2025 marked the 10th year of the Women's WorldTour, first introduced in 2016 as a cohesive, elite-level calendar division, with WorldTour team status introduced in 2020.
When the WorldTour team system was launched – bringing in things like a minimum wage, proper insurance, and maternity rights – the UCI announced their intention to expand the licences to 15 teams in the first three years, to ensure a good portion of the peloton were operating at a professional level, and raise the standard of the sport.
