The Israel-Premier Tech He resigned to accept a demotion this season for failing to fulfill the established sporting requirements and vowed to fight all the way to return to the elite of international cycling when the law allows it, that is, at the beginning of 2026. Previously, the tycoon in front of the formation, Sylvan Adams‘threatened’ the ICU saying that he would take him to court if he confirmed his relegation and stressed that few teams have done more than they did for cycling.
After days, and to the surprise of locals and strangers, though it was something that was boiling in the corridors of the UCI headquarters in Aigle (Switzerland)the highest body of the cycling world issued a statement with several changes, among which the change stands out to continue when the organizers of cycling events are forced world tour a week or five days, like Itzulia or the VAnother cyclist in Catalonia.
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Until now, the UCI has forced 18 World Tour teams to attend this type of 5-day or 7-day race, which it continues to do. The organizers also saw the obligation to invite the teams classified 19 and 20 in the ranking, Lotto and Total Energyalthough they could decline the invitation, and then they had five invitations, up to a total of 175 riders divided into 25 teams of seven riders.
The main novelty is that on January 1, 2023, these organizers are obliged to invite 21, which happens to be the Israel, although the fine print of the ‘contract’ remains to be read; that is, the conditions in which the formation of the Israeli acurr´çia for example in Volta or in Ituzlia. An obligation that is not liked and cuts the room for maneuver of the organizers, especially in the case of Spain, where for example it isof the four Spanish UCI Pro Teams -Burgos-BH, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, Equipo Kern Pharma and Euskaltel-Euskadi- they sigh for them and they represent a good part of their raison d’être throughout time.
A requirement that the organizers of the 5 or 7-day World Tour races should take advantage of, but not the organizers of the one-week World Tour or the three great cycling tours: Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta.
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Precisely, the communiqué issued by the ICU This Friday, it was highlighted that on January 1, 2023, the number of points earned in the three great tours will increase; In addition, a special category was created for five Monuments (Milan-Sanremo, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia) with a higher number of points awarded compared to other one-day races in the UCI World Tour race calendar a day; also increases the number of points awarded in the race stages of UCI World Tour and of UCI ProSeries and the number of points distributed during the Olympic Games and the Road World Championships.
“These changes, which will serve to widen the distance between the points obtained in the most prestigious races and those in the lower categories, aim to encourage teams to enter their best riders in the most important races and ensure a better correlation between the points obtained and the success in sports, which is clearly at a higher level in the career UCI World Tour with all the UCI WorldTeams”, the statement stands out.
Even that UCI World Ranking by teams, Until now, it was determined by the total points obtained by the 10 best riders in each structure, from January 1 it will be calculated based on the results of the 20 best riders (the minimum number of riders for UCI Pro Teams). “This increase in the number of running backs is designed to not only better reflect the competitive strength of the teams, but also to minimize the loss of their best running backs who are unavailable for any reason (for example, injury or illness) during a season In the UCI World Team Ranking which acts as the basis for evaluating teams in terms of sporting standards (for the purpose of granting UCI WorldTour licenses), the increase in the number of ride whose results are taken into account will help reduce the pressure that is currently being done only in a limited number of them, and can lead to a series of negative consequences (damage risks, excessive number of days of racing, temptation to doping, etc.)”, the statement is qualified.
A series of measures will be applied from January 1, 2023 and, in the case titled in this article, the list of mandatory invitations for men and women will be published on the UCI website at the beginning of January, after the registration procedure for UCI continental teams and UCI women’s continental teams. And, in principle, the obligation to invite the 21st classified team is scheduled only next year.
Source: La Verdad
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