2021 UCI Women's World Tour
Sixth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour | |
Details | |
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Dates | 6 March – 23 October 2021 |
Location | Europe |
Races | 18 |
Champions | |
Individual champion | Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) (Movistar Team) |
Teams' champion | SD Worx |
The 2021 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included eighteen road cycling events throughout the 2021 women's cycling season. It was the sixth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour, the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition began with Strade Bianche on 6 March, and finished with the Ronde van Drenthe on 23 October.
Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) became the first rider to win the individual classification for a second time, taking a season-high four overall victories during the season, finishing the season with a tally of 3177 points. Second place went to another Dutch rider, as Demi Vollering (SD Worx) finished on 2563 points, having taken three overall victories in 2021, while third place on 2509 points, was two-time winner Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy, riding for Trek–Segafredo. A total of nine riders won races during the season, while the individual classification lead changed eight times between van Vleuten, Vollering, Longo Borghini, Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo–Visma) and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (SD Worx).
The youth classification was closely-contested with just two points separating the top two riders in the classification. Honours went to Niamh Fisher-Black from New Zealand of the SD Worx team with 34 points and four victories, ahead of French rider Évita Muzic, who also won four races for FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope. Third place in the standings went to Russia's Maria Novolodskaya (A.R. Monex), who scored 22 points and one win. A total of eight riders won races during the season, with the classification lead changing six times between Fisher-Black, Muzic, Novolodskaya, Sarah Gigante (Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank) and Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (Movistar Team). The teams classification was led from start to finish by SD Worx for their fifth win in six seasons – their first under the SD Worx name – finishing more than 3000 points clear over their closest rivals, Trek–Segafredo; SD Worx took seven wins during the season, including four consecutive race wins earned by Vollering and Anna van der Breggen between La Flèche Wallonne and La Course by Le Tour de France.
Events[]
The race calendar for the 2021 season was announced in July 2020,[1] with twenty-five races initially scheduled – up from twenty-one that were scheduled to be held in 2020. Two Spanish races – the and the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas – were scheduled to be part of the calendar for the first time.[2] Paris–Roubaix, which featured on the revised 2020 schedule after the suspension of racing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, also returned to the calendar, as did the RideLondon Classique after a year's absence. In September 2020, the Giro d'Italia Femminile was relegated to the 2021 UCI Women's ProSeries, being downgraded to 2.Pro status.[3]
On 1 November 2020, La Course by Le Tour de France was moved forward three weeks from 18 July to 27 June; this was as a result of the route being contested on the second day of the 2021 Tour de France, finishing at the Mûr-de-Bretagne.[4] On 22 February 2021, following the cancellation of the Itzulia Women stage race, race organisers OCETA announced their intention to hold the Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa at World Tour level, on 31 July.[5] La Course by Le Tour de France was moved forward a further day in April 2021 to 26 June, due to departmental elections to be held in Côtes-d'Armor, and consisted of a route utilising part of the opening stage of the men's race.[6] In July, the Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta was extended from three stages to four, finishing in Santiago de Compostela on the same day as the final stage of the Vuelta a España.[7]
Cancelled and postponed events[]
On 1 November 2020, the season-opening Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race was cancelled due to quarantine and border restriction issues attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] The organisers of the Ronde van Drenthe announced that they had applied to the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to move the race from the assigned date of 14 March to the last weekend of October.[14][15] In January 2021, both the and the RideLondon Classique were cancelled as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.[16][17] The following month, The Women's Tour was postponed from its initial June dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, requesting a date change to October.[9][10] In March, the Tour of Chongming Island was postponed from its scheduled dates in May.[18] On 18 March 2021, it was confirmed that The Women's Tour, the Tour of Chongming Island and the Ronde van Drenthe would all be held in October.[11] On 1 April 2021, Paris–Roubaix was postponed to 2 October, following a surge in cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[8] In May, the Open de Suède Vårgårda races were cancelled due to financial issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.[19] In August, the Tour of Chongming Island and the Tour of Guangxi were both cancelled at the request of their respective organisers, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]
Points standings[]
For the 2021 season, the point-scoring system introduced in 2020 by the Union Cycliste Internationale remained in place.[21]
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.
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 ( | )|||
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Rank | Name | Team | Points |
1 | ![]() ![]() |
SD Worx | 34 |
2 | ![]() |
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 32 |
3 | ![]() |
A.R. Monex | 22 |
4 | ![]() |
Team DSM | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
Team DSM | 10 |
6 | ![]() |
SD Worx | 10 |
7 | ![]() |
Team DSM | 8 |
8 | ![]() |
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 6 |
9 | ![]() |
SD Worx | 6 |
10 | ![]() |
Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank | 6 |
11 | ![]() |
Valcar–Travel & Service | 6 |
12 | ![]() |
Movistar Team | 5 |
13 | ![]() |
Valcar–Travel & Service | 4 |
14 | ![]() |
Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank | 4 |
15 | ![]() |
Liv Racing | 4 |
16 | ![]() |
Valcar–Travel & Service | 4 |
17 | ![]() |
Trek–Segafredo | 4 |
18 | ![]() |
Parkhotel Valkenburg | 4 |
19 | ![]() |
Drops–Le Col | 2 |
20 | ![]() |
Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime | 2 |
23 riders scored points | |||
Source:[23] |
Team[]
Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team in the table.[24]
Rank | Team | Points | Scoring riders |
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1 | SD Worx | 8580[d] | |
2 | Trek–Segafredo | 5247[g] | 11 riders Longo Borghini (2509), Deignan (696), van Dijk (528),[h] Winder (472),[i] Hosking (327), Cordon-Ragot (273), Brand (237),[j] Hanson (64), Dideriksen (61), Wiles (40), van Anrooij (40) |
3 | Movistar Team | 5043 | 12 riders Van Vleuten (3177), Norsgaard (568),[k] Thomas (356), Aalerud (330), Biannic (262), S. Gutiérrez (163), Erić (74), Guarischi (34), Martín (32), A. González (23), Oyarbide (16), Patiño (8) |
4 | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 3957 | 12 riders Uttrup Ludwig (1692), Cavalli (692), Muzic (496), Copponi (384), Fahlin (220), Chapman (196), Duval (111), Borgli (40), Grossetête (40), Le Net (38), Guilman (32), Wiel (16) |
5 | Team DSM | 3684 | |
6 | Canyon–SRAM | 3388 | |
7 | Alé BTC Ljubljana | 3364 | Reusser (1275), García (644), Bastianelli (610), Guderzo (388), Bujak (196), Pintar (88), Chursina (74), Boogaard (55), Tomasi (34) |
8 | Team Jumbo–Visma | 3319 | 10 riders Vos (2477), R. Markus (316), Henderson (204), A. Koster (110), Kasper (84), Beekhuis (48), K. Swinkels (32), (24), van der Burg (16), Van de Velde (8) |
9 | Liv Racing | 3226 | Kopecky (721), Paladin (690), Bertizzolo (539), Rooijakkers (404), Jackson (339), Stultiens (281),[n] Korevaar (196), Jaskulska (48), Demey (8) |
10 | Team BikeExchange | 2267 | Brown (1066), Spratt (510), Roy (307), Santesteban (152), Ensing (136), Kennedy (72), Žigart (16), Campbell (8) |
11 | Valcar–Travel & Service | 1583 | |
12 | Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling | 1470 | Brennauer (824), Magnaldi (284), Wild (140), Leth (86), Confalonieri (64), Lach (40), Hammes (32) |
13 | Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank | 1300 | Faulkner (923), Stephens (148), (87), Kessler (84), (34), Gigante (16), Yonamine (8) |
14 | A.R. Monex | 488 | Sierra (134), Novolodskaya (132), Ragusa (126),[o] Merino (64), Salazar (16), A. Gutiérrez (8), Ramírez (8) |
15 | Parkhotel Valkenburg | 582 | Neylan (179), van der Hulst (126), (121),[p] F. Markus (84), (32), van Haaften (16), (16), (8) |
16 | Arkéa Pro Cycling Team | 376 | Verhulst (320), Jounier (32), Levenez (24) |
17 | Drops–Le Col | 322 | Lowden (131),[q] van 't Geloof (105), Moberg (38), Martins (32), Penton (16) |
18 | Rally Cycling | 320 | Koppenburg (264), Doebel-Hickok (56) |
19 | NXTG Racing | 130 | Kool (58), (24), Borgström (16), (8), (8), Bossuyt (8), (8) |
20 | Lotto–Soudal Ladies | 128 | Nilsson (48), (48), Braam (24), Vandenbulcke (8) |
37[r] teams have scored points[24] |
Notes[]
- ^ Paris–Roubaix was scheduled for 11 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[8]
- ^ The Women's Tour was initially scheduled for 7–12 June, but organisers requested a date change to 4–9 October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[9][10] These dates were confirmed on 18 March 2021, following an updated calendar released by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).[11]
- ^ The Ronde van Drenthe was initially scheduled for 14 March, but organisers requested a date change to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[12] On 18 March 2021, the race was confirmed for 23 October, following an updated calendar released by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).[11]
- ^ Credited with 8572 points by the UCI; eight race leader points missing from Chantal van den Broek-Blaak's points tally from the Holland Ladies Tour.[25]
- ^ Credited with 1091 points by the UCI; eight race leader points from the Holland Ladies Tour missing from van den Broek-Blaak's tally.[25]
- ^ Moolman was given a fifteen-point sanction,[26] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Credited with 5263 points by the UCI; 27th place finish at Classic Brugge–De Panne credited to Ruth Winder, instead of Kelly Van den Steen.[27][28]
- ^ Van Dijk was given a 50-point sanction,[29] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Credited with 488 points by the UCI; 27th place finish at Classic Brugge–De Panne credited to Winder, instead of Kelly Van den Steen.[27][28]
- ^ Brand was given a fifteen-point sanction,[30] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Norsgaard was given a fifteen-point sanction,[31] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Labecki was given a fifteen-point sanction,[32] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Shapira was given a five-point sanction,[33] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Stultiens was given a fifteen-point sanction,[34] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Ragusa was given a ten-point sanction,[35] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Bredewold was given a fifteen-point sanction,[36] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Lowden was given a 25-point sanction,[37] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano scored 8 points through a 40th place finish for Letizia Borghesi at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio,[38][39] but Borghesi was latterly given a 10-point sanction as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations. Andy Schleck–CP NVST–Immo Losch have scored 8 points, through Mie Bjørndal Ottestad's 35th place finish overall in the Ladies Tour of Norway, although she was riding for the Norwegian national team.[40]
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External links[]
- 2021 UCI Women's World Tour
- 2021 in women's road cycling
- 2021 in road cycling
- UCI Women's World Tour