UCI Announce Road World Championships Rider Allotments and Team Time Trial Invites

The UCI has announced how many riders from each country are eligible for the 2017 Road World Championships in Bergen, Norway. National federations have until the end of August to confirm how many riders they will be sending for the individual time trial and road race, and invited trade teams have until the 22nd to confirm their participation in the team time trial.

Check out the release below, along with allocations for all of the men’s and women’s events, and the invitations for the team time trials.

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce the list of nations qualified for the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen, Norway, and the quotas of athletes allocated to them.

Since the introduction of a single points scale for men’s professional road cycling in 2017, the Men Elite quotas are calculated based on the UCI World Ranking.

According to new UCI Regulations for the Men Elite Road Races, National Federations have until the 31st of August to confirm the number of athletes entered.

Concerning the Team Time Trial, the UCI publishes the list of men and women’s teams which are qualified, or have been invited. They have until the 22nd of August to confirm their participation.

Quota allocation for the 2017 UCI Road World Championships

MEN ELITE

UCI Team time trial

Invited teams

ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE FRA (UCI WorldTeam)
AST ASTANA PRO TEAM KAZ (UCI WorldTeam)
TBM BAHRAIN – MERIDA BRN (UCI WorldTeam)
BMC BMC RACING TEAM USA (UCI WorldTeam)
BOH BORA – HANSGROHE GER (UCI WorldTeam)
CDT CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM USA (UCI WorldTeam)
FDJ FDJ FRA (UCI WorldTeam)
LTS LOTTO SOUDAL BEL (UCI WorldTeam)
MOV MOVISTAR TEAM ESP (UCI WorldTeam)
ORS ORICA – SCOTT AUS (UCI WorldTeam)
QST QUICK – STEP FLOORS BEL (UCI WorldTeam)
DDD TEAM DIMENSION DATA RSA (UCI WorldTeam)
KAT TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN SUI (UCI WorldTeam)
TLJ TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO NED (UCI WorldTeam)
SKY TEAM SKY GBR (UCI WorldTeam)
SUN TEAM SUNWEB NED (UCI WorldTeam)
TFS TREK – SEGAFREDO USA (UCI WorldTeam)
UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES UAE (UCI WorldTeam)
ANS ANDRONI – SIDERMEC – BOTTECCHIA ITA (UCI Professional Continental Team)
COF COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS FRA (UCI Professional Continental Team)
DEN DIRECT ENERGIE FRA (UCI Professional Continental Team)
UHC UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM USA (UCI Professional Continental Team)
VWC VERANDA’S WILLEMS – CRELAN BEL (UCI Professional Continental Team)
WGG WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT BEL (UCI Professional Continental Team)
Other qualified teams
ABS AQUA BLUE SPORT IRL (UCI Professional Continental Team)
CJR CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA ESP (UCI Professional Continental Team)
CCC CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE POL (UCI Professional Continental Team)
DMP DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM FRA (UCI Professional Continental Team)
TFO FORTUNEO – OSCARO FRA (UCI Professional Continental Team)
GAZ GAZPROM – RUSVELO RUS (UCI Professional Continental Team)
NIP NIPPO – VINI FANTINI ITA (UCI Professional Continental Team)
RNL ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ NED (UCI Professional Continental Team)
SOU SOUL BRASIL PRO CYCLING TEAM BRA (UCI Professional Continental Team)
SVB SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE BEL (UCI Professional Continental Team)
WVA WB VERANCLASSIC AQUALITY PROTECT BEL (UCI Professional Continental Team)
WIL WILIER TRIESTINA – SELLE ITALIA ITA (UCI Professional Continental Team)
IWS ISOWHEY SPORTS SWISSWELLNESS AUS (UCI Continental Team)
ADT ARMEE DE TERRE FRA (UCI Continental Team)
DDC DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA RSA (UCI Continental Team)
HKS HKSI PRO CYCLING TEAM HKG (UCI Continental Team)
HCR HOLOWESKO / CITADEL RACING P/B HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR USA (UCI Continental Team)
AUB HP BTP – AUBER 93 FRA (UCI Continental Team)
JBC JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS USA (UCI Continental Team)
TJI JOKER ICOPAL NOR (UCI Continental Team)
KLS KOLSS CYCLING TEAM UKR (UCI Continental Team)
PKY PISHGAMAN CYCLING TEAM IRI (UCI Continental Team)
RLY RALLY CYCLING USA (UCI Continental Team)
RTS RTS – MONTON RACING TEAM TPE (UCI Continental Team)
TST TABRIZ SHAHRDARY TEAM IRI (UCI Continental Team)
TCO TEAM COOP NOR (UCI Continental Team)
FIX TEAM FIXIT.NO NOR (UCI Continental Team)
TSS TEAM SPAREBANKEN SOR NOR (UCI Continental Team)
UKO TEAM UKYO JPN (UCI Continental Team)
UXT UNO – X HYDROGEN DEVELOPMENT TEAM NOR (UCI Continental Team)
W52 W52/FC PORTO POR (UCI Continental Team)

The UCI Road Commission may accept up to 10 participation requests from non-invited or non-qualified
teams.

Road race

Qualified nations Maximum number of riders to start

BEL BELGIUM 9
COL COLOMBIA 9
ESP SPAIN 9
FRA FRANCE 9
ITA ITALY 9
AUS AUSTRALIA 9
NED NETHERLANDS 9
GBR GREAT BRITAIN 9
GER GERMANY 9
NOR NORWAY 9
POL POLAND 6
SVK SLOVAKIA 6
IRL IRELAND 6
SLO SLOVENIA 6
DEN DENMARK 6
USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 6
SUI SWITZERLAND 6
CZE CZECH REPUBLIC 6
POR PORTUGAL 6
RUS RUSSIAN FEDERATION 6
LUX LUXEMBOURG 3
AUT AUSTRIA 3
RSA SOUTH AFRICA 3
NZL NEW ZEALAND 3
CAN CANADA 3
BLR BELARUS 3
UKR UKRAINE 3
KAZ KAZAKHSTAN 3
ERI ERITREA 3
EST ESTONIA 3
LAT LATVIA 1
IRI ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 1
MAR MOROCCO 1
ROU ROMANIA 1
LTU LITHUANIA 1
VEN BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA 1
ARG ARGENTINA 1
TUR TURKEY 1
CRC COSTA RICA 1
JPN JAPAN 1
ECU ECUADOR 1
CRO CROATIA 1
RWA RWANDA 1
BRA BRAZIL 1
SWE SWEDEN 1
KOR KOREA 1
ALG ALGERIA 1
TUN TUNISIA 1
CHN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1
AZE AZERBAIJAN 1

Should a nation not answer by 31 August 2017 the corresponding quotas may
be reallocated by the UCI. Non-qualified nations may submit a request to be granted one reallocated quota.

Individual time trial

Any nation qualified for the road race may enter two riders maximum.

On top of the above numbers of riders to start per nation, the following riders are allowed to take part in the event and may not be substituted:

GER Tony MARTIN (World Champion)
ERI Meron TESHOME (African Champion)
KAZ Dmitriy GRUZDEZ (Asian Champion)
CHI Jose Louis RODRIGUEZ AGUILAR (Pan-American Champion)
BEL Victor CAMPENAERTS (European Champion)
AUS Sean LAKE (Oceanian Champion)

WOMEN ELITE

UCI Team time trial

Invited teams

ALE ALE CIPOLLINI ITA (UCI Women Team)
BPK BEPINK COGEAS ITA (UCI Women Team)
DLT BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM NED (UCI Women Team)
BTC BTC CITY LJUBLJANA SLO (UCI Women Team)
LPR CANYON SRAM RACING GER (UCI Women Team)
CBT CERVELO – BIGLA PRO CYCLING TEAM GER (UCI Women Team)
CPC CYLANCE PRO CYCLING USA (UCI Women Team)
DRP DROPS GBR (UCI Women Team)
FDJ FDJ NOUVELLE AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE FRA (UCI Women Team)
HPU HITEC PRODUCTS NOR (UCI Women Team)
ORS ORICA SCOTT AUS (UCI Women Team)
SUN TEAM SUNWEB NED (UCI Women Team)
UHC UNITEDHEALTHCARE PRO CYCLING TEAM USA (UCI Women Team)
WHT WIGGLE HIGH5 GBR (UCI Women Team)
WM3 WM3 PRO CYCLING TEAM NED (UCI Women Team)

The UCI Road Commission may accept up to 10 participation requests from non-invited teams.