UCI considers 20 "wild card" team applications

The UCI announced the 20 teams that have requested "wild card" status by the November 15 deadline. Earning wild card status will give the recipient the right to be invited to races on the UCI ProTour calendar. All the candidate teams will also be registered UCI Professional Continental Teams.

Wild card teams must meet quality criteria, sporting results criteria, legal criteria, and financial criteria. They are also supposed to act in accordance with ethical criteria, particularly with regard to management and anti-doping activities. Wild card teams will have to participate in the implementation of biological passports, including contributing to funding for the project and reporting whereabouts documentation for its riders.

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