CQ-Points are awarded in all races who belong to one of the categories listed here. The points that can be scored in those races are listed here. 

Individual ranking 

• The CQ value of a rider is based on his results of the past 12 months. After a race, the points scored by a rider are added to his previous CQ value, while the points scored in that same race the previous year are substracted.

• The previous rule keeps counting when the date of a race changes. This means that it is possible that some points are taken into account for a period longer or shorter than 12 months.

• When a race is not organized in the course of a year, the points of the previous edition are substracted 52 weeks later.

• Points scored in a stage race will be added to a rider's CQ value after the final stage.

• When the result of a race is changed afterwards (doping sanction, disqualification,...), the changes will be taken into account: 

• Immediately, when the result is changed less than a month after the race.
• At the end of the season, when the result is changed more than a month after the race.



• In a team time trial the points on the scale will be awarded to the team. For the individual ranking, these points will be divided by 4 and rounded downwards. The points will be awarded to all riders classified in the time that counts for the team classification.

  Exception: In the ProTour TTT in Eindhoven all riders who finish receive points.

• In a duo time trial the points will be divided by 2 (and rounded downwards).

• Ex-aequo's:

  • Inside the top-5: All riders receive the average amount of points.
  • Outside the top-5: All riders receive the amount of points corresponding to their position.

Team ranking

• The CQ value of a team is equal to the sum of the individual CQ values of all riders in that team.

Country Ranking

• The CQ value of a country is equal to the sum of the individual CQ values of the top 10 riders of that country.