16.20.016 [article abrogated on 01.01.10] 

16.20.017 Subject to article 16.1.006, the first three riders in each race shall receive from the organizer, respectively, a gold medal (1$^{st}$ place), a silver medal (2$^{nd}$ place) and a bronze medal (3$^{rd}$ place). 

(text modified on 01.07.11; 01.10.12) 

## Individual Ranking 

16.20.018 At the conclusion of each individual race of each event, points are awarded to the first ten riders according to article 16.18.004 for the individual road or track para-cycling world cup ranking. 

(text modified on 01.10.13) 

## Team Ranking (Team Relay and Team Sprint) 

16.20.018 At the end of each round of the world cup, the top ten teams will be awarded the bis number of points set out in the table in article 16.19.004 for the road or track para-cycling world cup team ranking. 

Composite teams are not considered for the purposes of the para-cycling world cup team ranking. 

For the Team Ranking of the para-cycling road world cup, when a nation has more than one team registered, all of its teams are taken into account in accordance with their order of finishing. In the second round of the world cup, teams are again considered in accordance with the order of finishing, regardless of the athletes making up the team. (And so on for the following rounds.) 

Comment: 

In other words, in order to draw up the world cup team ranking, the highest placed team of a Nation (irrespective of the athletes it comprises, who may change from one round to the next) shall contribute the corresponding points to the ranking for that Nation. 

The second-placed team of a Nation, irrespective of the athletes it comprises, shall not add points to the overall ranking but shall keep its place in the classification for the round of the world cup. 

(article introduced on 01.10.13) 

The same applies to the third-placed team of this Nation. 

16.20.019 A «Para-cycling ROAD and Para-cycling TRACK World Cup» ranking by sport class and by gender will be published the week following every event. 

At the conclusion of every competition, the tied riders in the general ranking will be decided by the greatest number of 1$^{st}$ places, 2$^{nd}$ places, etc. by considering only places awarding points. If they are still tied, the best ranking in the most recent event will serve as a tie breaker. 

