Cycling will again be able to determine its best rider. There will no longer be a winner of the WorldTour and instead the UCI will reintroduce the World Ranking to determine the rider who actually scores most points in all UCI races.

In the new regulation proposed by the international federation, the World Ranking is back and it will take into account "all riders and nations
taking part in the men elite and men under 23 UCI events of the international calendar. Furthermore, the ranking will not be reset at the end of the year but will take into account all the results, also the various national, continental and world championships, obtained within the previous 52 weeks (thus making it a ranking that will updated weekly, except for stage races, for which points are always counted at the end of the race). This makes it comparable to the system that was in place before the introduction of the WorldTour and to the current ATP tennis circuit.

The same system will be used for the nations rankings in which the best 8 riders will count for every country. However, there will be a different system for the team rankings. There will be a separate WorldTour team ranking which is obtained by adding up the points scored by the team during each UCI WorldTour event and during the World TTT Championships. These points are equal to the points won by the three riders having scored. For the pro continental and continental teams, there will be a separate ranking which is obtained by adding the points scored by the 8 best riders on the continental circuits, meaning that WorldTour events don't count. There will also be individual and nations rankings for each of the continental circuits but they will no longer be reset at the start of the year.

Finally, the points scale has been changed. The three grand tours now offer the same amount of points and there is no longer any difference between races at the same level, regardless of their geographic location or history.

The winne of a grand tour scores 1000 points while there is 500 points for the winner of a stage race like the Tour de Suisse or a classic like the Tour of Flanders. A 1.HC race like Omloop Het Nieuwsblad offers 200 points for the winner while a grand tour stage victory is worth 120 points.

You can read all about the new rules here.