The UCI has confirmed the 18 men’s and 14 women’s WorldTour teams for the 2026 season, alongside the teams that have been granted ProTeams licences.
Arkea–B&B Hotels and Cofidis are leaving the men’s WorldTour and will be replaced by NSN Cycling and Lotto Intermarché, following the drawn-out merger of Lotto Cycling Team and Intermarché-Wanty.
Only EF Education–Oatley will join the women’s WorldTour, while Ceratizit and Roland are leaving.
This is the first year that men’s and women’s WorldTour teams have been awarded three-year contracts simultaneously, but the UCI has made one exception to this.
Picnic PostNL's men’s and women’s squads have been given only a one-year licence by the UCI.
“The UCI Licence Commission has decided to limit the duration of the licence to one year and to set conditions related to the financial criterion that must be met in order to permit its extension to the 2027 and 2028 seasons,” a statement from cycling’s governing body said.
Lidl-Trek has also switched its registration from the USA to Germany, following Lidl taking a majority stake in the team.
The UCI says the number of teams applying for a men’s WorldTour licence was greater than the number of licences available, so taking into account points earned from 2023–2025, Cofidis and Pinarello–Q36.5 were not awarded licences.
Instead, these teams will be registered as UCI ProTeams in 2026, alongside Julian Alaphilippe’s Tudor Pro Cycling and St Michel–Preference Home–Auber93.
Toscana Nippo Rali, Modern Adventure Pro Cycling and MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort join the men’s ProTour.
2026 Women’s WordTour teams
- AG Insurance–Soudal Team
- Canyon//SRAM ZondaCrypto
- EF Education–Oatley
- FDJ United–Suez
- Fenix–Premier Tech
- Human Powered Health
- Lidl–Trek
- Liv–AlUla–Jayco
- Movistar
- Picnic PostNL
- SD Worx–Protime
- Visma–Lease a Bike
- UAE Team ADQ
- Uno-X Mobility
2026 Men’s WorldTour teams
- Alpecin–Premier Tech
- Bahrain Victorious
- Decathlon CMA CGM
- EF Education–EasyPost
- Groupama–FDJ United
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Lidl–Trek
- Lotto Intermarché
- Movistar
- NSN Cycling Team
- Red Bull–Bora–hansgrohe
- Soudal Quick-Step
- AlUla Jayco
- Picnic PostNL
- Visma–Lease a Bike
- UAE Team Emirates XRG
- Uno-X Mobility
- XDS Astana
2026 Women’s ProTeams
- Cofidis
- Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi
- Lotto Intermarché Ladies
- Ma Petite Enterprise
- Mayenne Monbana My Pie
- St Michel–Preference Home–Auber93
- Volkerwessels
2026 Men’s ProTeams
- Bardiani CSF
- Burgos–Burpellet–BH
- Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
- Cofidis
- Equipo Kern Pharma
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
- Modern Adventure
- Pinarello–Q36.5
- Flanders–Baloise
- Novo Nordisk
- Polti Visitmalta
- Toscana Nippo Rali
- TotalEnergies
- Tudor Pro Cycling
- Unibet Rose Rockets
