The 1998 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the inaugural edition of the

UCI Women's Road World Cup The UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup was a season-long road bicycle competition for women organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale between 1998–2015. This competition consisted of a series (which has varied from 6 to 12 events) of rac ...

. It consisted of six rounds in

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and

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. The champion was

Diana Žiliūtė Diana Žiliūtė (; born 28 May 1976 in Rietavas) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated women's road racing in the late 1990s. She made her debut in the pro cycling ranks in the mid-1990s after winning the 1994 World Junior Road Race Cham ...

, who won two rounds and finished with a points tally over double that of her nearest rival.

Races

Final classification

External links

* 1998 in women's road cycling UCI Women's Road World Cup {{Cycling-race-stub