The UCI has released the full list of allocations of the WorldTour 2026-2028 licences, but Picnic-PostNL men’s and women’s WT licences are initially limited to a single year, while neither Ceratizit – as expected – nor Roland, much more surprisingly, are included.
In a press release, the UCI confirmed that a total of 14 UCI Women’s WorldTour licences and 18 UCI WorldTour licences had been allocated for the next three seasons. It also confirmed the registration of teams for cycling’s respective second divisions, the ProTeam leagues.
This is the first time that licences have been awarded simultaneously for both the men’s and women’s top tiers for a uniform three-year period.
There is no indication of what this criterion are or why the limit has been reduced to a single season. In addition, whilst the absences of Arkéa-B&B Hotels and Ceratizit, both of which ceased activity in 2025, were expected, no reason was given for why Roland is missing from the list of registered teams.
The list of men’s WorldTour teams also shows that NSN Cycling Team, formerly known as Israel-Premier Tech, has been admitted with a switch to the registered country from Israel to Switzerland. Despite protracted negotiations, the fusion between Intermarché – formerly known as Intermarché-Wanty – and the longstanding Belgian squad Lotto is recognised as going ahead, with the new team known as Lotto Intermarché.
In total, according to the press release, a total of 14 UCI Women’s WorldTeams, 18 UCI WorldTeams, 16 UCI ProTeams and…
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