UCI world rankings: These are the best teams and nations for the 2024 women's season

For the fourth time in a row, the SD Worx - Protime team has secured the top spot in the world rankings at the end of the season. With the exception of the 2020 season, when Trek won the team classification, the Dutch team has been the non plus ultra in women's cycling since 2016 - back then still under the name Boels Dolmans.

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In total, the team's eight best riders - Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering, Lorena Wiebes, Mischa Bredewold, Niamh Fisher-Black, Christine Majerus, Blanka Vas and Marlen Reusser - collected 19,501.45 points, almost the same total as last year, when there were 70 more. The first runner-up, Lidl-Trek, scored 12,871.9 points, around 3,500 more than in 2023, meaning that although the gap to the leader has shrunk, it is still huge.

Ceratizit-WNT celebrates two most victories

As in the previous year, the two German teams in the Women's World Tour ranks are once again well represented and were able to improve once again. Canyon//SRAM Racing defended third place in the world rankings, adding around 400 more points with 9511 points. Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling even managed to collect almost 2800 more points than in 2023 (now 6374.67), moving up from tenth to eighth place in the world rankings.

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The team, which has only had a World Tour licence since this season, is placed even higher in the rankings according to the number of victories. Ceratizit even ranks second there. Only SD Worx won more often in 2024. The most victorious team by far has 63 wins to its name. Ceratizit has 20 victories. Lidl-Trek and Visma | Lease a Bike have 17. In this ranking, Canyon ranks second to last among all World Teams with only five victories in 2024; only Fenix-Deceuninck has won even less often (2).

UCI world rankings: The top 10 of the 2024 women's team rankings

1. Team SD Worx - Protime (Netherlands) 19,501.45
2. Lidl-Trek (USA) 12,871.9
3. Canyon//SRAM Racing 9511
4. Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 7983.22
5. UAE Team ADQ 7488
6. Team Visma | Lease a Bike 7077.12
7. FDJ-Suez 7005.28
8. Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 6374.67
9. Liv AlULa Jayco 6299.56
10. Movistar Team 5563.48

Netherlands defends its lead in the nation rankings for the 15th time

The Dutch women are even more dominant than SD Worx in the world team rankings in the nation rankings. There has only been one winner since the ranking was introduced in 2009. However, Oranje's lead over the second-placed Italians has shrunk considerably. While the Dutch women with Demi Vollering, Lorena Wiebes, Marianne Vos, Karlijn Swinkels and Charlotte Kool - the best five riders from each country are counted - collected almost 500 points less than last year and now have 14,856.14 points, Italy with Elisa Longo Borghini, Elisa Balsamo, Chiara Consonni, Gaia Realini and Eleonora Gasparrini recorded an increase of 2,800 points and are now 3000 behind the leaders with 11,865.62 points.

Belgium remains in third place, while the biggest loser is Switzerland, who have dropped out of the top 10 from fourth place without Marlen Reusser's big points haul. Germany also suffered minor losses, losing 400 points and one place in the world rankings to Spain, thus finishing in the top 10. Liane Lippert, Antonia Niedermaier, Franziska Koch, Ricarda Bauernfeind and Hannah Ludwig collected a total of 3711.75 points.

The Germans were able to celebrate seven victories, which means 14th place in the list. With 95 victories in 2024, the Dutch are enthroned at the top. Italy in second place has 40 wins, followed by Belgium with 22.

UCI world rankings: The top 10 of the 2024 UCI Women's Nations Ranking

1. Netherlands 14,856.14 points
2. Italy 11,865.62
3. Belgium 8302.86
4. France 7446.7
5. Poland 6480
6. Australia 5848.57
7. USA 4984.19
8. Great Britain 3902.85
9. Spain 3779.14
10. Germany 3711.75

The previous winners of the UCI team and nation rankings

• 2024 Team SD Worx - Protime 19,501.45 points | Netherlands 14,856.14 points
• 2023 Team SD Worx 19,571.25 | Netherlands 15,245.23
• 2022 Team SD Worx 11,629.01 | Netherlands 14,447.84
• 2021 Team SD Worx 12,389.99 | Netherlands 16,147.99
• 2020 Trek-Segafredo 6931.98 | Netherlands 8314.5
• 2019 Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 5647 | Netherlands 9228
• 2018 Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 4984.38 | Netherlands 8144.88
• 2017 Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 3368 | Netherlands 5398
• 2016 Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam 3918 | Netherlands 4323.75
• 2015 Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team 3120.5 | Netherlands 3645.5
• 2014 Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team 3422.75 | Netherlands 4073
• 2013 Orica-AIS 2138.5 | Netherlands 3442.5
• 2012 Rabobank Women Cycling Team 2879 | Netherlands 3275.42
• 2011 Nederland Bloeit 2594 | Netherlands 3281
• 2010 Cervelo Test Team 2331.83 | Netherlands 3159.41
• 2009 Cervelo Test Team 2321.1 | Netherlands 2889.55