If there are 20 WorldTour teams – assuming that Arkéa-Samsic and Cofidis satisfy the requirements for a license – here will be just two wildcards at each of the 2020-22 Grand Tours, compared to four at each of the 2019 Grand Tours. Events.

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In 2023, the WorldTour peloton will be trimmed back to 18 teams again. Full details of the WorldTour teams and the wildcard invitees heading to the Tour At the newly formed Classics Series – 20 of the biggest one-day races on the calendar, including the Monuments – there will be between 21 and 25 teams of seven riders, with the three top-ranked ProTeams getting the call-up (along with any spare wildcards the organisers want to throw out).For many teams, though, it’s exposure at the Grand Tours that their sponsors are really dropping coin for.

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In 2019, there were 24 Pro Continental teams; for 2020, just 18 teams have applied for ProTeam licenses.Two of the 2019 cohort, Cofidis and Arkéa-Samsic, have applied to step up to the WorldTour, while Israel Cycling Academy is already safe thanks to the Katusha merger.Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane, Roompot-Charles and Euskadi Basque Country-Murias are shutting their doors, while Hagens Berman Axeon is dropping back to Continental level. Teams Features Tech ... Tour de France and Vuelta a España in 2020? Two teams have got their paperwork in – Arkéa-Samsic and Cofidis. The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey was downgraded to the UCI ProSeries for 2020 due to lack of participation of UCI World Tour teams in 2018 and 2019. View teams for DUNNVILLE GRAND TOUR on August 15, 2020 in Haldimand County ON These selections are often (but not always) made along national lines, and are highly coveted.At Grand Tours, the wildcard teams are a popular part of the race – as here, with Lilian Calmejane (Total Direct Energie) surfing a wave of homecrowd support on the Tourmalet at the 2019 Tour de France.At the 2020 Giro d’Italia, at least one of the three lavishly-sponsored Italian squads – Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec, Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè and Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM – will be staying home.At the next Tour de France, meanwhile, the organisers will be forced to omit one of the French ProTeams – B&B Hotels-Vital Concept or Team Total Direct Energie – or bump regular Belgian invitee, Wanty-Gobert.And at the Vuelta, luckily – or unluckily, depending on your point of view – there are just two Spanish ProTeams left to jostle for the remaining slots, meaning Fundacion Euskadi-Orbea and Caja Rural-Seguros BCA should sail into their home Grand Tour.However, if Arkéa-Samsic or Cofidis are unsuccessful in their applications for WorldTour status, the situation becomes even more desperate for the ProTeams – especially at the Tour de France, where there’ll be another two local teams battling for an invite.It’s probably fair to say that you don’t become a professional cyclist for the career stability, but the situation this year seems increasingly volatile, especially on the fringes of the WorldTour.
Under this rule, Katusha-Alpecin and Dimension Data would have been at risk of relegation, as they languished down the bottom of the team table, rubbing shoulders with Pro Conti teams like Cofidis and Wanty-Gobert.The teams didn’t know they were competing for points to stay in the top division in 2017-18, because the rule hadn’t been introduced then, so under threat of landing in a legal snafu the UCI backed down, increasing the number of available slots for WorldTour licenses to 20. 2020 RCS Sport races: list of teams announced IL LOMBARDIA (15 August) – 19 UCI WorldTeams, 1 qualified by ranking position and 5 wild card read more. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. In October 2019, the calendar was officially presented by the UCI. Official dates of RCS Sport’s one-day races confirmed Il Lombardia on Saturday 15th August read more.

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For the teams of the professional peloton, an important part of that is sorting out licenses for the coming season, and submitting the relevant applications to the UCI.A couple of days ago, the UCI released the list of the teams that had applied for a WorldTour license for the period 2020-2022, as well as the teams that had thrown their hat in the ring for ProTeam (the artist formerly known as Pro Continental) status. At Grand Tours, the wildcard teams are a popular part of the race – as here, with Lilian Calmejane (Total Direct Energie) surfing a wave of homecrowd support on the Tourmalet at the 2019 Tour …

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All 20 WorldTour teams will need to attend, leaving the remaining two wildcards at the discretion of the race organisers. The Portuguese W52 / FC Porto squad – whom, I will happily admit, I have never even heard of – aren’t applying for a license this year.In this bleak landscape, there are two teams applying to step up to ProTeam level – the Uno-X Norwegian Development Team, and Fundacion Euskadi-Orbea.As part of the swathe of changes introduced by the UCI for the 2020-22 seasons, there’s one important side-effect of the introduction of a 20-team WorldTour: it totally upsets the apple cart when it comes to wildcards.While there are fewer second-division teams competing for the wildcards at the major races, there are also fewer wildcards on offer.
Whilst there’s a glimmer of hope in the general increase in minimum team sizes, there’s also a reduction in the maximum number of riders allowed, meaning it all sorta comes out in the wash.And if it feels like we’re entering a period of calm, having transitioned over to the new structure, don’t get too comfortable.

The 2020 calendar was initially announced in June 2019. Tour de France 2020 route: How to watch live TV coverage and follow the race stages


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