UCI Women's Road World Rankings

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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[edit]

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[edit]

See also: 2023 UCI Women's World Tour

Number one ranked riders and nations[edit]

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  Marianne Vos (NED) DSB Bank–Nederland bloeit
Nederland Bloeit
Nederland Bloeit
Rabobank Women Cycling Team		 March 2, 2009 August 18, 2013 233↑ 233
2  Emma Johansson (SWE) Orica–AIS August 25, 2013 August 8, 2014 49 49
 Marianne Vos (NED) (2) Rabo–Liv August 15, 2014 June 21, 2015 44 277
3  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans June 28, 2015 July 21, 2015 3 3
4  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv July 26, 2015 April 10, 2016 37 37
 Emma Johansson (SWE) (2) Wiggle High5 April 17, 2016 June 26, 2016 10 59
5  Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans July 3, 2016 March 12, 2017 38 38
6  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 March 19, 2017 April 16, 2017 5 5
 Anna van der Breggen (NED) (2) Boels–Dolmans April 23, 2017 July 31, 2017 15 52
7  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Orica–Scott
Mitchelton–Scott		 August 7, 2017 February 25, 2018 30 30
 Anna van der Breggen (NED) (3) Boels–Dolmans March 4, 2018 July 8, 2018 19 71
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (2) Mitchelton–Scott July 15, 2018 August 5, 2018 4 34
 Anna van der Breggen (NED) (4) Boels–Dolmans August 12, 2018 August 19, 2018 2 73
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (3) Mitchelton–Scott August 26, 2018 September 16, 2018 4 38
 Marianne Vos (NED) (3) WaowDeals Pro Cycling September 23, 2018 September 23, 2018 1 278↑
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (4) Mitchelton–Scott September 30, 2018 January 6, 2019 15 53
 Anna van der Breggen (NED) (5) Boels–Dolmans January 13, 2019 February 24, 2019 7 80
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (5) Mitchelton–Scott March 3, 2019 August 25, 2019 25 78
8  Lorena Wiebes (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg September 1, 2019 March 17, 2020 29 29
—
UCI World Ranking frozen due to COVID-19
 March 24, 2020 July 28, 2020 19 19
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (6) Mitchelton–Scott August 4, 2020 September 29, 2020 9 87
 Anna van der Breggen (NED) (6) Boels–Dolmans October 6, 2020 February 23, 2021 23 103
 Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) (2) Trek–Segafredo February 23, 2021 March 2, 2021 1 6
 Anna van der Breggen (NED) (7) SD Worx March 2, 2021 March 23, 2021 3 106
 Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) (3) Trek–Segafredo March 23, 2021 May 25, 2021 9 15
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (7) Movistar Team May 25, 2021 June 29, 2021 5 92
 Anna van der Breggen (NED) (8) SD Worx June 29, 2021 July 27, 2021 4 110
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (8) Movistar Team July 27, 2021 October 4, 2022 62 154
 Lorena Wiebes (NED) (2) Team DSM October 4, 2022 October 11, 2022 1 30
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (9) Movistar Team October 11, 2022 as of 18 October, 2022 1 155
Number 1 ranked nations
No. Nation Start week End week Weeks Total
1  Germany January 9, 2009 July 26, 2009 28 28
2  Netherlands August 2, 2009 August 8, 2009 1 1
 Germany (2) August 15, 2009 September 6, 2009 3 31
 Netherlands (2) September 6, 2009 March 17, 2020 550↑ 551
—
Ranking frozen
 March 24, 2020 July 28, 2020 19 19
 Netherlands (3) August 4, 2020 as of 19 April, 2022 88 639↑
Key
↑ Record
As of 2 November 2021

Teams[edit]

A ranking for teams was also previously provided on a rolling basis, but was replaced with an annual ranking for the 2021 season.[3]

Number 1 ranked teams (rolling)
No. Team Start week End week Weeks Total
1 Team Columbia–High Road Women January 9, 2009 July 26, 2009 28 28
2 Cervélo TestTeam 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 Nederland Bloeit (2011)
Rabobank Women Cycling Team (2012)
Rabobank–Liv Giant (2013)		 June 29, 2011 September 15, 2013 116 116
4 Orica–AIS September 22, 2013 3 January 2014 15 15
Rabo–Liv (2) January 10, 2014 January 10, 2016 104 220
5 Wiggle High5 January 17, 2016 March 6, 2016 7 7
Rabo–Liv (3) March 13, 2016 March 27, 2016 2 222↑
Wiggle High5 (2) April 3, 2016 May 15, 2016 6 13
6 Boels–Dolmans May 22, 2016 September 16, 2018 122↑ 122
Mitchelton–Scott (2) September 23, 2018 September 30, 2018 2 17
Boels–Dolmans (2) October 7, 2018 April 7, 2019 27 149
Mitchelton–Scott (3) April 14, 2019 May 19, 2019 6 23
Boels–Dolmans (3) May 26, 2019 January 12, 2020 34 182
Mitchelton–Scott (4) January 19, 2020 January 26, 2020 2 25
7 Team Sunweb February 2, 2020 March 17, 2020 7 7
—
Ranking frozen
 March 24, 2020 July 28, 2020 19 19
Mitchelton–Scott (5) August 4, 2020 August 25, 2020 4 29
8 Trek–Segafredo September 1, 2020 November 10, 2020 11 11
Annual Team Rankings
Year First Points Second Points Third Points
2021 SD Worx 12389.99 Trek–Segafredo 9158.66 Team BikeExchange 9067.66

Year-End Rankings[edit]

Year Top-ranked individual Second-ranked individual Third-ranked individual Top-ranked team Top-ranked nation
1994  Monica Valvik (NOR) No UCI Women's teams[1]
1995  Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA)
1996  Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA)
1997  Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)  Germany
1998  Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)  Lithuania
1999  Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)
The Greenery Hawk Team 		 Anna Wilson (AUS)
Saturn Cycling Team 		 Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)
 Saturn Cycling Team  Germany
2000  Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)
Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie 		 Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)
TBU 		 Anna Wilson (AUS)
Saturn Cycling Team 		Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie  Netherlands
2001  Anna Millward (AUS)
Saturn Cycling Team 		 Judith Arndt (GER)
  Mirjam Melchers (NED)
ADO 		Saturn Cycling Team  Germany
2002  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)
Vlaanderen–T-Interim Ladies Team 		 Mirjam Melchers (NED)
FAR 		 Nicole Brändli (SUI)
ADO 		Saturn Cycling Team  Germany
2003  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)
BIK–Powerplate 		 Mirjam Melchers (NED)
FAR 		 Judith Arndt (GER)
Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 		BIK–Powerplate  Germany
2004  Judith Arndt (GER)
Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 		 Mirjam Melchers (NED)
FAR 		 Oenone Wood (AUS)
 Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung  Germany
2005  Oenone Wood (AUS)
Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 		 Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)
Buitenpoort–Flexpoint Team 		 Judith Arndt (GER)
Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 		Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung  Germany
2006
details 		 Nicole Cooke (GBR)
Univega Pro Cycling Team 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Team DSB Bank 		 Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)
Buitenpoort–Flexpoint Team 		Univega Pro Cycling Team  Germany
2007
details 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Team DSB Bank 		 Nicole Cooke (GBR)
Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team 		 Judith Arndt (GER)
T-Mobile Women 		T-Mobile Women  Germany
2008
details 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Team DSB Bank 		 Judith Arndt (GER)
Team Columbia Women 		 Ina Teutenberg (GER)
Team Columbia Women 		Team Columbia Women  Germany
2009
details 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Team DSB Bank 		 Kirsten Wild (NED)
Cervelo Test Team 		 Emma Johansson (SWE)
Red Sun Cycling Team 		Cervélo TestTeam  Netherlands
2010
details 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Nederland Bloeit 		 Judith Arndt (GER)
HTC Columbia Women 		 Kirsten Wild (NED)
Cervelo Test Team 		Cervélo TestTeam  Netherlands
2011
details 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Nederland Bloeit 		 Emma Johansson (SWE)
Hitec Products–UCK 		 Judith Arndt (GER)
HTC–Highroad Women 		Nederland Bloeit  Netherlands
2012
details 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Rabobank Women Cycling Team 		 Judith Arndt (GER)
Orica–AIS 		 Emma Johansson (SWE)
Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team 		Rabobank Women Cycling Team  Netherlands
2013[4]
details 		 Emma Johansson (SWE)
Orica–AIS 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Rabobank–Liv Giant 		 Ellen van Dijk (NED)
Specialized–lululemon 		Orica–AIS  Netherlands
2014[5]
details 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Rabo–Liv 		 Emma Johansson (SWE)
Orica–AIS 		 Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)
Boels–Dolmans 		Rabo–Liv  Netherlands
2015[6]
details 		 Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Rabo–Liv 		 Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)
Boels–Dolmans 		 Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)
Wiggle–Honda 		Rabo–Liv  Netherlands
2016[7]
details 		 Megan Guarnier (USA)
Boels–Dolmans 		 Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Rabo–Liv 		 Emma Johansson (SWE)
Wiggle High5 		Boels–Dolmans  Netherlands
2017
details 		 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Orica–Scott 		 Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
WM3 Pro Cycling 		Boels–Dolmans  Netherlands
2018
  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott 		 Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
WaowDeals Pro Cycling 		Boels–Dolmans  Netherlands
2019
  Lorena Wiebes (NED)
Parkhotel Valkenburg 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
CCC Liv 		 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott 		Boels–Dolmans  Netherlands
2020
  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans 		 Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
Trek–Segafredo 		 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott 		Trek–Segafredo  Netherlands
2021
  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Movistar Team 		 Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
Trek–Segafredo 		 Marianne Vos (NED)
Team Jumbo–Visma 		SD Worx  Netherlands

Points[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Introduction To Women's Cycling". Procyclingwomen.com. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter XII: Elite Women's Classifications". UCI Cycling Regulations: Part 2 Road Races. UCI. 1 February 2012.
  3. ^ "The ins and outs of UCI Rankings". UCI. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2013 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual: Final result". UCI. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  7. ^ "World Ranking". UCI. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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