Location Europe Teams' champion Wanty–Groupe Gobert | Rounds 283 Nations' champion Belgium | |
Dates 28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)–23 October 2016 Individual champion Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) (Wallonie-Bruxelles–Group Protect) | ||
The 2016 UCI Europe Tour is the twelfth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2016 season began on 28 January 2016 with the Trofeo Santanyí-Ses Salines-Campos and will end on 23 October 2016 with the Chrono des Nations.
French rider Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis), who scored 721 points in the 2015 edition, is the defending champion of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows: