Wiggle High5 ranked as top team at the start of 2016
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Emma Johansson (Wiggle High5)(Image credit: Wiggle High5)
Boels Dolmans meets for the first of three camps in Spain (bikes and clothing are 2015 Boels Dolmans team issued)(Image credit: Irmo Keizer)
The 2016 Rabo-Liv team(Image credit: Bert Geerts/dcp-bertgeerts@xs4all.nl)
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and her Bigla teammates check out the competition at sign in(Image credit: Sean Robinson/Velofocus)
Gracie Elvin and her Orica-AIS team after winning the overall(Image credit: Con Chronis)
Tiff Cromwell in the Canyon//SRAM team kit(Image credit: Canyon SRAM)
The UCI published the names and ranking order of the first 40 elite women’s teams registered with the sport governing body for the 2016 season. Wiggle High5 took the number one rank, which is based on the individual UCI points of the top four best riders for each team.
“On the basis of this ranking, the best teams will automatically be invited to participate in the major events on the calendar,” the statement from the UCI read. The team ranking also takes into account the UCI points earned from the team time trial at the World Championships in Richmond, Virginia, last September.
The UCI announced the inaugural Women’s WorldTour last fall that will include 17 events. The series includes a mix of one-day races and stage races. The Women’s WorldTour will replace the World Cup.
According to the UCI’s statement, organisers of events on the Women’s WorldTour are obliged to send invitations to the top 20 UCI women’s teams for one-day races and the top 10 UCI women’s teams for stage races.
In addition, organisers of 1.1- and 2.1-level events are obliged to send invitations to the top 10 2016 UCI women’s teams and the top five nations of the 2015 UCI nation’s ranking, which are the Netherlands, USA, Italy, Australia and Great Britain.
The top 10 UCI women’s teams, according to the UCI’s statement, are Wiggle High5, Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team, Boels Dolmans, Canyon//SRAM, Cervelo Bigla, Orica-AIS, Hitec Products, Cylance Pro Cycling, Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank and Liv Plantur.
2016 UCI elite women's teams
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Team
Header Cell - Column 2
1
Wiggle High5
3390.5
2
Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team
3120.5
3
Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
2929.92
4
Canyon Sram Racing
2433
5
Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team
1482.17
6
Orica - AIS
1330.34
7
Hitec Products
1275.17
8
Cylance Pro Cycling
854
9
Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank
762.67
10
Team Liv-Plantur
730
11
UnitedHealthcare Professional Women's Cycling Team
