Extra Tour de France wildcard invitations, test of gear restrictions approved by Pro Cycling Council

The International Cycling Union (ICU) is due to give its green light on Wednesday at the invitation of a 23rd team this year, a highly anticipated decision that is not suitable for everyone.

Since 2010, each summer, 22 teams start the Tour de France. The only exception is the year 2021, when the International Cycling Union had authorised the organizers of the three Grand Tours to invite a 23rd team to compensate for the difficulties posed by the health situation. By 31 March, the UCI will decide on a possible change of rules so that 23 formations systematically align with the Giro, the Tour and the Vuelta. This would make them happy…

Extra Tour de France wildcard invitations, test of gear restrictions approved by Pro Cycling Council

Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a España could have 23 teams pending UCI approval

The Professional Cycling Council (PCC) - the body that brings together the stakeholders of men's and women's professional road cycling - met today at the headquarters of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in Aigle, Switzerland. The members discussed...

With less than four months left until the most beautiful cycling adventure of the year, Alexander Kristoff and his Uno X team still don't know if they will be at the starting line.

Giro, Tour de France and Vuelta could host a 23rd team this year. The International Cycling Union (UCI) will decide on this issue on Wednesday and this enlargement could benefit Julian Alaphilippe's Tudor team. But with a peloton of 184 riders, the question of safety would arise.