January 18/16 20:48 pm - UCI Announces Teams Registered for Women's WorldTour
Posted by Editoress on 01/18/16
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has published the first of the UCI Women's Teams for the 2016 road season. Only UCI Women's Teams which have submitted a complete file have been published.
The team ranking is taking into account the individual UCI points of the top four best riders for each team, as well as the UCI points won at the 2015 Road World Championships team time trial.
On the basis of this ranking, the best teams will automatically be invited to participate in the major events on the calendar.
With regards to the UCI Women's WorldTour, the new international series for professional women cyclists, which succeeds the UCI Women Road World Cup, the organiser must send an invitation to:
- the top 20 UCI Women's Teams for one-day races
- the top 15 UCI Women's Teams for stage races
Moreover, the top five nations of the 2015 UCI nation's ranking and the first ten 2016 UCI Women's Teams will be automatically invited to participate in Class 1 events in 2016. These nations are the following: the Netherlands, USA, Italy, Australia and Great Britain.
| Rank | Team | Nationality | Points |
| 1 | Wiggle High5 | GBR | 3390.5 |
| 2 | RaboLiv Women Cycling Team | NED | 3120.5 |
| 3 | Boels Dolmans Cycling Team * |
NED | 2929.92 |
| 4 | Canyon SRAM Racing | GER | 2433 |
| 5 | Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team * |
GER | 1482.17 |
| 6 | Orica - AIS | AUS | 1330.34 |
| 7 | Hitec Products | NOR | 1275.17 |
| 8 | Cylance Pro Cycling | USA | 854 |
| 9 | Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank * |
USA | 762.67 |
| 10 | Team Liv-Plantur * |
NED | 730 |
| 11 | Unitedhealthcare Professional Women's Cycling Team * |
USA | 688.33 |
| 12 | Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | FRA | 578 |
| 13 | BTC City Ljubljana | SLO | 531 |
| 14 | BePink * |
ITA | 530.5 |
| 15 | Astana Women's Team | KAZ | 464 |
| 16 | Ale' Cipollini | ITA | 457 |
| 17 | Lotto Soudal Ladies | BEL | 454.67 |
| 18 | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | NED | 445.75 |
| 19 | Lensworld-Zannata | BEL | 405.5 |
| 20 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Etixx | BEL | 345 |
| 21 | Servetto Footon | ITA | 317 |
| 22 | INPA - Bianchi | ITA | 305 |
| 23 | Twenty16 - Ridebiker * |
USA | 293 |
| 24 | Bizkaia - Durango | ESP | 252.67 |
| 25 | Rally Cycling * |
USA | 208 |
| 26 | S.C. Michela Fanini | ITA | 140 |
| 27 | Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | BEL | 136 |
| 28 | China Chongming-Liv-Champion System Pro Cycling | HKG | 130 |
| 29 | Xirayas De San Luis | ARG | 93 |
| 30 | Aromitalia Vaiano | ITA | 89.5 |
| 31 | Lointek * |
ESP | 66 |
| 32 | Weber Shimano Ladies Power | ARG | 61 |
| 33 | Hagens Berman /Supermint Pro Cycling Team * |
USA | 57 |
| 34 | Colavita/Bianchi | USA | 34 |
| 35 | Podium Ambition Pro Cycling P/B Club La Santa | GBR | 31 |
| 36 | Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling * |
USA | 23 |
| 37 | Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nö | AUT | 14 |
| 38 | Team BMS Birn | DEN | 11 |
| 39 | Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | ITA | 8 |
| 40 | Drops Cycling Team | GBR | 0 |
*= Canadian riders
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