General News Thread

[Samamba]

Women’s and men’s professional road cycling: 53 teams have submitted the essential documents with a view to registration in 2026

www.uci.org

Jayco missing on the lest who have made the October 15th deadline. No problem as they still have time to rectify it but technically all their riders are free to leave the team right now.

Intermarché also obviously missing.

 

[Netserk]

Women’s and men’s professional road cycling: 53 teams have submitted the essential documents with a view to registration in 2026

www.uci.org

Jayco missing on the lest who have made the October 15th deadline. No problem as they still have time to rectify it but technically all their riders are free to leave the team right now.

Intermarché also obviously missing.

While they don't list Jayco, the list is of 19 teams and they write that 20 have applied.

Teams that did not submit all the essential documents by the 15 October deadline, are included in the above count but are not included in the list below. However, they still have the possibility to rectify their situation before the end of the registration process, which would enable them to be registered for the 2026 season. In accordance with the UCI Regulations and subject to other applicable provisions, riders from these teams may terminate their contracts early, but this right will lapse if their team is subsequently registered.

So the window should close soon.

 

[Samamba]

While they don't list Jayco, the list is of 19 teams and they write that 20 have applied.

So the window should close soon.

Yeah it's not the first time this happens, no one will actually leave (definitely given the situation on the market now, there's barely places left with the whole Arkea and merger thing) but you never know. Usually it isn't a good sign for a team. In the past Astana and DSM missed it for example when they had some financial trouble.

 

[Samamba]

Also confirmation of WB disappearing as a pro team, the jump towards pro team from Colpack and of course the new american team Modern Adventure.

On the womens side Jayco is obviously also missing, Roland en Ceratizit too. Lotto(-Intermarché?) is stepping up to Pro Team, Ma Petite Enterprise is a new French team.

Decision about WT status will be public the 10th of december (but normally we shouldn't get any surprises).

Oh yeah and Q36.5 (applied for a WT license but obv won't get it) registrered as "Pinarello-Q36.5"

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm surprised neither VolkerWessels or Laboral Kutxa have applied for a WWT license, but they will of course be able to ride the WWT races next season anyway. It's still laughable if Cofidis, which scored fewer points than Roland this year (although to be fair to them they didn't compete in the "fake" races in El Salvador) end up getting promoted.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Oh yeah and Q36.5 (applied for a WT license but obv won't get it) registrered as "Pinarello-Q36.5"

And IPT seems to have dropped the PT as well as the I, and appear simply as 'Cycling Academy'

 

[RedheadDane]

And IPT seems to have dropped the PT as well as the I, and appear simply as 'Cycling Academy'

Wait, if the WorldTeam is going to be called 'Cycling Academy', what's the devo team gonna be called?
'Cycling Academy Academy'?
Then they could add a Junior team, calling it 'Cycling Academy Academy Academy'.

 

[yaco]

Yeah it's not the first time this happens, no one will actually leave (definitely given the situation on the market now, there's barely places left with the whole Arkea and merger thing) but you never know. Usually it isn't a good sign for a team. In the past Astana and DSM missed it for example when they had some financial trouble.

Jayco has missed the deadline once before and everything was rectified. An hour later, Jayco send a tweet announcing two more riders for their women's development team.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Wait, if the WorldTeam is going to be called 'Cycling Academy', what's the devo team gonna be called?
'Cycling Academy Academy'?
Then they could add a Junior team, calling it 'Cycling Academy Academy Academy'.

Cycling Academy Devo
The Junior team could be called Cycling Kindergarten, or Cycling Preschool, your choice.