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Pro cycling MVPs: Which team duos scored the most points in the women’s WorldTour?
What’s the point of points? Acquired at races, there are different amounts on offer based on the race classification and the point at which riders cross the line. From 2026, the Women’s WorldTour will be on the same three-year cycle of promotion and relegation as the men’s WorldTour.
So who have been the biggest points scorers for the women’s teams in 2024? We’ve totted up the totals of the two best riders from each team to see who really the most valuable.
- 15. Elena Hartmann and Tamara Dronova (Roland) – 1,294 points
- 14. Ashleigh Moolman Pasio and Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) – 1,757.86 points
- 13. Anniina Ahtosalo and Maria Confalonieri (Uno-X Mobility) – 1,976 points
- 12. Cédrine Kerbaol and Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT) – 2,334 points
- 11. Puck Pieterse and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) – 2,418 points
10. Liane Lippert and Arlenis Sierra (Movistar) – 2,468.76 points
Two of the closest teammates in this list. Liane Lippert’s one win this season came a stage win at the Giro d’Italia where she won a three-up sprint. Her most points however come from finishing just off the podium in the World Championships Road Race (325) and a third place at the Classic Lorient Agglomération (260).
Cuban Road Race and ITT Champion Arlenis Sierra also has a sprint victory in a stage race, hers coming at the Vuelta a Andalucía. Second place at the Navarra Elite Classics gave her another 150 points, sixth place at Gent-Wevelgem brought 140 and fifth place at Nokere Koerse earned her 85.
- Liane Lippert: 1,239.76 points
- Arlenis Sierra: 1,229 points
9. Daria Pikulik and Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health) – 2,751 points
Daria Pikulik has acquired an abundance of points having just won the Tour of Guangxi and finished third overall at the Tour of Chongming Island for a combined total of 660.
Meanwhile teammate Ruth Edwards had a consistently impressive Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour in July. Despite not winning a stage, her second place on the first day followed by consistent top ten finishes meant she pulled on the leader’s jersey after the penultimate stage and won the overall by over two minutes.
- Daria Pikulik: 1,924 points
- Ruth Edwards: 827 points
8. Mavi García and Letizia Paternoster (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) – 2,903.14 points
40-year-old Mavi García leads the way for Liv-AlUla-Jayco with her position on general classifications. Finishing third at the UAE Tour and fourth at Itzulia netted her almost 500 points. She was a dominant force at the Vuelta a Andalucía, taking the race lead with her victory on the second stage and going on to win both the overall and points classifications.
A highlight of Letizia Paternoster’s season was a run of form in March that carried her to fourth at Miron Ronde van Drenthe, a podium at Dwars door Vlaanderen and ninth place at Paris-Roubaix Femmes. She came a very close second on the opening stage of the Tour of Britain but her one victory on the road this season comes from the Tour de Gatineau in Canada.
- Mavi García: 1,677.14 points
- Letizia Paternoster: 1,226 points
7. Marianne Vos and Riejanne Markus (Visma-Lease a Bike) – 4,048.75 points
The greatest of all time, Marianne Vos, brought home the most points this season for Visma-Lease a Bike. She’s a ferocious force on all terrain, but she once again shone on the road this year, winning at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Amstel Gold Race as well as picking up points classification victories at La Vuelta Femenina, the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour de France Femmes.
Her most points (475) are the result of a remarkable silver medal at the Olympics for the Netherlands in the road race.
Compatriot and National ITT Champion Riejanne Markus climbed to an impressive second place overall at La Vuelta Femenina, bunnyhopping Elisa Longo Borghini in the standings on the last day. That one race earned 410.7 points in total.
- Marianne Vos: 2,808.71 points
- Riejanne Markus: 1,240.04 points
6. Juliette Labous and Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) – 4,072.14 points
Even though she has only one win this season, French road race champion Juliette Labous has been the top points scorer for DSM-Firmenich-PostNL thanks to an admirable season filled with multiple close results across one-day and stage races.
Labous enjoyed top tens at both La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège before climbing her way to a fourth place overall at La Vuelta Femenina. She also rode to third at Itzulia and fifth at the Tour de Suisse then threw herself into the Giro d’Italia, where strong finishes across stages put her fifth overall in the standings.
Pfeiffer Georgi provided one of the most memorable moments of 2024 when cameras caught her realisation that she made the Paris-Roubaix Femmes podium by outsprinting Marianne Vos on the photofinish. Just over a week later, she raced to fourth at the Amstel Gold Race, with those two combining for 480 points. Her highest one-day score was at the Olympics, a fifth place in the road race bringing 275 points.
- Juliette Labous: 2,360.14 points
- Pfeiffer Georgi: 1,712 points
5. Évita Muzic and Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) – 4,081.14 points
Évita Muzic shone in stage races this season, finishing second overall at the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, just off the podium at the Tour de France Femmes and fifth at La Vuelta Femenina for a combined 720 points. Despite being sidelined from her home Olympics, she earned 150 points with a second place at the Giro dell’Emilia.
It has been a spectacular swan song for Grace Brown, who has had perhaps the season to end all seasons as she retires from professional cycling. From victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège to an overall win at the Bretagne Ladies Tour, she doubled up with Olympic and World Championship titles in the individual time-trial, won another rainbow jersey with the mixed relay, and hung up her cleats with victory at the Chrono des Nations. It’s no wonder she almost hit the top spot for the FDJ-Suez squad.
- Évita Muzic: 2,132.57 points
- Grace Brown: 1,948.57 points
4. Chiara Consonni and Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) – 4,113 points
Olympic medallist on the track Chiara Consonni took a big victory at the Giro d’Italia Women on Stage 2 in which she out-sprint Lotte Kopecky.
The two biggest point pulls came from Gent-Wevelgem (260) and the Classic Brugge-De Panne (220), where she finished third and fourth respectively. In terms of victories, her wins at the GP Eco-Struct, Flanders Diamond Tour and GP della Liberazione PINK all earned 125 points each.
Just last month, Karlijn Swinkels won the Grand Prix de Wallonie followed by the AG Tour de la Semois. Solid results in Belgium at Le Samyn, the Tour of Flanders and Dwars door het Hageland also helped boost her points tally for UAE.
- Chiara Consonni: 2,465 points
- Karlijn Swinkels: 1,648 points
3. Kasia Niewiadoma and Neve Bradbury (Canyon-SRAM) – 4,205 points
After what was one of the most exciting days of racing of the whole season, Kasia Niewiadoma won the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, the jewel in a crown of a season that had earlier brought her first road victory in almost five years. The overall wins at the Tour de France Femmes and La Flèche Wallonne gave the Polish rider 800 points while second place at the Tour of Flanders, fourth place at Strade Bianche and fifth at Liège-Bastogne-Liège combined for 720 points.
22-year-old Neve Bradbury has a trio of youth classification victories this season at the UAE Tour, Tour de Suisse and Giro d’Italia. At the Tour de Suisse Bradbury and Niewiadoma delivered a memorable 1-2 for Canyon-SRAM on Stage 3 after attacking from the breakaway, securing the Aussie’s first professional victory.
She has also shone in general classifications despite her young age, finishing second at both the Tour de Suisse and UAE Tour for 320 points each, with a podium at the Giro d’Italia Women bringing her 260 points. Watch out for her in seasons to come.
- Kasia Niewiadoma: 2,574 points
- Neve Bradbury: 1,631 points
2. Elisa Longo Borghini and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) – 7,539.81 points
There’s a big difference between second and third on this list. Over 3,000 points ahead stands the Lidl-Trek Italian duo of Elisa Longo Borghini and Elisa Balsamo. Longo Borghini is always a fighting force on the bike and was able to keep Lotte Kopecky at bay to win the maglia rosa at the Giro d’Italia Women. She maintained strong form to the end of the season, finishing it off by winning at the Giro dell’Emilia.
Longo Borghini ran riot earlier in the season too, winning big at the Tour of Flanders and Brabantse Pijl, finishing second at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and third at La Flèche Wallonne to total 1,180 points. She sits third overall in the UCI points rankings but will move to UAE Team ADQ next season.
Balsamo also hit the ground running this year, two victories at the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana preceded success at Trofeo Alfredo Binda and the Classic Brugge-De Panne. She also had some big second places at Paris-Roubaix, Gent-Wevelgem and Ronde van Drenthe.
- Elisa Longo Borghini: 4,798.81 points
- Elisa Balsamo: 2,741 points
1. Lotte Kopecky and Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) – 11,400.29 points
There’s an even bigger difference between second and first. Taking the top spot by almost 4,000 points is, to no one’s surprise, the SD Worx-Protime squad with Lotte Kopecky and Demi Vollering. The dynamic duo was once again on fire this season, Kopecky with 16 wins and Vollering with 15.
Kopecky scored overall victory at the UAE Tour followed by wins at Strade Bianche, Nokere Koerse and Paris-Roubaix Femmes. The Belgian won both the road race and time-trial at the National Championships, secured a bronze medal in the Olympics road race, won the European Championships time-trial and defended her road race title at the World Championships. Of course she takes prime position in the UCI rankings with a season most could only dream of.
Second place on the ranking is Vollering, and it’s easy to see why. Two stages, the mountains classification and the overall at La Vuelta Femenina, a clean sweep of jerseys at Itzulia, overall wins at both the Vuelta a Burgos and Tour de Suisse. The list goes on, but these four sit at the top, the general classification wins bringing home 400 points each.
While Vollering was understandably disappointed to not retain her maillot jaune at the Tour de France Femmes, her second place earned 320 points, equal to her second places at La Flèche Wallonne and the Tour de Romandie Féminin.
Vollering is on the move this winter, with her next team – rumoured to be FDJ-Suez – set for a huge uptake in points in 2025.
- Lotte Kopecky: 6,389 points
- Demi Vollering: 5,011.29 points
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