Listed below are the UCI professional continental and continental teams that compete in road bicycle racing events of the UCI Continental Circuits organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Continental Circuits are divided in 5 continental zones, America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
All lists updated as of 12 February 2015.
UCI professional continental teams According to the UCI Rulebook,
"a professional continental team is an organisation created to take part in road events open to professional continental teams. It is known by a unique name and registered with the UCI in accordance with the provisions below. The professional continental team comprises all the riders registered with the UCI as members of the team, the paying agent, the sponsors and all other persons contracted by the paying agent and/or the sponsors to provide for the continuing operation of the team (manager, team manager, coach, paramedical assistant, mechanic, etc.). Each professional continental team must employ at least 14 riders, 2 team managers and 3 other staff (paramedical assistants, mechanics, etc.) on a full time basis for the whole registration year."
List of 2015 UCI Africa Tour professional teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountryMTN
List of 2015 UCI America Tour professional teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountry COL TNN UHC
List of 2015 UCI Asia Tour professional teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountry No registered teams
List of 2015 UCI Europe Tour professional teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountry TSV WGG CLT CJR BSE COF EUC BOA AND BAR NIP STH ROO CCC RVL
List of 2015 UCI Oceania Tour professional teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountry DPC
UCI continental teams
According to the UCI Rulebook, "a UCI continental team is a team of road riders recognised and licensed to take part in events on the continental calendars by the national federation of the nationality of the majority of its riders and registered with the UCI. The precise structure (legal and financial status, registration, guarantees, standard contract, etc.) of these teams shall be determined by the regulations of the national federation."
Riders may be professional or amateur. The nation under which the team is registered is the nation under which the majority of its riders are registered, a rule which the men's continental teams share with the UCI women's teams.
List of 2015 UCI Africa Tour teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountry GSP Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers d´Algérie VCS Vélo Club Sovac
List of 2015 UCI America Tour teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountry BAP Buenos Aires Provincia SLS SEP FUN GQC HRB SPC EPM MOT ANQ Orgullo Antioqueño DCT ECU STF IPC InCycle-Cannondale AIR ACT BDT CSN Champion System-Stan's NoTubes HSD IRT IRT Racing JHB JBC LRT OPM SSC
List of 2015 UCI Asia Tour teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountry IAT YDL LSL China Cooperation Development Cycling Team CWJ GTC MSS Holy Brother Cycling Team HEN NTC TYD Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team HKS PCT PKY PTS TPT TSR AIS BGT C Project Ciervo Nara Merida Cycling Team GRF Gunma-Grifin Racing Team KIN Kinan Cycling Team MTR NAS SMN Shimano Racing Team UKO Team UKYO BLZ SIL Seven Rivers Cycling Team V4E GIC KCT KSP SCT KCP CCN NSC TSG T7E ACY ATG RTS SKD
List of 2015 UCI Europe Tour teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountry AMP HAC RSW VBG TIR WSA WSA-Greenlife BCP BKP CIB Cibel CSH Colba-Superano Ham CCB COR SUN PCW MMM TFC Telenet–Fidea VGS VER WIL WBC MCC KMP Keith Mobel-Partisan MKT ASP AWT SKC ADP Bohemia Cycling Track Team WHI X23–Saroni Factory Team RIW ABB TCQ Team Coloquick TBW BUR Cafés Baqué MUR AUB ADT RLM LPM JLT MGT NPC ONE RAL WGN BAI LKT LKT Team Brandenburg TBJ MLP Team Bergstrasse RNR THF Team Heizomat TKG STG SGT UNA SKT CAT AZT GMT GM Cycling Team MGK IDE UNI ALB RBD LDT CCD BBD CJP RIJ MET PVC RDT SEG COH FIX FRB Team Frøy-Bianchi TJO KRA TSS AJT ActiveJet Team DOM WIB EFP LAA LRJ RPB TAV W52 TCT Tușnad Cycling Team TIK LOK ADR RAR NAN ROT CKB DUK TTB TKS AMO ISD KLS KCR Kyiv Capital Racing
List of 2015 UCI Oceania Tour teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountry AWS African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team CMR DSR Data3–Symantec Racing Team p/b Scody NSR Navitas–Satalyst Racing Team STR Search2retain–Health.com.au Cycling Team BFL Team Budget Forklifts ART CCT CCT p/b Champion System
Rankings For more detailed explanations of the new-for-2015 points system and detail rankings see: 2015 UCI men's road cycling rankings
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