At the start of the 2013 season, the CQ team has decided to make several changes to the point scales system.

-the CQ point scales have been optimized by making the speed of decrease more equal for all stage races. The same thing happened for all one-day races.
While doing this, the total amount of points has been changed for each category as little as possible. We still didn't look for mathematical perfection, because we wanted to keep some recognizable, well-known numbers.

-the former 2.WT category has been split up. Like in the one day classics, there is also a difference in status and prestige in the WorldTour stage races besides the Grand Tours. The bigger races Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse have been categorized as 2.WT1, the other WT-stage races as 2.WT2.

-more riders receive points in the categories 2.1, 2.2 and NC3.

-the points in WC U23 are now equal to NC3.

Overview of the new point scales.