UCI points update brings Women's WorldTour system in line with men's, designating women's Monuments and boosting Tour de France Femmes

(From L) Stage winner and second placed Team SD Worx - Protime's Dutch rider Demi Vollering, Overalll leader and first placed Canyon//SRAM Racing team's Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey and third placed Fenix-Deceuninck team's Dutch rider Pauliena Rooijakkers celebrate on the podium after competing in the 8th and last stage of the third edition of the Women's Tour de France cycling race, a 149.9 km between Le Grand Bornand and the Alpe d'Huez, in L'Alpe d'Huez, south-eastern France, on August 18, 2024. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP) (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images).

After last week's major announcement from the UCI on various new tech rules and the 2026 race calendars, cycling's governing body has ushered in a few more smaller amendments this week, including the minimum gearing test and tweaks to the points system and new rules on race neutralisations.

The points changes, which will come into force on October 20 this year, see some minor shuffles and changes to the points allocation for men's races, and a major overhaul of the system for women's races to bring in parity with the men's system.