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MEMORANDUM

08.06.2026

PART 1 GENERAL ORGANISATION OF CYCLING AS A SPORT Rules amendments applying on 01.07.2026

Chapter II RACES

§ 7 National Championships

Dates of the National Championships

1.2.029 National road championships shall be organised during the last full week of the month of June. All results must be received by the UCI within UCI DataRide no later than two days after the last day of the event. No result received after that time shall be taken into consideration for the UCI classification. UCI points awarded will be included in the ranking calculated on the week following the receiving of the results.

The national cyclo-cross championships shall be run on the second weekend of January.

National mountain bike championships of cross-country Olympic (XCO) and cross country short track (XCC) shall be run on the third weekend of July. The year of the Olympic Games, the mandatory date for the Mountain Bike National Championships Cross-country Olympic (XCO) and cross-coutnry short track (XCC) will be set the week-end following the Olympic Games.

National BMX Racing championships shall be run on the first weekend of July.

National trials championships shall be run on the last weekend of June. However, it is possible to run them together with the national mountain bike championships.

National indoor cycling championships should take place 4 weeks before the UCI world championships. The UCI may grant dispensations for the southern hemisphere or in cases of force majeure.

Concerning the calculation of the UCI rankings, national championships run before or after the mandatory date shall be considered as being run on the mandatory date, except for road cycling.

(text modified on 01.01.04; 01.01.05; 01.09.05; 01.01.06; 01.01.08; 01.07.10; 01.07.12; 01.07.13; 01.01.16; 03.06.16; 01.01.22; 01.01.25; 01.02.26; 01.07.26)

Chapter III EQUIPMENT

Section 2: bicycles

§ 2 Technical Specifications

  • 1.3.10bis Except where stated to the contrary, the following technical specifications shall apply to bicycles used in road, track and cyclo-cross competitions racing.

The specific characteristics of bicycles used in mountain bike, gravel, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle, trials, indoor cycling and paracycling for riders with disabilities are set out in the part Regulating the discipline in question.

(text modified on 01.01.05; 25.06.07; 01.01.17; 01.07.26)