UCI Women's Road World Rankings

Last updated January 27, 2024

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

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

Riders (as of 3 October 2023)
Rank	Rider	Team	Points	Prev	Move^♦
1	Demi Vollering (NED)	SD Worx	6038.86	1
2	Lotte Kopecky (BEL)	SD Worx	4367	3
3	Marlen Reusser (SUI)	SD Worx	3279.53	4	1
4	Lorena Wiebes (NED)	SD Worx	3052	3	1
5	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Movistar Team	2439.57	4
6	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Canyon–SRAM	2333.04	9
7	Pfeiffer Georgi (GBR)	Team DSM	1999	8	1
8	Silvia Persico (ITA)	UAE Team ADQ	1913.81	7	1
9	Liane Lippert (GER)	Movistar Team	1903.57	9
10	Cecilie Ludwig (DEN)	FDJ–Suez	1899	8

^♦Change since previous week's rankings

UCI Women's World Rankings (Teams), end 2021 season
Rank	Team	Points	Prev
1	SD Worx	12389.99	1
2	Trek–Segafredo	9158.66	2
3	Team BikeExchange	9067.66	3
4	Alé BTC Ljubljana	6255	4
5	Canyon–SRAM	5863.67	5

UCI Women's World Rankings (Teams), end 2021 season
Rank	Team	Points	Prev
1	SD Worx	12389.99	1
2	Trek–Segafredo	9158.66	2
3	Team BikeExchange	9067.66	3
4	Alé BTC Ljubljana	6255	4
5	Canyon–SRAM	5863.67	5

Number one ranked riders and nations

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

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

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

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

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