Union Cycliste Internationale - UCI Newsletter #67 - 15.10.2019 SPECIAL EDITION MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear members, At the meetings held alongside the 2019 UCI Road World Championships, in Harrogate, Great Britain, the UCI Management Committee examined and approved several amendments to the UCI Regulations as recommended by the various UCI Commissions, and the UCI Congress approved modifications to the UCI Constitution and Standing Orders of Congress. This special edition of the UCI Newsletter focuses on these statutory amendments as well as modifications to the UCI Regulations. For further information on these items, we kindly invite you to consult the UCI website. Beyond these regulatory amendments, the other decisions and measures adopted by the UCI Management Committee and by the Professional Cycling Council at its meeting on 23 September are outlined in the corresponding press release published after the meeting. Please do not hesitate to contact the UCI Sports Department should you require any further information. David Lappartient UCI President UCI CONSTITUTION The UCI Congress approved amendments to the UCI Constitution as approved by the Management Committee. These amendments deal, in particular, with the conditions of affiliation to the UCI, the establishment of requirements in terms of gender representation within national, continental bodies and the UCI. The Standing Orders of Congress were also amended in order to clarify the campaign rules for the UCI President and the UCI Management Committee, thus ensuring campaign fairness and transparency. The articles concerned by the above-mentioned amendments, as well as the other amended elements, are presented below: Clarification of the conditions of affiliation for UCI members (art. 5). Creation of the status of associate member of the UCI for territories geographically separated from their national federation (6). Obligation for candidates in national, continental and UCI elections to hold a licence (7.7, 7.12, 26 and 52). Gender representation in the various bodies (7.11, 26.2 lit. b), 37, 48 and 49). Electoral Commission within the Continental Confederations (art. 26.2 lit. d). Honorary titles (art. 81). Electoral campaigns (Art. 14 of the Standing Orders of the Congress). Standing orders of the Congress (version on 27.09.2019) PART I : GENERAL ORGANISATION OF CYCLING AS A SPORT Various regulatory changes to Part I have been approved by the UCI Management Committee, in relation to the areas discussed below. UCI licences An amendment to the regulations in force has been approved to require the issuance of a UCI ID to any licence holder. The issuance of a UCI ID is required since 2017 for any rider likely to be included in an international ranking. Taking into account the experience acquired in recent years, in particular in order to address various issues related to the identification of riders and the duplication of identities, it was decided to standardise the systems for identifying riders and thus require that all be holders of a UCI ID. With regard to the information to be transmitted to the UCI when the information is transferred by UCI DataRide, National Federations are also required to provide the contact details of all their licence holders in order to enable the UCI to govern the sport of cycling. Entry into force on 23.10.2019 Events Prize Money The changes made in 2019 to the centralised platform for the payment of prize money in men’s professional cycling (mandatory for UCI WorldTour, HC Races & UCI ProSeries, and Class 1 races) are designed to provide for the varying ways in which tax is deducted in different countries and to take into account the fact that payments are made from a centralised bank account once tax has been deducted. Entry into force on 23.10.2019 Equipment Frames and forks The UCI Management Committee has approved the proposal to apply the regulation pertaining to frames and forks to all the disciplines in question (road, track and cyclo-cross). In addition, the amendment provides that certain bike elements no longer be subject to the 3:1 rule. Indeed, the seat post and headset spacers securing the connection between the frame and other elements of the bike are no longer subject to this requirement. Entry into force on 01.01.2021 Commissaires A change has been made with regard to the responsibility of Continental Confederations in designating commissaires to Continental Championships. Articles 1.1.066 and 1.1.067 have been amended to clarify responsibility in relation to commissaires and the authority of the Disciplinary Commission when penalising any infringements of article 1.1.066. One regulatory change has been made in relation to Mountain Bike: National Federations are not required to designate additional commissaires for the Marathon Series. Entry into force on 23.10.2019 Sport directors An amendment to Article 1.1.077 was necessary in order to clarify the fact that the requirement to pass the UCI Sport Director examination will apply to UCI Women’s WorldTeams from the 2020 season onwards. Entry into force on 01.01.2020 Track cycling Regulatory changes regarding track cyclinginclude the rule on the position of the peak of the saddle. A change relating to the National Champion’s jersey has also been approved, with a view to applying the same regulation as applies to the UCI World Champion’s jersey in Madison races, for safety reasons. Entry into force on 23.10.2019 Mountain Bike Changes have been made to enable National Enduro Champions to wear their National Champion jerseys with their country’s flag on the left sleeve, as is the case in Mountain Bike Downhill, Four- Cross and BMX. Entry into force on 01.01.2020 Part I: General organisation of cycling as a sport - Amendments to regulations as from 23.10.2019 Part I: General organisation of cycling as a sport – Amendments to regulations as from 01.01.2020 Part I: General organisation of cycling as a sport - Amendments to regulations as from 01.01.2021 PART II : ROAD RACES A number of topics relating to Road cycling were discussed and the following regulatory changes were approved: Organisation of men’s professional road cycling Men’s UCI ProSeries and UCI ProTeams events As of the 2020 season, the HC class will be replaced by the UCI ProSeries, whose events must comply with stringent specifications. A number of regulatory changes have been made with a view to providing a structure for the organisation of the series, the calendar and the requirements relating to organisers. UCI Professional Continental Teams will be known as UCI ProTeams from 2020 onwards and new rules will be introduced for participating in events. The main rules approved for the UCI ProSeries and UCI ProTeams concern the following areas: Extended possibility of creating a development team within UCI ProTeams, using the same model as for UCI WorldTeams; Elaboration of regulations on participation and the awarding of specific points to development team riders (possibility of temporary “swaps” between the development team and the UCI WorldTeam/UCI ProTeam); Creation of regulations for the compulsory invitation of the previous season’s best UCI ProTeams to UCI WorldTour events; Enhanced contribution to the fight against doping by UCI Continental Teams taking part in UCI ProSeries events, UCI ProTeams benefitting from and accepting a compulsory invitation to a Grand Tour, and teams benefitting from soft-landing measures after losing their UCI WorldTeam status; Introduction of a minimum of teams and riders at the start of UCI ProSeries events and regulations pertaining to UCI ProSeries status eligibility (minimum participation, high- quality TV production, international TV broadcast, quality of organisation and event safety, compliance with administrative requirements and financial obligations, etc); Creation of regulations providing a structure for the UCI ProSeries calendar (number of days in the series, per continent, per country, number of days per event, event overlap regulations, etc); UCI ProTeams will receive a distinctive identity and guidelines linked to their status and will have to respect a certain number of terms and conditions regarding the use of the UCI ProTeams logo and brand. Entry into force on 01.01.2020 UCI Classics Series and UCI Rankings As of 2020, one-day UCI WorldTour events will form part of the UCI Classics Series. The one-day event World Ranking will be replaced by a new UCI Classics Series event ranking. Unlike the World Ranking, the UCI Classics Series individual ranking will not roll over between seasons and will be reset to zero at the start of each season. Entry into force on 23.10.2019 UCI Continental Teams Nationality rules have been amended for countries that do not have enough riders to register a UCI Continental Team, with the aim of promoting the development of cycling of these countries. Like UCI ProTeams, UCI Continental Teams will receive a distinctive identity and guidelines linked to their status and will have to respect a certain number of terms and conditions regarding the use of the UCI Continental Teams logo and brand. Entry into force on 01.01.2020 Women Elite Road Sporting criteria With the aim of bringing it into line with the UCI season, which comes to an end, every year, around 22 October, the deadline for assessing UCI Women’s WorldTeams in accordance with sporting criteria has been changed from 1 October to the aforementioned date. The aim is to include all the season’s races in the ranking, which will provide the basis for an assessment in line with sporting criteria. Entry into force on 01.01.2020 Junior trainees in UCI Women’s Continental Teams UCI Women’s WorldTeams regulations allow teams to sign a second-year Junior rider. For the purposes of aligning the rule for the two existing women’s teams categories, the UCI Management Committee has amended the Regulations to extend this possibility to UCI Women’s Continental Teams.