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PART II - ROAD RACES Rules amendments applying on 06.02.2026

Chapter II GENERAL PROVISIONS

(numbering of the articles modified on 1.01.05).

§ 2 Organisation

  • 2.2.012 (N) The programme - technical guide shall cover all details of organisation, and at minimum:

  • the specific regulations for the event which, depending on the

  • type of race, shall include the following: 

     - mention of the fact that the race will be run under UCI regulations;

    • a statement that only the UCI scale of penalties will apply;

    • where applicable, the local anti-doping legislation which will be applicable in addition to the UCI's anti-doping regulations;

    • the class of event and the UCI points scale applicable;

    • − the categories of riders;

    • the number of riders per team (maximum and minimum);

    • − the opening hours of the race headquarters;

    • the venue and time for the confirmation of starters and

      • the distribution of identification numbers;

    • the venue and time of the sports directors’ meeting;

    • the exact location of race headquarters, the testing station for anti-doping tests;

    • the frequency used for radio-tour;

      • secondary classifications including all the information required (points, tie-break procedures, etc.);

    • the prizes awarded for all classifications;

      • any applicable time bonuses;

      • the finishing time limits;

      • stages with summit finishes for the purposes of article 2.6.027;

    • awards ceremony procedures;

      • the procedures for applying the times recorded during team time trial stages to individual classifications;

      • the presence of the neutral support service via motorcycle, if any;

    • feeding points, if any, during time trial events or stages and the relevant procedures;

    • the criteria used to determine the starting order of a time trial event or prologue; the criteria shall determine the order of teams; each team shall determine the starting order of its riders.

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− a description of the course or the stages with profile (profile if necessary), distances, feeding points and,

  • where applicable, circuits;

  • obstacles on the course (tunnels, level crossings, specific

  • points, etc.);

  • A visual representation of the signage used on the course,

  • including directional arrows and signs indicating narrowing roads, roundabouts, level crossings, specific points, etc.);

  • A visual representation of the signage used for vehicles;

  • a detailed route and the schedule anticipated;

  • intermediate sprints, mountain primes and special primes;

  • the plan and the profile (profile if necessary) of the final three kilometres;

  • exact start and finish points;

  • the list of hospitals contacted by the organiser in order to receive any injured;

  • the composition of the commissaires’ panel;

  • the name, address and telephone number of the event director, event safety manager and the names of the other officials;

  • the event’s safety organisation chart, providing details of the identity, functions and contact details of those in charge of the

  • various sectors;

  • in races with time trial stages: whether the use of a specific

  • time trial bicycle is prohibited for time trial stages.

(text modified on 1.01.02; 1.01.05; 1.01.07; 1.01.09; 1.01.15; 8.02.21; 6.02.26).

Evaluation of the event route

  • 2.2.016 The UCI may use the services of independent experts to evaluate the safety and compliance of the route. The UCI collects essential information from the organisers for this purpose and/or mandates an independent expert to collect the essential information directly from the organisers. The information collected may include videos of the route, the route layout in GPX format and any other information as deemed relevant by the UCI. The result of the evaluation of the event route by the UCI or the appointed independent expert may lead to the issuance of recommendations, which will be timely communicated by the UCI, or the independent experts to the organiser so that the latter can implement any corrective actions required.

Only organisers that are contacted by the UCI are required to submit the requested information.

Organisers remain solely responsible for choosing the route and implementing any recommendations, pursuant to articles 1.2.032, 1.2.035, 1.2.035bis, 1.2.036 and 1.2.061.

(text introduced on 8.02.21; modified on 01.11.22; 6.02.26).

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Chapter XVII UCI CONTINENTAL TEAMS

(chapter replaced on 1.01.09).

§ 1 General Conditions

2.17.004 A UCI Continental team or UCI women’s continental team will comprise riders who may or may not be professional, in the elite and/or under 23 categories. It must have minimum 10 riders for UCI continental teams, 8 for UCI women’s continental teams and a maximum of 16 riders for both categories.

However, a UCI continental team or a UCI women’s continental team shall also have the right to add up to 4 riders specialising in the following endurance cycling disciplines: (c yclo-cross; mountain bike: cross country; track: endurance, madison. ranking) This shall be subject to the riders in question being ranked among the top 150 of the last final UCI individual classification for cyclo-cross and mountain bike cross-country and, for track, being ranked among the top 150 in the endurance or madison ranking at any time over the course of the last 52 weeks preceding the rider’s date of registration with the team, or having competed in the UCI Track World Championships or Continental Championships of the current or previous (track) season.

A UCI women ’ s continental team may also add 4 riders specialising in one of the disciplines listed in the preceding paragraph, as long as the riders in question are among the top 150 of the final UCI individual classification for that discipline.

(text modified on 1.07.09; 1.07.12; 1.01.17; 1.07.18; 1.01.20; 1.11.25, 6.02.26).

Chapter XVIII MEN ELITE UCI PROSERIES

(chapter introduced on 1.01.20).

§ 2 UCI ProSeries calendar

  • Eligibility criteria for events on the UCI ProSeries calendar

  • 2.18.007 The following selection criteria will be taken into account by the UCI Management Committee when: accepting or refusing an application for registration; withdrawing a registration; submitting a registration to the respect of conditions and/or measures considered appropriate; or reducing the duration of an event:

    1. the sporting level according to the start lists of the two editions preceding the application for registration with, as a minimum, the following participation levels:
2026 and subsequent
Events in Europe
Minimum number of UCI
WorldTeams and UCI ProTeams
at the start for the relevant year		 13

Minimum number of UCI
WorldTeams at the start for the
relevant year		 4

Minimum number of UCI
ProTeams at the start for the		 6

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relevant year

Events outside Europe
Minimum number of UCI
WorldTeams and UCI ProTeams
at the start for the relevant year		 10
Minimum number of UCI
WorldTeams at the start for the
relevant year		 3

Minimum number of UCI
ProTeams at the start for the
relevant year		 5

  1. the format, structure and nature of the event, contributing to the image of the UCI ProSeries as elite events;

  2. of UCI ProSeries ’ elite events

  3. the sporting ambition and coherence of the event within the

  4. UCI ProSeries calendar;

  5. the quality of the event's organisation, in particular with regards to the safety of the riders,

  6. race followers and spectators;

    1. the technical quality of TV production and observance of

  8. the UCI TV production guide;

    1. live international TV coverage of the event in at least ten countries and live TV coverage of the event in

  10. the organiser's country

  11. respect of UCI regulations and other applicable regulations; 8. respect of the organisation guides, specifications or guidelines published by the UCI;

  12. respect of contractual, legal and regulatory obligations; 10. respect of the financial obligations published by the UCI; 11. the absence of attempts to infringe or circumvent obligations; 12. respect of sporting ethics;

  13. the absence of any other element liable to harm the image of

  14. the UCI ProSeries, the UCI or cycle sport in general.

The UCI Management Committee shall assess and take into account the information provided in the registration application as well as any other relevant facts.

Subject to other requirements set out in the UCI regulations, events that meet the above criteria, as assessed by the UCI Management Committee, shall be included in the UCI ProSeries.

The UCI Management Committee may also grant exemptions from the above criteria upon written request and justification, particularly for reasons related to the development of cycling.

The eligibility criteria for submitting an application for registration on the UCI ProSeries calendar are defined above and may be adapted by the UCI Management Committee if necessary. The UCI Management Committee may also take acknowledged facts into account.

(text modified on 12.06.20, 20.10.25, 6.02.2026)