2017 UCI World Tour
| Ninth edition of the UCI World Tour | |
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| Dates | 17 January – 24 October |
| Location | Australia, China, Europe, Middle East and North America |
| Rounds | 38 |
The 2017 UCI World Tour is an ongoing competition that includes thirty-eight road cycling events throughout the 2017 men's cycling season. It is the ninth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition started with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 17 January and will conclude with the Tour of Guangxi on 24 October. Slovakia's Peter Sagan is the defending champion. The 2017 edition features ten new events.
All events from the 2016 UCI World Tour were included, although some events were scheduled on different dates than previous editions. Ten new events were also added to the calendar. An eleventh event, the Tour of Qatar, was originally added to the calendar in October 2016, but it was cancelled in December 2016 due to lack of sponsorship support. Another new-for-2017 World Tour event, the Presidential Tour of Turkey, was postponed from its initial dates of 18–23 April, in February. In March, following a meeting of the UCI Professional Cycling Council, the race was rescheduled for 10–15 October.
A new points ranking was also introduced for the 2017 season, based upon the points scales for the UCI World Ranking. Therefore, up to 60 riders – up from a maximum of 20 riders at the Grand Tours – would be able to score points in all races. As well as the new points rankings, the ranking by nations was also removed.
Standings after Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.
Team rankings are calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team in the table, plus points gained in the World Team Time Trial Championships (WTTT).
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