2020 UCI Women's World Tour

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2020 UCI Women's World Tour
Fifth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour
Details
Dates1 February – 8 November 2020
Location
Races11
Champions
Individual championLizzie Deignan (Great Britain) (Trek–Segafredo)
Teams' championTrek–Segafredo
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The 2020

Ceratizit Challenge by la Vuelta took place.[3][4]

Great Britain's

La Flèche Wallonne.[10][13]

With 28 points, Lippert was the winner of the youth classification for riders under the age of 23. Lippert led the classification from start to finish,[5] having scored points in each of the first seven races on the schedule, including her overall victory at the season-opening Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race – the only race to be held prior to the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced stoppage of racing.[14] Second place in the standings went to Mikayla Harvey with 22 points, who won the classification 3 times during the season, however her season was cut short following the disbandment of Équipe Paule Ka due to financial issues.[15] Lorena Wiebes (Team Sunweb), the defending champion of the classification, finished third, following victories in each of the final two races. For the first time, Trek–Segafredo won the teams classification, with a total of 4380.98 points and Deignan's three victories. Second place went to Boels–Dolmans, the previous winners of the classification in each of the first four years of the UCI Women's World Tour, with 3177.02 points and four victories – van der Breggen's pair of victories, Jolien D'Hoore's win at Gent–Wevelgem,[11] while Chantal van den Broek-Blaak won the Tour of Flanders.[16] Team Sunweb completed the final top three with 2876.98 points and the two victories earned by Wiebes (Three Days of Bruges–De Panne)[12] and Lippert. Other than Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling, Mitchelton–Scott were the other team to win during 2020 with Annemiek van Vleuten's victory at Strade Bianche.[17]

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,[18] and the Emakumeen Euskal Bira and Tour of California was cancelled due to financial pressures.[19]

Due to the

The Women's Tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[27] Three Belgian races were postponed on 17 March,[28][29] with the Amstel Gold Race also postponed the following day.[30] By mid-April, only one race had been completed,[31] while thirteen other races had been either postponed or cancelled outright; no racing was rescheduled before July.[32]

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.[33][34] 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][33]
Race Date First Second Third Leader
Australia Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Women 1 February  Liane Lippert (GER)  Arlenis Sierra (CUB)  Amanda Spratt (AUS)  Liane Lippert (GER)
Italy Strade Bianche 1 August[a]  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  
Margarita Victoria García
 (ESP) 		 Leah Thomas (USA)
France GP de Plouay 25 August[b]  Lizzie Deignan (GBR)  Lizzy Banks (GBR)  Chiara Consonni (ITA)
France La Course by Le Tour de France 29 August[c]  Lizzie Deignan (GBR)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Lizzie Deignan (GBR)
Italy Giro Rosa 11–19 September[d]  Anna van der Breggen (NED)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
La Flèche Wallonne
 30 September[e]  Anna van der Breggen (NED)  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 4 October[e]  Lizzie Deignan (GBR)  Grace Brown (AUS)  Ellen van Dijk (NED)  Lizzie Deignan (GBR)
Belgium Gent–Wevelgem 11 October[f]  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Lisa Brennauer (GER)
Belgium Tour of Flanders 18 October[f]  Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED)  Amy Pieters (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Belgium Three Days of Bruges–De Panne 20 October[g]  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Lisa Brennauer (GER)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Ceratizit Challenge by la Vuelta
 6–8 November[h]  Lisa Brennauer (GER)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)  Lorena Wiebes (NED)

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

The Women's Tour due to be held from 8 to 13 June.[36]

Following the release of the revised calendar on 5 May, the

Paris–Roubaix (scheduled for 25 October) was delayed until 2021, following a surge of cases attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[41]

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.[42] 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.[42] There were also tweaks to the stage points and points for wearing the leader's jersey in stage races.[42]

Individual

La Flèche Wallonne
), the winner of the individual classification.

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  Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Trek–Segafredo 1622.33
2  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 1567.33
3  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling 1424.67
4  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans 1221.67
5  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Lotto–Soudal Ladies
 1050
6  Marianne Vos (NED) CCC Liv 974.50
7  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Mitchelton–Scott 942
8  Demi Vollering (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg 856
9  Liane Lippert (GER) Team Sunweb 838.33
10  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 832
11  Lorena Wiebes (NED) Team Sunweb 814
12  Sarah Roy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 777
13  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) Canyon–SRAM 747
14  Ellen van Dijk (NED) Trek–Segafredo 718.33
15  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans 704.67
16  Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans 510.67
17  Mikayla Harvey (NZL) Équipe Paule Ka 501.17
18  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Sunweb 463.33
19  
Margarita Victoria García
 (ESP) 		Alé BTC Ljubljana 459.33
20  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Boels–Dolmans 454.67
179 riders scored points
Source:[43]

Youth

La Flèche Wallonne
), 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  Liane Lippert (GER) Team Sunweb 28
2  Mikayla Harvey (NZL) Équipe Paule Ka 22
3  Lorena Wiebes (NED) Team Sunweb 16
4  Marta Cavalli (ITA) Valcar–Travel & Service 14
5  Juliette Labous (FRA) Team Sunweb 8
6  Elisa Balsamo (ITA) Valcar–Travel & Service 8
7  Chiara Consonni (ITA) Valcar–Travel & Service 6
8  Vittoria Guazzini (ITA) Valcar–Travel & Service 6
9  Maaike Boogaard (NED) Alé BTC Ljubljana 4
10  Lonneke Uneken (NED) Boels–Dolmans 4
11  Évita Muzic (FRA) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 4
12  Ella Harris (NZL) Canyon–SRAM 4
13  Clara Copponi (FRA) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 2
14  Nicole Steigenga (NED) Doltcini–Van Eyck–Proximus 2
15  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Équipe Paule Ka 2
16  Letizia Borghesi (ITA) Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano 2
Source:[44]

Team

Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team in the table.[45]

Rank Team Points Scoring riders
1 Trek–Segafredo 4380.98 Deignan (1622.33), Longo Borghini (1567.33), van Dijk (718.33), Wiles (228.33), Winder (164.33), Cordon-Ragot (40.33), Henttala (32), Worrack (8)
2 Boels–Dolmans 3177.02 Van der Breggen (1221.67), Pieters (704.67), van den Broek-Blaak (510.67), D'Hoore (454.67), Canuel (94.67), Majerus (80), Uneken (48), Dideriksen (40), Buurman (22.67)
3 Team Sunweb 2876.98
13 riders
Rivera (53.33), Soek (48), Henderson (40), Georgi (24), Koch (24), Andersen (16), Olausson
(16)
4 Mitchelton–Scott 2601 Van Vleuten (942), Roy (777), Brown (421), Spratt (311), Kennedy (77), Roberts (28), G. Williams (24), Ensing (16), Tenniglo (5)
5 CCC Liv 2137
10 riders
Moolman (368.50), Bertizzolo (196.50), S. Paladin (186.50), Lach (120), R. Markus (96), Rooijakkers (65.50), Stultiens (49.50), Korevaar (48), Demey
(32)
6 Canyon–SRAM 1961
14 riders
Niewiadoma (747), H. Barnes (275), A. Barnes (250), Cecchini (199), Amialiusik (191), Harris (80), Shapira (59), Ludwig (54), Cromwell (40), A. Ryan (31), Gafinovitz (16), Riffel (8), Erath (8), Klein (3)
7 Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling 1908.02
Leth (40), Asencio (18), Vieceli (1.67), Wild
(1.67)
8 Équipe Paule Ka 1648.02
Norsgaard
(36.17)
9 FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 1558
11 riders
Gillow (24), Grossetête (16), Wiel
(8)
10
Lotto–Soudal Ladies
 1326 Kopecky (1050), A. Fidanza (172), Vandenbulcke (24), Beekhuis (24), Van de Velde (16), Parkinson (16), Christmas (16), Braam (8)
11 Valcar–Travel & Service 1279
10 riders
Cavalli (426), Consonni (301), Balsamo (290), Guazzini (103), Sanguineti (100), Persico (32), Pollicini (16), Pirrone (9), Campbell (1), Malcotti (1)
12 Alé BTC Ljubljana 1229.98
10 riders
García (459.33), Bastianelli (326), Bujak (211.33), Boogaard (125.33), Guderzo (41.33), Pintar (32), Chursina (24), Yonamine (8), Trevisi (1.33), Žigart
(1.33)
13 Parkhotel Valkenburg 1056
Buysman
(8)
14 Movistar Team 650 Aalerud (201), Erić (113), Patiño (106), Biannic (92), A. González (80), Guarischi (42), Merino (16)
15 Astana 527 Sierra (378), Ragusa (149)
16 Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank 480 Stephens (400), Faulkner (40), Gigante (16), Peñuela (16), Kessler (8)
17 Rally Cycling 156 Hosking (148), L. Williams (8)
18 Bepink 126 Zanardi (46), Valsecchi (24), Frapporti (24), Canvelli (16), Alessio (16)
19 Hitec Products–Birk Sport 115 Kröger (83), Heine (32)
20 Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano 72 Leleivytė (64), Borghesi (8)
32 teams scored points[45]

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 Giro Rosa was initially scheduled for 26 June – 5 July.
  5. ^
    Liège–Bastogne–Liège (26 April) were rescheduled four days apart, after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
    .
  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ The Three Days of Bruges–De Panne was scheduled for 26 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  8. Ceratizit Challenge by la Vuelta was scheduled for 5–6 September, but was postponed after the Vuelta a España
    was postponed from its original dates.

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