Relegation from WT
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Looking increasingly like 18 teams in WT next year, but with reduction to 16 by 2019.0
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UCI have confirmed this morning that there will be 18 WT teams next season.0
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Indeed, it looks as though the whole plan has been pushed back two years, with 18 teams for 2017 and 18 and the same staggered reduction to 16 by 2020.
Implementing a new system 9-weeks before the end of the season was always going to leave them open to looking like buffoons, but at least they've made a sensible decision in the end (or more likely cut some sort of deal with ASO who were the originators of the whole idea).Since the commencement of the UCI WorldTeam registration process for 2017, it has become clear that there are 18 candidates for UCI WorldTeam licences. With this in mind, the PCC has decided that for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, a maximum of 18 UCI WorldTeam licences may be issued. In the medium term, the ambition is to strengthen the competitiveness of elite level and therefore to set the maximum number of UCI WorldTeams to 17 in 2019 and 16 from 2020 onwards, with a working group tasked to study this and a number of other topics.
http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/professional-cycling-council-approves-new-regulations-for-the-uci-worldtour/0 -
BuckMulligan wrote:Indeed, it looks as though the whole plan has been pushed back two years, with 18 teams for 2017 and 18 and the same staggered reduction to 16 by 2020.
Implementing a new system 9-weeks before the end of the season was always going to leave them open to looking like buffoons, but at least they've made a sensible decision in the end (or more likely cut some sort of deal with ASO who were the originators of the whole idea).Since the commencement of the UCI WorldTeam registration process for 2017, it has become clear that there are 18 candidates for UCI WorldTeam licences. With this in mind, the PCC has decided that for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, a maximum of 18 UCI WorldTeam licences may be issued. In the medium term, the ambition is to strengthen the competitiveness of elite level and therefore to set the maximum number of UCI WorldTeams to 17 in 2019 and 16 from 2020 onwards, with a working group tasked to study this and a number of other topics.
http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/professional-cycling-council-approves-new-regulations-for-the-uci-worldtour/
do you reckon the discussion was along the lines of
UCI: we're gonna cut dimension Data
ASO: oh, well we were going to invite them anyway so do whatever you want"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
gsk82 wrote:BuckMulligan wrote:Indeed, it looks as though the whole plan has been pushed back two years, with 18 teams for 2017 and 18 and the same staggered reduction to 16 by 2020.
Implementing a new system 9-weeks before the end of the season was always going to leave them open to looking like buffoons, but at least they've made a sensible decision in the end (or more likely cut some sort of deal with ASO who were the originators of the whole idea).Since the commencement of the UCI WorldTeam registration process for 2017, it has become clear that there are 18 candidates for UCI WorldTeam licences. With this in mind, the PCC has decided that for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, a maximum of 18 UCI WorldTeam licences may be issued. In the medium term, the ambition is to strengthen the competitiveness of elite level and therefore to set the maximum number of UCI WorldTeams to 17 in 2019 and 16 from 2020 onwards, with a working group tasked to study this and a number of other topics.
http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/professional-cycling-council-approves-new-regulations-for-the-uci-worldtour/
do you reckon the discussion was along the lines of
UCI: we're gonna cut dimension Data
ASO: oh, well we were going to invite them anyway so do whatever you want
I think that probably just about sums it up.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
OnYourRight wrote:What’s the alternative, though?
Teams get same points as riders. Riders take their points with them (in essence, half the points are tied up in riders, half in team). Feels about right - though the ratio might need tweaking - but might avoid the annual farce of riders being dropped from races purely because any points they gain are already known to be leaving.
Ultimately my guess is sponsors at the top end largely want to be visible in the Tour. Anything else is a bonus - however I don't know if this is largely an Anglo perception?0 -
underlayunderlay wrote:OnYourRight wrote:What’s the alternative, though?
Teams get same points as riders. Riders take their points with them (in essence, half the points are tied up in riders, half in team). Feels about right - though the ratio might need tweaking - but might avoid the annual farce of riders being dropped from races purely because any points they gain are already known to be leaving.
That sounds reasonable to me. It's pretty unedifying to see good riders not racing because they won't bring value to their current team.underlayunderlay wrote:Ultimately my guess is sponsors at the top end largely want to be visible in the Tour. Anything else is a bonus - however I don't know if this is largely an Anglo perception?
I'd say that's pretty much the case.It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
UCI have released list of next years teams as followsIn accordance with UCI Regulations, and following a full review of the documentation provided concerning different criteria for awarding of licences (sporting, financial, administrative and ethical), the Licence Commission has decided to grant a UCI WorldTour licence for a period of two years to the team UAE Abu Dhabi. The latter is a continuation of former UCI WorldTeam Lampre Merida.
Therefore, teams registered as a UCI WorldTeam for the 2017 season are the following (team/UCI code/nationality):
AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM – FRA)
ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST – KAZ)
BMC RACING TEAM (BMC – USA)
BORA – HANSGROHE (BOH – GER)
CANNONDALE DRAPAC PRO CYCLING TEAM (CDT – USA)
TEAM DIMENSION DATA (DDD – RSA)
QUICK – STEP FLOORS (QST – BEL)
FDJ (FDJ – FRA)
LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS – BEL)
MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV – ESP)
ORICA – BIKEEXCHANGE (OBE – AUS)
BAHRAIN-MERIDA (TBM – BRN)
TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN (KAT – SUI)
TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO (TLJ – NED)
TEAM SKY (SKY – GBR)
TEAM SUNWEB (SUN – GER)
UAE ABU DHABI (UAD – UAE)
TREK SEGAFREDO (TFS – USA)
With 18 UCI WorldTeams, the registration procedure for the 2017 UCI WorldTour has now been completed.
Teams registered as a UCI Professional Continental Team (2nd division) for 2017 are the following (team/UCI code/nationality):
ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI (AND – ITA)
AQUA BLUE SPORT (ABS – IRL)
BARDIANI CSF (BAR – ITA)
CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA (CJR – ESP)
CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE (CCC – POL)
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS (COF – FRA)
DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM (DMP – FRA)
DIRECT ENERGIE (DEN – FRA)
FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT (FVC – FRA)
GAZPROM – RUSVELO (GAZ – RUS)
ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY (ICA – ISR)
MANZANA POSTOBON (MZN – COL)
NIPPO – VINI FANTINI (NIP – ITA)
ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ (RNL – NED)
SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE (SVB – BEL)
TEAM NOVO NORDISK (TNN – USA)
UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM (UHC – USA)
VERANDA'S WILLEMS CRELAN (VWC – BEL)
WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT (WGG – BEL)
WB VERANCLASSIC AQUA PROTECT (WVA – BEL)
WILIER TRIESTINA (WIL – ITA)
Teams SOUL BRASIL PRO CYCLING TEAM (SOU – BRA) and VERVA ACTIVEJET PRO CYCLING TEAM (VAT – POL) are still under review.0 -
No Italian teams at WT level
It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
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Sheesh.
That is a sad state of affairs.
Italy. It would be a utopia, only if you never had to live there.0 -
Well Lampre-Merida rode Taiwanese bikes with a Japanese groupset....
When was the last time we saw an Italian WT team, on an Italian frame, with Campag on?Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
No tA Doctor wrote:Well Lampre-Merida rode Taiwanese bikes with a Japanese groupset....
When was the last time we saw an Italian WT team, on an Italian frame, with Campag on?
Lampre, 2012 - willier.0
