LONDON Mar. 30 (People's Daily Online) — The prize money for the UCI Women’s WorldTour event at Prudential RideLondon 2016 will be the highest ever offered for a women’s one-day race. The new Prudential RideLondon Classique, which will be televised live on Saturday 30 July, has a prize pool of 100,000 Euros. This is the same as the men’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic, the richest one-day Classic in history.

The individual winner of the Prudential RideLondon Classique wins 25,000 Euros in prize money and the winning team is awarded 10,000 Euros. There will be three Continental Tyres Sprints classifications in the race offering a further 12,600 Euros in prize money.

“We believe in equality in sport,” said Event Director Hugh Brasher, “Last year, the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic became the world’s richest men’s one-day race and we believe that it is right that the prize money for our new UCI Women’s WorldTour event matches that, setting a new standard for women’s cycling. This is the same policy that we have operated at the London Marathon for many years.”

Brian Cookson, President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), said: “Prudential RideLondon has set new records for cycling every year. It is the biggest festival of cycling in the world and it is wonderful to see that the new UCI Women’s WorldTour race has been awarded full parity with the men’s event.”

Double Olympic champion Laura Trott, who has raced every year in Prudential RideLondon and won the inaugural women’s race, said: “This is fantastic news. Women’s cycling is being given the recognition it deserves. Prudential RideLondon has pioneered incredible change in women’s cycling, first with live television coverage, then live cameras on bikes last year and now with record prize money and parity with the men’s race.”

The UCI Women’s WorldTour race is part of Prudential RideLondon with more than 100,000 riders expected to participate in events over the weekend of 30-31 July 2016.