2016 UCI World Tour
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| Sixth edition of the UCI World Tour | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 January – 1 October |
| Location | Australia, Europe and Canada |
| Races | 27 |
| Champions | |
| Individual champion | Peter Sagan (Slovakia) (Tinkoff) |
| Teams' champion | Movistar Team |
| Nations' champion | Spain |
The 2016 UCI World Tour was a competition that included 27 road cycling events throughout the 2016 men's cycling season. It was the eighth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition started with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 19 January, and concluded with Il Lombardia on 1 October. Spain's Alejandro Valverde was the two-times defending champion.
Valverde was unable to defend his title, as he finished fourth in the individual rankings. The title was won for the first time by Slovakian rider Peter Sagan for the Tinkoff team, scoring 669 points over the course of the season. This included victories at Gent–Wevelgem, the Tour of Flanders and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. Second place went to Valverde's Movistar Team team-mate Nairo Quintana, 60 points behind Sagan; Quintana also won three races overall: the Volta a Catalunya, the Tour de Romandie and the season's final Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España. Third place in the individual rankings went to Chris Froome (Team Sky), 45 points behind Quintana and 105 in arrears of Sagan. Froome took two wins on French soil during the World Tour campaign, winning the Critérium du Dauphiné as well as the Tour de France.
Two other sub-classifications were also contested. In the teams' rankings, Movistar Team finished top for the fourth year running, with a total of 1471 points. Second place went to Tinkoff, 110 points behind, while Team Sky finished in third position. The nations' rankings was headed by Spain, with a points advantage of 29 over Colombia, with Great Britain over 400 points adrift of Spain in third place.
Professional cycling teams were divided into several tiers: the top teams were UCI WorldTeams and were automatically entitled and obliged to enter all World Tour races. The organisers of each race were also permitted to invite other teams – generally UCI Professional Continental teams – to compete alongside the WorldTeams.[1] The UCI selected the teams based on sporting, ethical, financial and administrative criteria.[2] The number of WorldTeams was limited to 18. In October 2015, 17 teams were granted WorldTeam status by the UCI; these were the same teams that competed in the 2015 UCI World Tour.[3] In November, the final WorldTeam licence was awarded to Team Dimension Data, which had previously competed at Professional Continental level as MTN–Qhubeka. There were therefore a total of 18 teams[4] selected for the 2016 World Tour.[2]
As well as the addition of Team Dimension Data, there were two other changes to the team names for the 2016 season. The team that in 2015 had competed as Tinkoff–Saxo lost Saxo Bank as a sponsor and therefore became Tinkoff, while Cannondale–Garmin became Cannondale, although Garmin remained a sponsor of the team.[3] Cannondale later became Cannondale–Drapac and Orica–GreenEDGE became Orica–BikeExchange as a result of mid-season sponsorship agreements.
| Code | Official Team Name | Country | Groupset | Road Bike(s) | Time Trial Bike | Wheels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALM | AG2R La Mondiale (2016 season) |  France |
SRAM | Focus Izalco Max Focus Cayo |
Focus Izalco Chrono | Zipp |
| AST | Astana (2016 season) |  Kazakhstan |
Campagnolo | Specialized Venge S-Works Tarmac Specialized Roubaix |
Specialized Shiv | Corima |
| BMC | BMC Racing Team (2016 season) |  United States |
Shimano | BMC Teammachine SLR01 BMC Timemachine TMR01 BMC Granfondo GF01 |
BMC TimeMachine TM01 | Shimano |
| CPT | Cannondale–Drapac (2016 season) | United States |
Shimano | Cannondale SuperSix EVO Cannondale Synapse |
Cannondale Slice | Mavic |
| DDD | Team Dimension Data (2016 season) |  South Africa |
Shimano/Rotor | Cervelo S5 Cervelo R5 Cervelo C5 |
Cervelo P5 | Enve |
| EQS | Etixx–Quick-Step (2016 season) |  Belgium |
Shimano FSA |
Specialized Venge S-Works Tarmac Specialized Roubaix |
Specialized Shiv | Shimano |
| FDJ | FDJ (2016 season) | France |
Shimano | Lapierre Xelius SL Lapierre AircodeSL Lapierre Pulsium |
Lapierre Aerostorm | Shimano |
| IAM | IAM Cycling (2016 season) |  Switzerland |
Shimano | Scott Foil Scott Addict Scott Solace |
Scott Plasma | DT Swiss |
| LAM | Lampre–Merida (2016 season) |  Italy |
Shimano Rotor |
Merida Reacto Evo Merida Scultura Merida Ride |
Merida Warp | Fulcrum |
| LTS | Lotto–Soudal (2016 season) | Belgium |
Campagnolo | Ridley Helium SL Ridley Noah SL Ridley Fenix SL |
Ridley Dean Fast | Campagnolo |
| MOV | Movistar Team (2016 season) |  Spain |
Campagnolo | Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Canyon Aeroad CF SLX Canyon Endurance CF SL |
Canyon Speedmax CF | Campagnolo |
| OGE | Orica–BikeExchange (2016 season) |  Australia |
Shimano | Scott Foil Scott Addict Scott Solace |
Scott Plasma | Shimano |
| TGA | Team Giant–Alpecin (2016 season) |  Germany |
Shimano | Giant TCR Advanced SL Giant Propel Advanced SL Giant Defy Advanced SL |
Giant Trinity | Shimano |
| KAT | Team Katusha (2016 season) |  Russia |
SRAM | Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Canyon Aeroad CF SLX Canyon Endurance CF SL |
Canyon Speedmax CF | Zipp |
| TLJ | LottoNL–Jumbo (2016 season) |  Netherlands |
Shimano | Bianchi OltreXR2 Bianchi Specialissima Bianchi Infinito CV |
Bianchi Aquila CV | Shimano |
| SKY | Team Sky (2016 season) |  Great Britain |
Shimano | Pinarello Dogma F8 Pinarello Dogma K8-S Pinarello Dogma K8 [8] |
Pinarello Bolide | Shimano |
| TNK | Tinkoff (2016 season) | Russia |
Shimano | Specialized Venge S-Works Tarmac Specialized Roubaix |
Specialized Shiv | Roval |
| TFS | Trek–Segafredo (2016 season) | United States |
Shimano | Trek Emonda Trek Madone Trek Domane |
Trek SpeedConcept | Bontrager |
