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Pro Tour Qualifications

Seems riders are unaware of how the UCI award the Pro Team licences
to quote Sandy Casar FDJ
"Casar is critical of the fact that the criteria used by the UCI to draw up its ranking of ProTeam applicants has not been made public and that FDJ have no way of knowing how precisely they can win back their place at cycling’s top table ahead of the 2012 season.

“We don’t know how they drew up the classification, there didn’t seem to be any rules,” Casar said. “Even now we don’t know the rules or what we have to do to get back into the ProTour next year.

“It’s not normal. The season has already started, so we should know all the regulations. In any other sport or activity there are rules that you are made aware of before participating. I think that’s a big, big problem in cycling."

Sandy you just pay the UCI/McQuaid a big pile of cash !!!!!!!!!