2020 UCI Women's World Tour

The 2020 UCI Women's World Tour is a competition that initially included twenty-one road cycling events throughout the 2020 women's cycling season. It is the fifth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition began with the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Women on 1 February.[1]

For the men's 2020 UCI World Tour, see 2020 UCI World Tour.
2020 UCI Women's World Tour
Fifth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour
Details
Dates1 February – 10 November 2020
Location
Rounds16

The schedule was extensively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in two-thirds of the races on the calendar being either postponed or cancelled outright.[2] As a result, the season was extended until 10 November, when the Tour of Guangxi is scheduled to take place.[3]

Events

For the 2020 season, the calendar consisted of 21 races, down from 23 in 2019.[1] The RideLondon Classique lost its place in the Women's World Tour due to scheduling conflicts resulting from the Olympic races,[4] and the Emakumeen Euskal Bira and Tour of California was cancelled due to financial pressures.[5]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCI announced that all UCI races in China in April and May would be cancelled or rescheduled, including the Tour of Chongming Island.[6] Due to further outbreaks in Italy, Strade Bianche was postponed to an undetermined date,[7][8] Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio was delayed until June.[9] On 12 March, the Ronde van Drenthe was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[10] while all Belgian races were cancelled until 3 April, removing the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (postponed to a later date),[11] and Gent–Wevelgem from the schedule.[12] The following day, The Women's Tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[13] Three Belgian races were postponed on 17 March,[14][15] with the Amstel Gold Race also postponed the following day.[16] By mid-April, only one race had been completed,[17] while thirteen other races had been either postponed or cancelled outright; no racing was rescheduled before July.[18]

On 5 May 2020, a revised calendar was announced by the UCI, with 18 races to be held between 1 August and 8 November, including the introduction of a women's Paris–Roubaix.[19][20] In June, in line with the men's race, the Tour of Guangxi was moved from 20 October to 10 November.[3]

2020 UCI Women's World Tour[1][3][19]
Race Date First Second Third Leader
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Women 1 February  Liane Lippert (DEU)  Arlenis Sierra (CUB)  Amanda Spratt (AUS)  Liane Lippert (DEU)
Strade Bianche 1 August[lower-alpha 1]
GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération Trophée WNT 26 August[lower-alpha 2]
La Course by Le Tour de France 29 August[lower-alpha 3]
Boels Ladies Tour 1–6 September[lower-alpha 4]
Giro Rosa 11–19 September[lower-alpha 5]
La Flèche Wallonne 30 September[lower-alpha 6]
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 4 October[lower-alpha 6]
Amstel Gold Race 10 October[lower-alpha 7]
Gent–Wevelgem 11 October[lower-alpha 8]
Tour of Flanders 18 October[lower-alpha 8]
Three Days of Bruges–De Panne 20 October[lower-alpha 9]
Tour of Chongming Island 23–25 October[lower-alpha 10]
Paris–Roubaix 25 October
Ceratizit Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta 6–8 November[lower-alpha 11]
Tour of Guangxi 10 November[lower-alpha 12]

Cancelled events

Three events that were initially postponed in the first half of 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were not able to rescheduled during the season; these were the Ronde van Drenthe due to be held on 15 March,[10] the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio due to be held on 2 June (initially 22 March),[9][21] and The Women's Tour due to be held from 8 to 13 June.[22]

Following the release of the revised calendar on 5 May, the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT and Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden, scheduled for 8 and 9 August, were cancelled on 14 May.[23] The Ladies Tour of Norway, scheduled between 13–16 August, was cancelled on 4 June.[24]

Points standings

For the 2020 season, a revised point-scoring system was introduced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As had been the case since 2018, the top 40 riders in each race accumulated points towards the individual and team rankings.[25] Instead of receiving 200 points, each race winner received 400 points, 320 points were given for a runner-up placing, 260 points for third place and so forth down to 8 points for finishes between 31st and 40th.[25] There were also tweaks to the stage points and points for wearing the leader's jersey in stage races.[25]

Individual

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 Points
1  Liane Lippert (DEU) Team Sunweb 400
2  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Astana 320
3  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 260
4  Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek–Segafredo 220
5  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Sunweb 180
6  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Rally Cycling 140
7  Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank 120
8  Ruth Winder (USA) Trek–Segafredo 100
9  Ella Harris (NZL) Canyon–SRAM 80
10  Brodie Chapman (AUS) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 68
11  Juliette Labous (FRA) Team Sunweb 56
12  Ruby Roseman-Gannon (AUS) Australia (national team) 48
13  Anna Henderson (GBR) Team Sunweb 40
14  Lotta Henttala (FIN) Trek–Segafredo 32
15  Lauren Kitchen (AUS) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 28
16  Katia Ragusa (ITA) Astana 24
17  Pfeiffer Georgi (GBR) Team Sunweb 24
18  Shara Gillow (AUS) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 24
19  Lucy Kennedy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 24
20  Peta Mullens (AUS) Roxsolt Attaquer 24
40 riders have scored points
Source:[26]

Youth

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  Liane Lippert (DEU) Team Sunweb 6
2  Ella Harris (NZL) Canyon–SRAM 4
3  Juliette Labous (FRA) Team Sunweb 2
Source:[27]

Team

Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team in the table.[28]

Rank Team Points Scoring riders
1 Team Sunweb 716 Lippert (400), Kirchmann (180), Labous (56), Henderson (40), Georgi (24), Soek (16)
2 Trek–Segafredo 360 Wiles (220), Winder (100), Henttala (32), Worrack (8)
3 Astana 344 Sierra (320), Ragusa (24)
4 Mitchelton–Scott 284 Spratt (260), Kennedy (24)
5 Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank 144 Stephens (120), Gigante (16), Kessler (8)
6 FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 144 Chapman (68), Kitchen (28), Gillow (24), Grossetête (16), Wiel (8)
7 Rally Cycling 140 Hosking (140)
8 Canyon–SRAM 112 Harris (80), A. Ryan (16), Ludwig (8), Erath (8)
9 Roxsolt Attaquer 64 Mullens (24), Herfoss (16), Barrow (16), M. Wright (8)
10 Doltcini–Van Eyck 32 Hanselmann (16), Docx (8), van Witzenburg-de Groot (8)
11 Bepink 24 Frapporti (16), Valsecchi (8)
12 Alé BTC Ljubljana 16 Boogaard (16)

Notes
  1. Strade Bianche was scheduled for 7 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  2. The GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération Trophée WNT was initially scheduled for 22 August, but was moved after that date was designated for national road cycling championships events.
  3. La Course by Le Tour de France was scheduled for 19 July, but was postponed after the Tour de France was postponed from its original dates.
  4. The Boels Ladies Tour was initially scheduled for 25–30 August.
  5. The Giro Rosa was initially scheduled for 26 June – 5 July.
  6. La Flèche Wallonne (22 April) and Liège–Bastogne–Liège (26 April) were rescheduled four days apart, after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  7. The Amstel Gold Race was scheduled for 19 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.
  8. Gent–Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders were scheduled for consecutive Sundays on 29 March and 5 April, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium. These were rescheduled for consecutive Sundays in October.
  9. The Three Days of Bruges–De Panne was scheduled for 26 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  10. The Tour of Chongming Island was scheduled for 7–9 May, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China.
  11. The Ceratizit Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta was scheduled for 5–6 September, but was postponed after the Vuelta a España was postponed from its original dates.
  12. The Tour of Guangxi was initially scheduled for 20 October.

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