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2023 UCI Women's World Tour

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2023 UCI Women's World Tour
Eighth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour
Details
Dates15 January – 17 October 2023
Location
Races27
Champions
Individual championDemi Vollering (SD Worx)
Teams' championSD Worx
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The 2023 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2023 women's cycling season. It was the eighth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour, the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition began with the Women's Tour Down Under from 15 to 17 January, and finished with the Tour of Guangxi on 17 October.[1]

Dutch rider Demi Vollering (SD Worx) won the individual classification with 4891.86 points, leading the classification for the majority of the season. She had seven overall victories, including winning all three Ardennes classics, as well as the second edition of Tour de France Femmes.[2]

Second place went to Belgian rider Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx), with 2735 points, over 2000 points behind Vollering. She won three events including the Tour of Flanders. Third place was taken by Swiss rider Marlen Reusser (SD Worx) with 2512.86 points, after winning three events. Sixteen different riders won races, with five riders holding the individual classification lead during the season.[2]

As in previous years, the teams classification was won by SD Worx – their seventh win in eight seasons, with the top three places in the overall classification all being SD Worx riders. The youth classification was won by Dutch rider Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl–Trek), who finished 11th in the individual classification.[2]

Events

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Demi Vollering (pictured at the Tour de France Femmes) won the overall classification, with her team SD Worx winning the team classification
Shirin van Anrooij (pictured at La Flèche Wallonne Féminine) won the youth classification

The race calendar for the 2023 season was announced in June 2022,[3] with thirty races initially scheduled,[4] up from twenty-three that were held in 2022. The calendar featured several new races including the Women's Tour Down Under, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and La Vuelta Femenina. Races outside Europe returned for the first time since 2020, with two races in Australia, two races in China and one race in the United Arab Emirates.[1]

2023 UCI Women's World Tour
Race Date First Second Third Leader
Australia Women's Tour Down Under 15–17 January  Grace Brown (AUS)  Amanda Spratt (AUS)  Georgia Williams (NZL)  Grace Brown (AUS)
Australia Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 28 January  Loes Adegeest (NED)  Amanda Spratt (AUS)  Nina Buijsman (NED)  Amanda Spratt (AUS)
United Arab Emirates UAE Tour 9–12 February  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)  Gaia Realini (ITA)  Silvia Persico (ITA)
Belgium Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 25 February  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
Italy Strade Bianche Donne 4 March  Demi Vollering (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)
Netherlands Ronde van Drenthe 11 March  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Susanne Andersen (NOR)  Maike van der Duin (NED)  Lorena Wiebes (NED)
Italy Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 19 March  Shirin van Anrooij (NED)  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Vittoria Guazzini (ITA)
Belgium Classic Brugge–De Panne 23 March  Pfeiffer Georgi (GBR)  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Lorena Wiebes (NED)
Belgium Gent–Wevelgem 26 March  Marlen Reusser (SUI)  Megan Jastrab (USA)  Maike van der Duin (NED)
Belgium Tour of Flanders 2 April  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
France Paris–Roubaix Femmes 8 April  Alison Jackson (CAN)  Katia Ragusa (ITA)  Marthe Truyen (BEL)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Netherlands Amstel Gold Race 16 April  Demi Vollering (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Shirin van Anrooij (NED)
Belgium La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 19 April  Demi Vollering (NED)  Liane Lippert (GER)  Gaia Realini (ITA)
Belgium Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes 23 April  Demi Vollering (NED)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)  Marlen Reusser (SUI)  Demi Vollering (NED)
Spain La Vuelta Femenina 1–7 May  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Gaia Realini (ITA)
Spain Itzulia Women 12–14 May  Marlen Reusser (SUI)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
Spain Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 18–21 May  Demi Vollering (NED)  Shirin van Anrooij (NED)  Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA)
United Kingdom RideLondon Classique 26–28 May  Charlotte Kool (NED)  Chloé Dygert (USA)  Lizzie Deignan (GBR)
Switzerland Tour de Suisse Women 17–20 June  Marlen Reusser (SUI)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
Italy Giro Donne 30 June – 9 July  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Juliette Labous (FRA)  Gaia Realini (ITA)
France Tour de France Femmes 23–30 July  Demi Vollering (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
Norway/Denmark Tour of Scandinavia 23–27 August  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)  Amber Kraak (NED)
France Classic Lorient Agglomération 2 September  Mischa Bredewold (NED)  Marta Lach (POL)  Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA)
Netherlands Simac Ladies Tour 5–10 September  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Anna Henderson (GBR)
Switzerland Tour de Romandie Féminin 15–17 September  Demi Vollering (NED)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)  Marlen Reusser (SUI)
China Tour of Chongming Island 12–14 October  Chiara Consonni (ITA)  Mylène de Zoete (NED)  Daria Pikulik (POL)
China Tour of Guangxi 17 October  Daria Pikulik (POL)  Chiara Consonni (ITA)  Mia Griffin (IRL)

Race cancellations

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In January, the Vårgårda Cykelklubb ceased the organisation of the Vårgårda West Sweden races due to economic reasons,[5] reducing the calendar to twenty-eight races. In March, SweetSpot announced that the 2023 edition of The Women's Tour had been cancelled due to financial reasons (20% higher costs than 2022, and loss of key sponsors). This reduced the calendar to twenty-seven races.[6]

Changes for 2023

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The number of riders allowed per team was changed – stage races longer than five stages had seven riders and two team support vehicles. For shorter events, organisers were able to decide whether to have six or seven riders per team.[1]

The minimum salary per rider was increased, with an additional category for new professional ("neo-pro") riders.[7]

2023 UCI Women's WorldTeams

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The fifteen Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events, with the two best 2022 UCI Women's Continental Teams (Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling and Lifeplus Wahoo) also invited automatically. Other Continental women's teams were invited by the organisers of each race.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Frattini, Kirsten (6 January 2023). "Women's WorldTour – The definitive guide for 2023". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Road Rankings". www.uci.org. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  3. ^ Price, Matilda (17 June 2022). "Four events added to Women's WorldTour calendar for 2023". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. ^ "From Australia to China, the rendezvous of the 2023 UCI Women's WorldTour". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  5. ^ Weislo, Laura (25 January 2023). "Women's WorldTour shrinks as West Sweden Vårgårda races cancelled". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  6. ^ Bull, Nick (31 March 2023). "Women's Tour 2023 postponed". The Women's Tour. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (24 October 2022). "Development a key focus in sweeping changes to 2023 Women's WorldTour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.