The UCI has announced the launch of a new “rolling” world ranking system that will take into account the results of the previous 52 weeks. The new UCI World Ranking will be published every Monday, beginning from January 11.
Unlike the current WorldTour ranking, which only takes WorldTour races into consideration and only allows points to be scored by riders from WorldTour teams, the new ranking is open to all riders and will encompass results from the entire calendar, including the Continental circuits, national and world championships, and Olympic Games.
In a statement announcing the news on Thursday, the UCI compared its new system to that of the ATP in tennis and highlighted that a similar ranking already exists in women’s cycling.
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The UCI Continental rankings will continue to be calculated in tandem with the new UCI World Ranking but they, too, will switch to a rolling, 52-week system and will be published once a week. Another novelty is that riders from WorldTour teams will now be able to score points in the Continental rankings.
The UCI noted that the rolling nature of the new ranking system will “only come fully into effect one year after its introduction,” that is, in time for the planned implementation of reforms to the cycling calendar in 2017.
Last week, Tour de France organiser ASO announced that it would withdraw its events from the WorldTour calendar in 2017 due to its concerns about the planned reforms.
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