UCI Women's Continental Team
UCI Women's Continental Teams are cycling teams in road cycling for women registered by the UCI World Cycling Association .
Until the end of the 2019 season, this team category was called the UCI Women's Team . The renaming took place as part of the introduction of the new team category UCI Women's WorldTeam , which is intended as the new first division in road cycling.
Identity and name
A UCI Women's Continental Team consists of the representative of the team, the sponsors (including up to three main partners), the cyclists and the other employees of the team (manager, trainer , team doctor , designer , mechanic, etc.).
The name of a UCI Women's Continental Team is the name or brand of one or both of the main partners. The team name changes when the sponsors change and can also become the name of another team in whole or in part.
Female drivers
The drivers of the UCI Women's Continental Teams are contractually bound to the teams, but not necessarily professional athletes , as there is in particular no fixed minimum income. However, contractual remuneration - also on a professional level - may be agreed.
The minimum number of riders per UCI Women's Continental Team is 8, the maximum number 16. To this end, the team can engage up to 4 additional specialists from other cycling endurance disciplines, i.e. the endurance competitions of track cycling , MTB cross-country and bike cross . These specialists must have been in the top 150 of the respective UCI world rankings last season . In addition, a UCI Women's Continental Team can contract up to three female riders as trainees from August 1st of each year .
Licensing and nationality
A UCI Women's Continental Team has the nationality of the majority of its riders and must be licensed through the relevant national cycling association. Each national federation may license a maximum of 15 UCI Women's Continental Teams , monitor the UCI minimum requirements (in particular driver contracts and bank guarantees) and may make further requirements a prerequisite for licensing. At the end of this process, the UCI will register.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Women's professional road cycling enters a new dimension in 2020. In: uci.org. January 10, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
