C OMMUNIQUE DE PRE S S E PRESS R E LE AS E

Date: 2 novembre / 2 November 2010

Registration of UCI ProTeams and UCI Professional Union Cycliste Internationale Continental Teams for the 2011 Season CH-1860 Aigle Suisse / Switzerland On the basis of the dossiers received by the International Cycling Tél.: +41-24-468 58 11 Union and their evaluation in collaboration with the auditors Ernst & Fax: +41-24-468 58 12 Young, the UCI will register the teams listed below in either the first [email protected] or second divisions for the 2011 season. www.uci.ch twitter.com/UCI_cycling It should be noted that to date, only first division teams with continuing licences which meet the required sporting, ethical, Service de Presse financial and administrative criteria as well as teams seeking to be Press office registered in the second division which have provided dossiers Tél.: +41-79-337.00.30 considered to be in compliance, have been registered by the UCI. Fax: +41-91-966.98.76

UCI ProTeams (first division)

Rabobank Cycling Team NED Garmin - Cervélo USA Omega Pharma - Lotto BEL Sky ProCycling GBR

UCI Professional Continental Teams (second division)

Androni Giocattoli ITA Bretagne - Schuller FRA Caja Rural ESP Colnago - CSF Inox IRL Europcar FRA Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli GBR FDJ FRA Landbouwkrediet BEL Saur - FRA Skil - Shimano NED Team Type 1 USA Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator BEL Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling USA

The dossiers of other teams – and in particular those of new teams – will be sent to the Licence Commission. On 20 November, the UCI will communicate the decision of the Licence Commission on awarding the remaining first division licences and the registration of the other teams in the second division.

The final decisions of the Licence Commission (for teams that have been required to make their dossiers comply) will be communicated on 10 December.

It can be noted that this year the evaluation of teams has placed particular emphasis on the sporting criterion. The sporting hierarchy is calculated on the basis of the team members for the coming year and therefore reflects the sporting value of the teams’ 2011 squads.

Union Cycliste Internationale The teams’ sporting values are calculated using results obtained in CH-1860 Aigle 2009 and 2010 by the 15 best riders in their 2011 squads, taking into Suisse / Switzerland account all the events on all the circuits of the UCI International Tél.: +41-24-468 58 11 Calendar. In addition, the calculation of a team’s sporting value takes Fax: +41-24-468 58 12 into consideration the collective value of the team based on placings [email protected] in team classifications of stage races on the UCI World Calendar and www.uci.ch HC events on UCI Continental Circuits during 2010. twitter.com/UCI_cycling

The sporting criterion is crucial to obtaining UCI ProTeam status. In Service de Presse accordance with Article 2.15.011b of UCI Regulations, the 15 top Press office teams in the hierarchy will receive (or will keep) a first division licence Tél.: +41-79-337.00.30 (on the condition, of course, that they also fulfil the ethical, financial Fax: +41-91-966.98.76 and administrative criteria). Teams ranked 16th to 20th will be evaluated by the Licence Commission, which will decide which of them will have access to the first division (the maximum number of UCI ProTeams is fixed at 18). Teams ranked lower than 20th place are considered not to have fulfilled the sporting criterion.

Sporting hierarchy of teams for 2011 Position Team 1 Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project 2 Rabobank Cycling Team 3 Garmin-Cervélo 4 HTC-Highroad 5 Omega Pharma-Lotto 6 Lampre-ISD 7 Katusha 8 Sky ProCycling 9 -Cannondale 10 Saxo Bank SunGard 11 12 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 13 Pro Team Astana 14 Movistar Team 15 BMC Racing Team 16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Geox-TMC 18 Quick Step Cycling Team 19 Le Crédit en ligne 20 AG2R 21 FDJ 22 Saur-Sojasun 23 Pegasus Sports 24 Skil-Shimano 25 Acqua e Sapone 26 Colnago-CSF Inox

27 Europcar 28 Androni Giocattoli 29 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 30 Veranda's Willems-Accent 31 Team Type 1 32 CCC Polsat Polkowice 33 Bretagne-Schuller 34 Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 35 Landbouwkrediet 36 UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Union Cycliste Internationale 37 Team Netapp CH-1860 Aigle Suisse / Switzerland 38 Team SpiderTech powered by C10 39 Caja Rural Tél.: +41-24-468 58 11 Fax: +41-24-468 58 12 40 Es Pasion-Café de Colombia [email protected] 41 De Rosa-Ceramica Flamina www.uci.ch 42 Andalucia Caja Granada twitter.com/UCI_cycling

UCI Press Service Service de Presse Press office Tél.: +41-79-337.00.30 Fax: +41-91-966.98.76