2016 UCI World Tour
The 2016 UCI World Tour was a series of 27 road cycling races held from January 19 to October 1, taking place in Australia, Europe, and Canada. It crowned Peter Sagan of Slovakia the individual champion with 669 points (riding for Tinkoff). Sagan won races including Gent–Wevelgem, the Tour of Flanders, and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. Nairo Quintana of Movistar finished second, 60 points behind, after winning Volta a Catalunya, the Tour de Romandie, and the Vuelta a España. Chris Froome of Team Sky finished third, 105 points behind Sagan, with victories at the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de France. The two-time defending champion Alejandro Valverde finished fourth.
Movistar Team won the teams’ title with 1,471 points, followed by Tinkoff and Team Sky. Spain led the nations’ rankings, ahead of Colombia and Great Britain.
Team and race changes: the WorldTour included 18 WorldTeams, with Team Dimension Data joining the top tier. Tinkoff-Saxo became Tinkoff, Cannondale–Garmin became Cannondale (later Cannondale–Drapac), and Orica–GreenEdge became Orica–BikeExchange due to sponsorship changes. All events from 2015 were included, though some dates shifted.
New ranking system: a 52-week World Rankings ran alongside the regular World Tour rankings. The World Team Time Trial at the World Championships generated controversy when the AIGCP urged WorldTeams to boycott it unless they received participation allowances. After some debate, WorldTeams were allowed to compete, but no points were awarded toward the World Tour rankings.
How rankings worked: riders earned points across World Tour events, with ties broken by number of wins, then seconds, thirds, and so on. Team rankings were based on the top five riders from each team, and national rankings were based on the top five riders from each country; national rankings helped determine how many riders a country could enter at the World Championships.
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