2018 UCI Women's World Tour

The 2018 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-four road cycling events throughout the 2018 women's cycling season. It was the third edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition began with Strade Bianche on 3 March and concluded with the Tour of Guangxi on 21 October. Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands was the defending champion.[1]

2018 UCI Women's World Tour
Third edition of the UCI Women's World Tour
Details
Dates3 March – 21 October 2018
Location
  • Europe
  • USA
  • China
Races24
Champions
Individual championAnnemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) (Mitchelton–Scott)
Teams' championBoels–Dolmans
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Van der Breggen, riding for the Boels–Dolmans team, was unable to defend her title, as she finished third in the standings behind compatriots Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton–Scott) and Marianne Vos, who was riding for the WaowDeals Pro Cycling squad. Having taken three podium finishes, van Vleuten took the top spot after a strong second half of the season commencing at the women's Grand Tour, the Giro Rosa. Van Vleuten won three of the last four stages, taking the overall victory by over four minutes from her closest competitor,[2] as well as winning the race's points classification. Two days later, at La Course by Le Tour de France, van Vleuten took victory on the finish line, surpassing van der Breggen, who had faded over the closing stages.[3] Van Vleuten then took the World Tour jersey for the season, winning the overall at the Holland Ladies Tour, again with three stage victories,[4] ultimately finishing on 1411.86 points.[5]

Vos finished 16.98 points behind in second place, with a tally of 1394.88 points.[5] After podium finishes at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda,[6] and the Women's Tour,[7] Vos took her first victory of the season with a stage win at the Giro Rosa,[8] before a second-place finish in RideLondon's Classique race.[9] In the August Scandinavian races, Vos won the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden road race,[10] before taking a clean sweep of the Ladies Tour of Norway, winning all three stages and the general classification, taking the World Tour lead in the process.[11] Vos ended her road season after another second-place finish at the GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération,[12] shifting her focus to the cyclo-cross season starting in the following month,[13] losing the lead to van Vleuten in the process. Van der Breggen, with 1323.33 points,[5] led the classification for most of the season, taking four victories by the end of the April, including the season-opening Strade Bianche,[14] and two of the three Ardennes classics, with only the Amstel Gold Race – won by teammate Chantal Blaak[15] – not going to van der Breggen. Van der Breggen skipped the Giro Rosa,[16] and failed to win another individual race on the World Tour, with her only remaining success of the season coming during the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden team time trial.

In the World Tour's other classifications, Astana rider Sofia Bertizzolo from Italy was the winner of the youth classification for riders under the age of 23.[17] Bertizzolo took four victories in the classification, and finished with 42 points, 12 points ahead of the next closest rider, Liane Lippert of Team Sunweb, a three-time winner during 2018. Boels–Dolmans were the winners of the teams classification, with 4329.99 points, taking eight wins during the season, just as they did in 2017. Mitchelton–Scott finished in second place with 4119.02 points, primarily through the performances of van Vleuten and Amanda Spratt, who finished fourth overall in the individual classification, with five victories. Third place went to Team Sunweb on 3321.99 points, taking three victories during the season.

Teams

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For the 2018 season the following teams were not listed by the UCI at UCI Women's team level: Colavita/Bianchi, Giusfredi–Bianchi, Lensworld–Kuota, SAS–Macogep, Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling and Weber Shimano Ladies Power.

2018 UCI Women's World Teams
Code Official Team Name Country
ACT Alasayl Cycling Team   United Arab Emirates
ALE Alé–Cipollini   Italy
VAI Aromitalia Vaiano   Italy
ASA Astana   Italy
BPK Bepink   Italy
BDM Bizkaia Durango–Euskadi Murias   Spain
DLT Boels–Dolmans   Netherlands
BTC BTC City Ljubljana   Slovenia
LPR Canyon–SRAM   Germany
CBT Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling   Germany
GPC China Chongming–Liv   Hong Kong
CGS Cogeas–Mettler Pro Cycling Team   Russia
CZF Conceria Zabri–Fanini   Albania
CPC Cylance Pro Cycling   United States
DVE Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport   Belgium
SBT Eurotarget–Bianchi–Vitasana   Italy
EXP Experza–Footlogix   Belgium
FDJ FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope   France
HBS Hagens Berman–Supermint   United States
HCT Health Mate–Cyclelive Team   Belgium
HPU Hitec Products–Birk Sport   Norway
LSL Lotto–Soudal Ladies   Belgium
MCC Minsk Cycling Club   Belarus
MTS Mitchelton–Scott   Australia
MOV Movistar Team   Spain
PHV Parkhotel Valkenburg   Netherlands
RLW Rally Cycling   United States
MIC S.C. Michela Fanini Rox   Italy
SER Servetto–Stradalli Cycle–Alurecycling   Italy
SWT Sopela Women's Team   Spain
STR Storey Racing   United Kingdom
SWA Swapit–Agolíco   Mexico
TDP Team Dukla Praha   Czech Republic
ILU Team Illuminate   United States
SUN Team Sunweb   Netherlands
TVC Team Virtu Cycling   Denmark
TWC Thailand Women's Cycling Team   Thailand
TIB Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank   United States
TOG Top Girls Fassa Bortolo   Italy
DRP Trek–Drops   Great Britain
T20 TWENTY20 p/b Sho-Air   United States
UHC UnitedHealthcare   United States
VAL Valcar–PBM   Italy
WHT Wiggle High5   Great Britain
WAD WaowDeals Pro Cycling   Netherlands
WNT WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling   Great Britain

Events

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For the 2018 season, the calendar consisted of 24 races, up from 20 in 2017. All 2017 races returned for the 2018 calendar, with the additions of the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, the Emakumeen Euskal Bira and the Tour of Guangxi to the calendar.[18] The Ladies Tour of Norway also added a stand-alone team time trial that awarded full points to the rankings, held the day before the main stage race.

2018 UCI Women's World Tour
Race Date First Second Third   Leader
  Strade Bianche 3 March   Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
Canyon–SRAM
  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
Wiggle High5
  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Ronde van Drenthe 11 March   Amy Pieters (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Alexis Ryan (USA)
Canyon–SRAM
  Chloe Hosking (AUS)
Alé–Cipollini
  Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 18 March   Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
Canyon–SRAM
  Chantal Blaak (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Marianne Vos (NED)
WaowDeals Pro Cycling
  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
Canyon–SRAM
  Three Days of De Panne 22 March   Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Chloe Hosking (AUS)
Alé–Cipollini
  Christine Majerus (LUX)
Boels–Dolmans
  Gent–Wevelgem 25 March   Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
Alé–Cipollini
  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Lisa Klein (GER)
Canyon–SRAM
  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Tour of Flanders 1 April   Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Amy Pieters (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Amy Pieters (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Amstel Gold Race 15 April   Chantal Blaak (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Lucinda Brand (NED)
Team Sunweb
  Amanda Spratt (AUS)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Chantal Blaak (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  La Flèche Wallonne 18 April   Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
  Megan Guarnier (USA)
Boels–Dolmans
  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Liège–Bastogne–Liège 22 April   Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Amanda Spratt (AUS)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Tour of Chongming Island 26–28 April   Charlotte Becker (GER)
Hitec Products–Birk Sport
  Shannon Malseed (AUS)
Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
  Anastasiia Iakovenko (RUS)
BTC City Ljubljana
  Tour of California 17–19 May   Katie Hall (USA)
UnitedHealthcare
  Tayler Wiles (USA)
Trek–Drops
  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
Canyon–SRAM
  Emakumeen Euskal Bira 19–22 May   Amanda Spratt (AUS)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  The Women's Tour 13–17 June   Coryn Rivera (USA)
Team Sunweb
  Marianne Vos (NED)
WaowDeals Pro Cycling
  Dani Rowe (GBR)
WaowDeals Pro Cycling
  Giro Rosa 6–15 July   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
  Amanda Spratt (AUS)
Mitchelton–Scott
  La Course by Le Tour de France 17 July   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
  Prudential RideLondon Classique 28 July   Kirsten Wild (NED)
Wiggle High5
  Marianne Vos (NED)
WaowDeals Pro Cycling
  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
Valcar–PBM
  Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden TTT 11 August Boels–Dolmans Team Sunweb Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
  Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden RR 13 August   Marianne Vos (NED)
WaowDeals Pro Cycling
  Kirsten Wild (NED)
Wiggle High5
  Lotta Lepistö (FIN)
Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
  Ladies Tour of Norway – TTT 16 August Team Sunweb Mitchelton–Scott Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
  Ladies Tour of Norway 17–19 August   Marianne Vos (NED)
WaowDeals Pro Cycling
  Emilia Fahlin (SWE)
Wiggle High5
  Coryn Rivera (USA)
Team Sunweb
  Marianne Vos (NED)
WaowDeals Pro Cycling
  GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération 25 August   Amy Pieters (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Marianne Vos (NED)
WaowDeals Pro Cycling
  Coryn Rivera (USA)
Team Sunweb
  Holland Ladies Tour 28 August –
2 September
  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott
  Ellen van Dijk (NED)
Team Sunweb
  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Boels–Dolmans
  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Mitchelton–Scott
  La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta 15–16 September   Ellen van Dijk (NED)
Team Sunweb
  Coryn Rivera (USA)
Team Sunweb
  Audrey Cordon-Ragot (FRA)
Wiggle High5
  Tour of Guangxi Women's WorldTour race 21 October   Arlenis Sierra (CUB)
Astana
  Hannah Barnes (GBR)
Canyon–SRAM
  Sara Mustonen (SWE)
Experza–Footlogix

Points standings

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For the 2018 season, a new point-scoring system was introduced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI),[19] rewarding the top 40 riders rather than the top 20 as in 2017. Further changes were made to the teams classification, where all point-scoring riders were counted in the rankings.[19]

Individual

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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   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Mitchelton–Scott 1411.86
2   Marianne Vos (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling 1394.88
3   Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans 1323.33
4   Amanda Spratt (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 1218.86
5   Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb 1040.50
6   Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling 1012.95
7   Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans 922.90
8   Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) Canyon–SRAM 887.67
9   Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Mitchelton–Scott 688.86
10   Ellen van Dijk (NED) Team Sunweb 687.74
11   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 652.76
12   Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans 613.90
13   Kirsten Wild (NED) Wiggle High5 571.93
14   Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans
United States (national team)
564.24
15   Lucinda Brand (NED) Team Sunweb 558.07
16   Christine Majerus (LUX) Boels–Dolmans 526.57
17   Chloe Hosking (AUS) Alé–Cipollini 504.33
18   Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé–Cipollini 473
19   Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Astana 460
20   Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) Cylance Pro Cycling 447
287 riders scored points
Source:[20]

Youth

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Sofia Bertizzolo (pictured at the Amstel Gold Race), the winner of the youth classification.

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   Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA)   Astana 42
2   Liane Lippert (GER) Team Sunweb 30
3   Jeanne Korevaar (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling 22
4   Elisa Balsamo (ITA) Valcar–PBM 18
5   Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) Boels–Dolmans 14
6   Letizia Paternoster (ITA) Astana 10
7   Lisa Klein (GER) Canyon–SRAM 10
8   Maria Novolodskaya (RUS) Cogeas–Mettler Pro Cycling Team 10
9   Karalina Savenka (BLR) Minsk Cycling Club 6
10   Chiara Consonni (ITA) Valcar–PBM 6
11   Nikola Nosková (CZE) Bepink 6
12   Aafke Soet (NED) WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling 6
13   Sara Poidevin (CAN) Rally Cycling 6
14   Silvia Persico (ITA) Valcar–PBM 6
15   Susanne Andersen (NOR) Hitec Products–Birk Sport 6
16   Lorena Wiebes (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg 6
17   Angelica Brogi (ITA) Aromitalia Vaiano 6
18   Juliette Labous (FRA) Team Sunweb 6
19   Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBR) Trek–Drops 6
20   Elena Pirrone (ITA) Astana 4
33 riders scored points
Source:[21]

Team

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Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team in the table.[22]

Rank Team Points Scoring riders
1 Boels–Dolmans 4329.99
10 riders
Van der Breggen (1323.33), Pieters (922.90), Blaak (613.90), Guarnier (564.24),[a] Majerus (526.57), Dideriksen (195), Canuel (129.57), Sk. Schneider (30.24),[b] Plichta (14.24), Van den Bos (10)
2 Mitchelton–Scott 4119.02
10 riders
Van Vleuten (1411.86), Spratt (1218.86), D'Hoore (688.86), G. Williams (231), Roy (199.86), Kennedy (142.86), Elvin (123.86), Allen (50.86), Manly (48), Crooks (3)
3 Team Sunweb 3321.99
10 riders
Rivera (1040.50), Van Dijk (687.74), Brand (558.07), Kirchmann (358.07), Mackaij (266.33), Lippert (174.07), Winder (111.90), Labous (89.57), Mathiesen (29.17), Soek (6.57)
4 Canyon–SRAM 2545.02
10 riders
Niewiadoma (887.67), Cecchini (341.67), A. Ryan (332.67), H. Barnes (228), Klein (203.67), Ferrand-Prévot (193), Amialiusik (160), A. Barnes (83.67), Cromwell (67), Worrack (47.67)
5 Wiggle High5 2384.01[c]
15 riders
Longo Borghini (652.76), Wild (571.93), Fahlin (347.93), Cordon-Ragot (331.93), Brennauer (318.50), Edmondson (74.50), Yonamine (15.43), Leth (15), Archibald (14.17), G. Garner (10), Ritter (9.43), Brown (8),[d] Stewart (8), Barbieri (5), Cure (1.43)
6 WaowDeals Pro Cycling 2380.99 Vos (1394.88), Stultiens (264.71), Rowe (233.88), R. Markus (168.88), Korevaar (130.88), A. Koster (95.88), Rooijakkers (83.88), Kastelijn (8)
7 Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling 1986.99 Moolman (1012.95), Lepistö (373.95), Uttrup Ludwig (364.95), Koppenburg (117.95), Duyck (57.95), Norsgaard Jørgensen (56.95), Hanselmann (2.29)
8 Alé–Cipollini 1471.98
10 riders
Hosking (504.33), Bastianelli (473), Santesteban (194), Ensing (150), S. Paladin (85.33), Knetemann (31.33), Trevisi (15.33), Swinkels (11.33), Ragažinskienė (4.33), Kasper (3)
9 Astana 922 Sierra (460), Bertizzolo (184.25), C. Rodríguez (82), Paternoster (76.25), Pirrone (46.25), Vieceli (33.25), Moreno (30), Beggin (10)
10 Valcar–PBM 912.02 Confalonieri (277.67), Balsamo (208), Muccioli (122.67), Sanguineti (107.67), Consonni (63.67), Persico (59.67), A. Paladin (36.67), Cavalli (29), Vigilia (7)
11 BTC City Ljubljana 811 Bujak (362.20), Iakovenko (269.20), Batagelj (91.20), Boogaard (25.20), Nilsson (25), Pintar (18), Lechner (15.20), Žigart (5)
12 Movistar Team 803
10 riders
Jasińska (279.81), Biannic (171.81), García (159.14), Merino (82.14), González (41.67), Neylan (27.14), Oyarbide (24.67), Llamas (12.14), G. Rodríguez (2.81), Teruel (1.67)
13 Cylance Pro Cycling 638[e] Bronzini (447),[d] Gutiérrez (87), Ratto (65), Shapira (11), Tagliaferro (10), Stephens (8), Doebel-Hickok (5), Erić (5)
14 Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank 627.02
11 riders
Jackson (189.17), Malseed (184.17), Chapman (136.17), K. Ryan (49), Drexel (29.17), Cobb (13), Bruderer (9.17), Newsom (5), Albrecht (5), Scandolara (4.17), Buss (3)
15 Trek–Drops 590.99 Wiles (334.57),[f] Buurman (206.57), Parkinson (16.57), Hammes (15.57), Christian (8.57), Shaw (5), Holden (3.57), Payton (0.57)
16 FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 590.02
11 riders
Gillow (145.86), Fournier (139.46), Demay (105.60), Slik (63.46), Duval (60.86), Kitchen (42.46), Tenniglo (21.46), Bravard (3.86), Grossetête (3), Guilman (3), Richioud (1)
17 Team Virtu Cycling 512[g]
10 riders
Guarischi (250.50), Siggaard (97.50), Kröger (51.50), C. Koster (24), Aalerud (19), Pawłowska (19), Penton (18), Moberg (15), Norman Hansen (12.50),[d] Schmidt (5)
18 UnitedHealthcare 419 K. Hall (290), Thomas (109),[h] Hanson (10), Peñuela (5), L. Hall (5)
19 Hitec Products–Birk Sport 338.98
10 riders
Becker (254), Andersen (37.83), Frapporti (16), Lorvik (8.83), Kessler (7), Solvang (4.83), Heine (4.83), Møllebro (3), Thorsen (1.83), Gulliksen (0.83)
20 Bepink 307 Magnaldi (208), Guderzo (48.50),[i] Nosková (25), Sperotto (12.50), Pattaro (5.50), Valsecchi (2.50), Steigenga (2.50), Ragusa (2.50)
42 teams scored points[22]

Notes

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  1. ^ Guarnier's tally includes 5 points earned at the Tour of California, where Boels–Dolmans were not competing.
  2. ^ Schneider's tally includes 16 points earned at the Tour of California, where Boels–Dolmans were not competing.
  3. ^ Listed by UCI on 2376.01 points, missing Grace Brown's points from the Tour of California and the La Course by Le Tour de France.
  4. ^ a b c Points not listed with any team.
  5. ^ Listed by UCI on 191 points, missing Giorgia Bronzini's points from the 2018 season.
  6. ^ Wiles' tally includes 114 points earned at the Holland Ladies Tour, where Trek–Drops were not competing.
  7. ^ Listed by UCI on 499.5 points, missing Louise Norman Hansen's points from the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden TTT.
  8. ^ Thomas' tally includes 46 points earned at the Holland Ladies Tour, where UnitedHealthcare were not competing.
  9. ^ Guderzo scored 33 points with Hitec Products–Birk Sport prior to leaving the team in June 2018. Guderzo joined Bepink in July 2018, and all points were transferred.

References

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