The 2025 UCI Women's World Tour is a competition with twenty-seven

road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws a ...

events throughout the 2025 women's cycling season. The competition began with the

Women's Tour Down Under The Women's Tour Down Under (known for sponsorship reasons as the Santos Limited, Santos Women's Tour Down Under) is an annual professional road bicycle racing for women in Australia. It is held in conjunction with the Tour Down Under. From 20 ...

from 17 to 19 January, and will finish with the

Tour of Guangxi The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional Road bicycle racing, cycling race held in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The m ...

on 19 October. It is the tenth edition of the

UCI Women's World Tour The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. , the tour includes 27 events in Europe, Asia and Oceania – with one-day races such as Strade Bianche Donne and Paris–Roubaix Femmes, stage races such as Wo ...

– launched by the

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(UCI) in 2016 – but for the first time is not a ranking competition in its own right, with the rankings having been removed from the UCI's Road Race regulations.

Events

The initial race calendar for the 2025 season was announced in June 2024, with twenty-nine races initially scheduled. The calendar was similar to 2024, with the scheduled return of the Tour of Scandinavia following a hiatus in 2024 due to a lack of funding. Organisers of the

Tour de France Femmes The Tour de France Femmes () is an annual women's road bicycle racing, cycle stage race around France. It is organised by Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), which also runs the Tour de France. It is part of the UCI Women's WorldTour, UCI Women's Wo ...

announced that the race would be extended to nine days in length, becoming the longest event on the calendar. Following the announcement, the

RideLondon Classique RideLondon Classique is a women's cycle stage race held in Essex and London as part of the UCI Women's World Tour. Part of the RideLondon cycling festival, the race was originally held as a one-day race in central London, and became a stage race ...

was cancelled by organisers, as it was not possible to run the race on the June date offered by the UCI. In July 2024, the

Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe () was an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professiona ...

was removed from the calendar as a result of economic reasons. In October 2024, the final calendar was announced with the addition of two new events – the previously rumoured women's edition of

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

(last held in 2005), and a new one-day race in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

, the

Copenhagen Sprint The Copenhagen Sprint is a pair of Road bicycle racing, professional cycle races held in Denmark for women and men as part of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women's World Tour. The race is held on Zealand, the most populous island of Denmark, with a ...

. Other rumoured events such as promotion of the

Thüringen Ladies Tour The Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour, formerly known as the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (Women's Tour of Thuringia) was a stage race for women road bicycle racing, road cycle racers held every July in the German states of Germany, state of Thurin ...

from the

UCI Women's ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier women's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI Women's World Tour, but above the various 1.1/2.1 and 1.2/2.2 races. , the tour consists of 14 races in Europe an ...

did not occur. In January 2025, it was announced that the Tour of Scandinavia would not be revived due to lack of interest from sponsors and host broadcasters, reducing the calendar to twenty-seven races.

2025 UCI Women's WorldTeams

The fifteen Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events, with the top two

UCI Women's ProTeams A UCI Women's Team is a women's road bicycle team sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI). These teams compete in the major women's bicycle races including the UCI Women's World Tour. The country designation of each team is determined ...

listed on the 2024 UCI World Ranking ( and VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam) also invited automatically. Other Continental women's teams were invited by the organisers of each race.

Changes for 2025

The individual women's elite classification and youth classification (where the leader of each wore a distinctive jersey) was abolished, with the UCI women's road world rankings superseding them as the official rankings table for the sport. A second tier of women's teams was added below the UCI Women's WorldTeams, with seven UCI Women's ProTeams.

References

External links

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