Here the the UCI points tables for the women and like the men’s tables, their tucked inside a PDF on the UCI’s website so this blog post isn’t a gripping read but just puts all the scales on one page for reference.
The women’s rankings system changes for 2026 and copies the same scales as the men but with fewer races on the calendar and stage races that often have shorter durations, there are less points on offer during the season.
The table below is for World Tour races, if it’s a stage race then it’s for the final overall classification. Note the unusual numbers, 1,300 points for the Tour de France win for example rather than, say a round 1000 and then everything scaled proportionately to this.
Next comes the points per stage in the World Tour stage races, as you can see a Tour de France stage is 210 points and points in the major tours go down to 15th each day and 10th for the other stage races.
Next you can see points on offer for final place in the secondary competitions of a major tour, namely the mountains and points competitions. Even if one rider has run away with the competition others will find incentives to keep on scoring points.
Next comes a daily award for leading a World Tour stage race.
Next come all the races outside of the World Tour. Again note these are for the GC in stage races or a one-day race, so winning two one-day races is worth more than winning a two-day stage race in the same category.
The next two tables below shows the points on offer for stages in non-World Tour races and the daily points for leading the race too. As with the men’s tables we have similar clumsy formatting which suggests these tables probably aren’t meant to be for public consumption.
Below are the national championships, split into A and B groups, where A is defined as a nation that started at least one rider in the previous Women’s Elite world championship road race.
Now comes the Continental Championships, think the European championships for the best example but it can be the Asian Games too.
Now for the Worlds and Olympics, big events but the UCI is keen to big them up even more and they are the most lucrative one day races on the calendar in terms of points, 100 more than a Monument classic:
For the last of the tables, here’s the mixed relay time trial at the World Championships which the UCI is keen on promoting, it’s 300 points for the winning team but this is divided by the three women, so 100 points each (of course the men get 100 each too). Diving the points haul by three is why you might see some riders with a score featuring a decimal place at the end of the year.
How To Lose Points
Riders can lose points too. The UCI rules include penalties for bad behaviour and some come with points deductions. They concern cheating like taking short-cuts, using sidewalks, ignoring level-crossing red lights, littering and other misdemeanours, right down to failing to sign on for the day’s racing or show up for the post-race press conference if invited. Any team manager sweating about winning points needs to also encourage riders not to lose them. UCI points are not docked automatically but it is within the scope of many sanctions, the example above comes from the 2025 Tour de France Femmes.
Where to find them
Go to uci.org > “Regulations” link at the top of the page > Scroll down to “Part II – Road Races” > open the big Part II – Road Races PDF > Scroll to Chapter X in the document.
Comment
The scale is new for 2026 and aligns with the men’s points, so the same number of points for the Tour de France whether men or women. So it’s equal in arithmetic but don’t compare men and women for their points haul. Two examples: Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard have enjoyed long spells in the race lead at the Giro, Tour and Vuelta, they can have 15 days of 20 or 25 points for being the overall leader each day; the likes of Demi Vollering or Pauline Ferrand-Prévot would be dominant if they led their races for five days. Above all the calendars are different, there are many more opportunities for men’s teams to score throughout the year.
- The Men’s UCI points tables are here