UCI announces women's pro teams

The UCI today announced a list of 33 women's teams registered as professional squads for 2013. For the first time, it also will require invitations for the top 20 teams to the World Cup events. Previously, those races were obligated to accept the top 15 pro teams plus the top five national teams.

The top five nations of the 2012 UCI rankings - The Netherlands, Germany, United States, Italy and Great Britain - will still be automatically invited to 1.1 and 2.1 events for 2013 along with the top 10 of the fictitious rankings.

The UCI will also roll out the new 2.HC ranking for women's stage races. The new rules for the three races granted 2.HC status will require the top 15 teams in the fictitious rankings to be invited.

Only three races have been given 2.HC status: The Exergy Tour, Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen and Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial Michela Fanini.

The 'fictitious rankings' were calculated using the individual UCI points of the top four athletes from each team, plus the UCI points won at the 2012 UCI road world championships team time trial.

World and Olympic champion Marianne Vos and her Rabo Women's team lead the rankings, with Specialized-lululemon and Orica-AIS in second and third.

The American Optum and Tibco women's team made the top 15, but Exergy-Twenty16 landed outside the top 20 after the retirement of Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong.

2013 UCI women's fictitious rankings

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1Rabo Women Cycling Team2879pts
2Specialized - Lululemon2417Row 1 - Cell 3
3Orica - AIS1546.75Row 2 - Cell 3
4Hitec Products UCK1097Row 3 - Cell 3
5Pasta Zara - Cogeas871Row 4 - Cell 3
6Boels Dolmans Cycling Team817.75Row 5 - Cell 3
7RusVelo801.25Row 6 - Cell 3
8MCipollini Giordana771.1Row 7 - Cell 3
9Bepink767Row 8 - Cell 3
10Lotto Belisol Ladies639.5Row 9 - Cell 3
11Team Argos - Shimano632Row 10 - Cell 3
12Wiggle Honda628Row 11 - Cell 3
13Sengers Ladies Cycling Team622.34Row 12 - Cell 3
14Team Tibco - To The Top619.17Row 13 - Cell 3
15Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies453.67Row 14 - Cell 3
16Faren - Let's Go Finland Team337.67Row 15 - Cell 3
17S.C. Michela Fanini - Rox281Row 16 - Cell 3
18Vaiano Fondriest276Row 17 - Cell 3
19China Chongming - Giant Pro Cycling181Row 18 - Cell 3
20Team Polaris179Row 19 - Cell 3
21GSD Gestion - Kallisto174Row 20 - Cell 3
22Exergy Twenty16170Row 21 - Cell 3
23Vienne Futuroscope168Row 22 - Cell 3
24Bizkaia - Durango99Row 23 - Cell 3
25Topsport Vlaaderen - Bioracer87Row 24 - Cell 3
26Cyclelive Plus - Zannata71.25Row 25 - Cell 3
27Lointek54Row 26 - Cell 3
28Cramo Go:Green44.5Row 27 - Cell 3
29Team Pratomagno Women12.25Row 28 - Cell 3
30Squadra Scappatella10Row 29 - Cell 3
31Top Girls Fassa Bortolo6Row 30 - Cell 3
Row 31 - Cell 0 Bourgogne – Pro Dialog0Row 31 - Cell 3
Row 32 - Cell 0 Servetto Footon0Row 32 - Cell 3

 

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