In the UCI World Tour, the licences for the period from 2023 to 2025 were awarded after the cycling world federation reviewed all documents. The licences for the so-called UCI World Teams were awarded according to ethical, financial, administrative, organisational and sporting criteria. The UCI Licensing Commission then granted these 18 teams a licence for the premier league of international cycling.
UCI World Tour 2023 - these teams are taking part
- AG2R CITROEN TEAM (ACT - FRA)
- ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK (ADC - BEL)
- ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM (AST - KAZ)
- BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS (TBV - BRN)
- BORA - HANSGROHE (BOH - GER)
- COFIDIS (COF - FRA)
- EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST (EFE - USA)
- GREENEDGE CYCLING (BEX - OFF)
- GROUPAMA - FDJ (GFC - FRA)
- INEOS GRENADIERS (IGD - GBR)
- INTERMARCHÉ - CIRCUS - WANTY (ICW - BEL)
- JUMBO-VISMA (TJV - NED)
- MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV - ESP)
- SOUDAL QUICK-STEP (SOQ - BEL)
- TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC (ARK - FRA)
- TEAM DSM (DSM - NED)
- TREK - SEGAFREDO (TFS - USA)
- UAE TEAM EMIRATES (UAD - UAE)
In the case of Team DSM, the Licensing Commission noted that the granting of the licence for the second and third year is dependent on the submission of additional documents relating to financial criteria during the season.
In addition to the 18 teams listed, Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto-Dstny and the Uno-X Pro Cycling Team had also applied for a World Tour licence. However, they came away empty-handed as they did not fulfil the sporting criteria. All three professional cycling teams failed to make it into the top 18 in the UCI three-year rankings. Israel-Premier Tech and Lotto-Dstny are thus relegated from the World Tour. Alpecin-Deceuninck and Arkea-Samsic are promoted.
Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto-Dstny and Uno-X Pro Cycling Team receive the Licence for UCI Pro Teams (second division of cycling) just like these 15 teams.
UCI Pro Teams 2023 - the teams
- BINGOAL WB (BWB - BEL)
- BOLTON EQUITIES BLACK SPOKE (BEB - NZL)
- BURGOS-BH (BBH - ESP)
- CAJA RURAL-SEGUROSRGA (CJR - ESP)
- EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM (EOK - ITA)
- EQUIPO KERN PHARMA (EKP - ESP)
- EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS - ESP)
- GREEN PROJECT-BARDIANICSF-FAIZANE' (GBF - ITA)
- HUMAN POWERED HEALTH (HPM - USA)
- Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM (Q36 - SUI)
- TEAM CORRATEC (COR - ITA)
- TEAM FLANDERS - BALOISE (TFB - BEL)
- TEAM NOVO NORDISK (TNN - USA)
- TOTALENERGIES (TEN - FRA)
- TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM (TUD - SUI)
New to the second division of cycling are Bolton Equities Black Spoke from New Zealand, the Corratec team from Italy and the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, in which Vincenzo Nibali is involved. Also new on board is the Tudor Pro Cycling Team led by Fabian Cancellara. The B&B Hotels-KTM team, which had tried to obtain a licence under the name Paris Cycling City but was unsuccessful in its search for sponsors, is not involved.
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A total of 15 licences were awarded to the UCI Women's World Teams, which will take part in the UCI Women's World Tour. 14 teams were already participating in 2022 and a further licence was available for 2023. 2023 marks the last year of the current licence phase.
UCI Women's World Tour 2023 - these teams are taking part
- CANYON//SRAM RACING (CSR - GER)
- EF EDUCATION - TIBCO - SVB (TIB - USA)
- FDJ-SUEZ (FST - FRA)
- GREENEDGE CYCLING (BEX - OFF)
- HUMAN POWERED HEALTH (HPW - USA)
- LIV RACING TEQFIND (LIV - NED)
- MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN (MOV - ESP)
- TEAM DSM (DSM - NED)
- TEAM JUMBO VISMA (JVW - NED)
- TEAM SD WORX (SDW - NED)
- TREK - SEGAFREDO (TFS - USA)
- UAE TEAM (UAD - UAE)
- UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM (UXT - NOR)
- ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND (CGS - SUI)
- FENIX-DECEUNINCK (FED - BEL)
AG Insurance - NXTG and Ceratizit - WNT Pro Cycling Team were two other teams that applied for a licence for the premier league of women's cycling. However, both applications were rejected. "As the number of applicant teams exceeded the number of available licences for the first time since the creation of the UCI Women's World Tour, the teams were assessed according to the sporting criterion in accordance with Article 2.13.035 of the UCI Regulations," the UCI explained.
At the end of the 2023 season, the 15 licences for the next licence period, which will cover 2024 and 2025, will be awarded.
