The UCI rankings have taken a large deal of attention and importance this season with the promotion/relegation battle, however the rankings can deal blows to some other teams in the coming years if a current proposal is to be accepted.
A discussion has been opened in June in the Professional Cycling Council (PCC) which has proposed the establishment of criteria in which teams could receive Wildcards to receive Grand Tour wildcards. This would see only the Top50 teams eligible for 2023, Top40 for 2024 and Top30 for 2025. That however would limit the countries' teams from racing, as is the example of Burgos-BH and Euskaltel-Euskadi who would be excluded from contention for the Vuelta a Espana.
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In future seasons this could also harm other teams at both Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, seeing as only 10 teams could request wildcards (assuming all 18 World Tour teams, and the 2 automatic ProTeam wildcards would be accepted). Naturally, the news did not fall well for all teams, having launched a counter-proposal.
It is reported by Relevo that this included the extension of a Grand Tour peloton from 176 to 200 riders which would allow three more teams to receive wildcards - however taking a step back in the modern decision to shorten the size of the peloton. It has also been argued that this would be harmful for many teams which have not taken the rankings into consideration until now. The final decision is set to be known at the end of the ongoing month.
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- great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
- As he isn't currently with Red Bull, I guess if he want to race for one more year he needs to find a team. He's 37 so this will be his last year I would guess, unless he wants to race for almost nothing like Froome did.awp10-11-2026
- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
- Me too!!!!!Occam10-11-2026
- they can sign any 100 of top riders today but Pogi will win over Remco any time at the TDF unless something goes wrongabstractengineer10-11-2026
- the time for a GC rider to retire is when they cannot win stages, or have a significant level drop like from winner/podium into top 5/10 consistently. Roglic is still competitive and Froome raced even though he became pack fodder.abstractengineer10-11-2026
- He should be in a different team. It was detrimental. For them it does not matter if he does not develop. He should have gone to a team where they need him to succeed.abstractengineer10-11-2026
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