier (FRA) | Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | 234 |
| 163 riders scored points | |||
| Source:[7] | |||
The top three riders in the final results of each World Tour event's young rider classification received points towards the standings. Six points were awarded to first place, four points to second place and two points to third place.
| Youth rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) | Rabo–Liv | 36 |
| 2 | Floortje Mackaij (NED) | Team Liv–Plantur | 18 |
| 3 |  Sheyla Gutiérrez (ESP) | Cylance Pro Cycling | 18 |
| 4 | Jip van den Bos (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 14 |
| 5 |  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal Ladies | 12 |
| 6 | Alice Barnes (GBR) | Drops | 10 |
| 7 | Alexis Ryan (USA) | Canyon–SRAM | 10 |
| 8 | Chanella Stougje (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 6 |
| 9 | Chloé Dygert (USA) | TWENTY16–Ridebiker | 6 |
| 10 | Ilaria Sanguineti (ITA) | Bepink | 6 |
| 11 | Alice Maria Arzuffi (ITA) | Lensworld–Zannata | 6 |
| 12 | Arianna Fidanza (ITA) | Astana | 6 |
| 13 | Ksenyia Tuhai (BLR) | Bepink | 4 |
| 14 | Molly Weaver (GBR) | Team Liv–Plantur | 4 |
| 15 | Janelle Cole (USA) | TWENTY16–Ridebiker | 4 |
| 16 | Emma White (USA) | Rally Cycling | 4 |
| 17 | Maria Vittoria Sperotto (ITA) | Servetto Footon | 4 |
| 18 | Sofia Beggin (ITA) | Astana | 4 |
| 19 | Kelly Van den Steen (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen–Etixx–Guill D'or | 4 |
| 20 |  Jessenia Meneses (COL) | Weber Shimano Ladies Power | 4 |
| 26 riders scored points | |||
| Source:[8] | |||
Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of the top four riders of a team in each race, plus points gained in theCrescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT.
| Team classification | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | STR | RON | TRO | GEN | FLA | LFW | CHO | TOC | PHI | AWT | GIR | LAC | RID | TTT | VAR | PLO | MAD | Points |
| 1 | Boels–Dolmans | 176 | 130 | 238 | 200 | 325 | 193 | 302 | 190 | 268 | 507 | 140 | 85 | 60 | 80 | 2894 | |||
| 2 | Wiggle High5 | 169 | 14 | 97 | 118 | 160 | 100 | 187 | 109 | 142 | 301 | 302 | 120 | 20 | 64 | 90 | 30 | 222 | 2245 |
| 3 | Rabo–Liv | 192 | 86 | 90 | 85 | 60 | 220 | 127 | 171 | 366 | 85 | 114 | 100 | 69 | 88 | 1853 | |||
| 4 | Canyon–SRAM | 2 | 103 | 78 | 118 | 12 | 54 | 30 | 120 | 72 | 107 | 40 | 30 | 80 | 54 | 131 | 1031 | ||
| 5 | Team Liv–Plantur | 25 | 65 | 16 | 40 | 145 | 163 | 118 | 18 | 85 | 48 | 35 | 62 | 20 | 840 | ||||
| 6 | Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling | 8 | 62 | 6 | 18 | 167 | 170 | 50 | 120 | 100 | 93 | 794 | |||||||
| 7 | Orica–AIS | 50 | 150 | 45 | 68 | 72 | 61 | 122 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 49 | 14 | 691 | |||||
| 8 | Alé–Cipollini | 16 | 60 | 8 | 26 | 102 | 54 | 76 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 120 | 36 | 85 | 645 | ||||
| 9 | Team Hitec Products | 30 | 35 | 30 | 51 | 16 | 104 | 8 | 120 | 32 | 35 | 461 | |||||||
| 10 | Lensworld–Zannata | 4 | 12 | 2 | 64 | 25 | 160 | 28 | 68 | 10 | 60 | 433 | |||||||
| 11 | Cylance Pro Cycling | 8 | 50 | 16 | 40 | 30 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 52 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 425 | |||||
| 12 | BTC City Ljubljana | 2 | 81 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 60 | 24 | 120 | 47 | 382 | |||||||
| 13 | Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | 6 | 134 | 46 | 110 | 34 | 30 | 360 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Lotto–Soudal Ladies | 35 | 6 | 48 | 20 | 126 | 30 | 4 | 269 | ||||||||||
| 15 | TWENTY16–Ridebiker | 236 | 29 | 265 | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 6 | 164 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 2 | 254 | |||||||||
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare | 20 | 10 | 134 | 30 | 16 | 210 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Bepink | 10 | 14 | 55 | 20 | 10 | 56 | 16 | 181 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Servetto Footon | 18 | 85 | 16 | 25 | 36 | 180 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank | 12 | 61 | 60 | 35 | 168 | |||||||||||||
| 38 teams scored points | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source:[9] | |||||||||||||||||||
