2018 UCI Women's World Tour

Having taken three podium finishes, van Vleuten took the top spot after a strong second half of the season commencing at the women's Grand Tour, the Giro Rosa.

Van Vleuten won three of the last four stages, taking the overall victory by over four minutes from her closest competitor,[2] as well as winning the race's points classification.

[9] In the August Scandinavian races, Vos won the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden road race,[10] before taking a clean sweep of the Ladies Tour of Norway, winning all three stages and the general classification, taking the World Tour lead in the process.

Van der Breggen, with 1323.33 points,[5] led the classification for most of the season, taking four victories by the end of the April, including the season-opening Strade Bianche,[14] and two of the three Ardennes classics, with only the Amstel Gold Race – won by teammate Chantal Blaak[15] – not going to van der Breggen.

Van der Breggen skipped the Giro Rosa,[16] and failed to win another individual race on the World Tour, with her only remaining success of the season coming during the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden team time trial.

[18] The Ladies Tour of Norway also added a stand-alone team time trial that awarded full points to the rankings, held the day before the main stage race.