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. It featured nine one-day races of the former

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, plus another four one-day races. However, unlike its predecessor, the World Tour also incorporated four stage races, in China, the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy respectively. The individual classification was won by American rider

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, riding for the team. Guarnier took the lead of the standings after winning the

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, maintaining it for the remainder of the year, adding further race victories at the Philadelphia Cycling Classic, and the

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. Her closest competitor, Canada's

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() finished over 300 points in arrears in second place. Third place in the standings went to the defending world champion

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of Great Britain, also riding for . Armitstead took four victories – the most by any rider in 2016 – including a win in her home race, the

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. In the other classifications, rider

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from Poland was the winner of the youth classification for riders under the age of 23. Niewiadoma took six victories in the classification, and finished with twice the number of points as compared to her nearest challenger, Dutch rider

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of . were the winners of the teams classification, taking ten wins out of a possible seventeen, including the opening five races of the season. took three victories with

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taking a pair of victories and

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winning the final race, as they finished as runners-up in the standings.

Events

Final points standings

Individual

Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.

Youth

Katarzyna Niewiadoma 1 Fleche Wallonne 2016

The top three riders in the final results of each World Tour event's young rider classification received points towards the standings. Six points were awarded to first place, four points to second place and two points to third place.

Team

Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of the top four riders of a team in each race, plus points gained in the Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT.

References

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