1998 UCI Women's Road World Cup
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The 1998 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the inaugural edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. It consisted of six rounds in Australia
, Europe
and North America
. The champion was Diana Žiliūtė
, who won two rounds and finished with a points tally over double that of her nearest rival.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. The champion was Diana Žiliūtė
Diana Žiliute
Diana Žiliūtė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated the sport in the late 1990s, and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day....
, who won two rounds and finished with a points tally over double that of her nearest rival.
Races
| Date | Event | Country | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia World Cup, Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... |
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| Liberty Classic Liberty Classic The Liberty Classic is an annual women's bicycle race held since 1994 simultaneously with the Philadelphia International Championship.The 57.6 mile race consists of four laps of a 14.4 mile circuit through Philadelphia with 5 climbs up the famous Manayunk Wall. The Liberty Classic is the final leg... |
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| Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal | |||
| Trophée International Trophée International The Trophée International was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1996 and 2001 in France. In 1998, 1999 and 2001 it was part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup... |
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| Ladies Tour Beneden-Maas | |||
| GP William Tell | |||
Final classification
| # | Cyclist | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 271 | |
| 2 | 134 | |
| 3 | 126 | |
| 4 | 87 | |
| 5 | 87 | |
| 6 | 84 | |
| 7 | 75 | |
| 8 | 75 | |
| 9 | 63 | |
| 10 | 59 |