WorldTeam

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WorldTeam is the highest tier of professional road cycling teams, licensed by the UCI and granted automatic entry into the sport’s premier races, including the Grand Tours.

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WorldTeam canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UCI team status
professional cycling team category
abbreviation UCI WorldTeams
surface form: UCI WorldTeam

WorldTeam self-linksurface differs
appliesTo trade teams rather than national teams
associatedWith UCI World Ranking
categoryComparedTo higher than UCI Continental Team
higher than UCI ProTeam
competitionLevel highest tier of professional road cycling teams
eligibleFor Giro d’Italia automatic invitation
Tour de France automatic invitation
Vuelta a España automatic invitation
governingBody Union Cycliste Internationale
governsSeason UCI WorldTour calendar
grants automatic entry into Grand Tours
automatic entry into UCI WorldTour events
automatic entry into major one‑day Classics
hasEconomicModel sponsorship‑based trade team
hasLanguage official regulations published in English
official regulations published in French
hasObjective participation in top‑level professional road races
hasSubcategory UCI WorldTeams
surface form: men’s UCI WorldTeams

women’s UCI Women’s WorldTeams
hasTypeOfLicense UCI WorldTour license
introducedBy Union Cycliste Internationale
licensingPeriod multi‑year UCI license
partOf UCI WorldTour
regulates anti‑doping compliance obligations
minimum rider contracts
team staffing requirements
replaced UCI ProTour team status
requires administrative criteria
ethical criteria
minimum budget and financial guarantees
minimum number of support staff
organizational criteria
registration with a specific national federation
sporting criteria based on team performance
team doctor and medical structure
team manager and sports directors
scope international
sport road cycling
subjectTo UCI anti‑doping rules
UCI equipment regulations
UCI ethical code
UCI financial audits
teamSizeRule maximum number of riders defined by UCI regulations

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Grand Tours participantLevel WorldTeam
WorldTeam abbreviation WorldTeam self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: UCI WorldTeam