Special Edition Message from the President

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.

Entry into force on 01.01.2020

Junior Women riders in Women Elite races The regulations currently allow second-year Junior riders to take part in Class 1 and 2 Women Elite races as part of a national team, club or a regional team. This rule was introduced before the UCI Women Junior Nations’ Cup came into existence, when UCI teams were unable to sign a second-year Junior rider as a trainee.

Now that this has been made possible thanks to the creation of the UCI Women Junior Nations’ Cup and with the aim of putting Women Elite races on a professional footing, the decision was made to no longer allow second-year Junior riders to take part in international UCI Women Elite races as members of a national team, club or a regional team.

Entry into force on 01.01.2020

Feeding during races The aim is to clarify feeding operations during road events. In short, the changes approved by the UCI Management Committee set out the requirement to use the feeding zones marked out by organisers and the adjoining waste zones. The obligations of team assistants in the feeding zones is also defined.

A specific article relating to feeding from team vehicles has been created and a clarification regarding the possibility of feeding outside feeding zones is provided.

Entry into force on 01.01.2020

Table of race incidents Penalties relating to the identification of riders have been updated and now include electronic rider identification technologies. Timing and rider location devices such as transponders and GPS trackers are taken into account in addition to the bib number or number plate, which remain compulsory.

Entry into force on 25.09.2019

Part II: Road Races – Amendments to regulations as from 23.10.2019 (version on 25.09.2019) Part II: Road Races – Amendments to regulations as from 01.01.2020 (version on 25.09.2019)

PART III : TRACK RACES

Changes to the regulations have been approved following the efforts made to simplify track cycling regulations and, in a bid, to achieve consistency between the discipline’s various events.

These changes concern the following: lap counter and bell, laps gained, warning and disqualification, neutralisation, sprint, individual pursuit, one kilometre and 500-metre time trial, team pursuit, points race, Madison, elimination race, Omnium, tempo race, National Championships, UCI World Cup, world records and velodromes.

An adjustment to the deadline for submitting National Championship results has also been approved, as has the introduction of a new article seeking to clarify the way in which track event rankings are compiled and thereby avoid errors in the allocation of UCI points.

Entry into force on 01.10.2019

Part III: Track Races – Amendments to regulations as from 01.10.2019

PART IV: MOUNTAIN BIKE

The following regulatory changes concerning the Mountain Bike discipline have been approved:

 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Short track o Confirmation of participation  UCI Mountain Bike XCO World Cup – Men Under 23 and Men Elite o Change in the number of points required in the Men Under 23 and Men Elite with a view to reducing the number of competitors for safety reasons. NB: the quota for the National Federations in question remains unchanged  UCI Mountain Bike XCO‐XCC World Cup o Review of team ranking  UCI Mountain Bike DHI World Cup – Men Junior o Increase in the number of Men Juniors qualifying for the finals, to 25.  UCI Mountain Bike Teams – Gravity o The points scale has been reviewed to create parity between the Men Elite and Women Elite and to give a greater emphasis to the highest-placed riders or riders finishing on the podium.  The chapter on Enduro has been revised  Masters o For Masters and Mountain Bike Masters World Championships: harmonise age categories from 35 and upwards

The list of Mountain Bike race incidents has been reviewed and approved.

Entry into force on 01.01.2020

Part IV: Mountain Bike – Amendments to regulations in force on 01.01.2020

PART VIII: INDOOR CYCLING - ARTISTIC CYCLING

The Artistic Cycling regulations have been restructured and redrafted and the changes which have been approved are designed to clarify existing rules and to take the development of the discipline into account. Entry into force on 01.01.2020

Part VII : Indoor cycling - Artistic cycling - Amendments to regulations as from 01.01.2020

PART IX: UCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The changes to the regulations in Part IX follow on from the changes to Part III, which are designed to simplify and clarify certain aspects of Track cycling.

Entry into force on 23.10.2019

Part IX: Track World Championships – Amendments to regulations in force on 01.01.2020

PART XIII: MEDICAL RULES

The prolonged use of glucocorticoids, even in small doses, is linked to an alteration in the function of the adrenal glands. Adrenal insufficiency has been observed following local, intra-articular and peri-articular corticoid injections.

Such hormonal alteration poses a risk to riders in the event of a medical emergency and can be detected through the level of cortisol in the blood.

The change to the regulations provides for the return to competition of riders suffering biological adrenal insufficiency without any detectable clinical signs.

The ultimate goal is to reduce the risk of complications in the event of a medical emergency.

Entry into force on 23.10.2019

Part XIII: Medical Rules - Amendments to regulations as from 23.10.2019

PART XIV: ANTI-DOPING RULES

The UCI is developing and implementing an anti-doping education programme and is encouraging riders to play an active part. The goal of the programme is to prevent riders from making intentional or unintentional use of prohibited substances and methods.

The UCI is using the ALPHA (Athlete Learning Program about Health and Anti-Doping) e-Learning course to achieve this objective. The course gives riders information on the doping control process, whereabouts, Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), the results management process, and, in more general terms, the dangers of doping and the importance of anti-doping controls. The tool begins by explaining what riders are not allowed to do and then proposes solutions for progressing in their sport without resorting to doping.

The course, which is currently available in ten languages (soon to be 12), takes around three hours to complete. It can be taken anywhere, anytime, and over a series of sessions, with each session being saved till the next visit.

In order to complete the ALPHA e-Learning course, riders must take the final examination (available once all the modules have been consulted) and obtain a score of at least 80 per cent. Riders can resit the exam several times. On passing the exam, they receive a certificate.

Following the UCI Management Committee’s approval, Article 18.4 of the Anti-Doping Regulation now requires that all riders in the UCI Target Group pass the ALPHA e-Learning course.

In addition, Article 18.5 encourages National Federations to promote the ALPHA e-Learning course among their riders.

Entry into force on 01.01.2020

Part XIV: Anti-doping rules – Amendments to regulations as from 01.01.2020

PART XVI: PARA-CYCLING

The introduction of two new track events, the Omnium and the tandem mixed team sprint, require regulatory changes that have been approved, together with changes to classification rules and the duties of classifiers.

Entry into force on 23.10.2019 and 01.01.2020

Changes designed to introduce wheel standards and enhance handcycle safety have also been approved.

Entry into force on 01.01.2020

Part XVI: Para-cycling – Amendments to regulations in force on 23.10.2019 Part XVI: Para-cycling – Amendments to regulations in force on 01.01.2020

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