2.17.005 In the context of a specific policy for development of cycling, the UCI may create a UCI continental team and/or a UCI women’s continental team, in priority, with riders from emerging cycling countries, through the UCI World Cycling Centre. 

Due to its international purpose and for fairness between nations, such team shall be considered as neither having a nationality nor national federation of reference and shall register at events under flag of the UCI World Cycling Centre. 

(article introduced on 22.10.18). 

2.17.006 The nationality of a UCI continental team or UCI women’s continental team is determined by the nationality of the majority of its riders. 

## Special provision for UCI continental teams only 

However, the UCI may grant a dispensation to the above provision to a national federation which intend to register a UCI continental team of its nationality without the majority of the riders being of the nationality of the national federation; this dispensation will be subject to the following conditions: 

- The country does not have enough professional riders to constitute a UCI continental team; 

- At least one rider from the team will be of the nationality of the country of the national federation that wish to register the team with the UCI; 

- The Continental Confederation must confirm to the UCI that it supports the dispensation; 

- The national federation cannot register more than one UCI continental team with the UCI. 

(text modified on 1.01.20). 

## Transfer period 

2.17.007 During the season, no rider already registered with a UCI road team for the current season may join a UCI Continental team or UCI women’s continental team outside the period from 1 June to 15 July. 

However, a rider who is registered with a UCI road team and is considered a cyclo-cross specialist will have the right to transfer to a UCI continental team or UCI women’s continental team during the period from 15 March to 15 April. 

To transfer to a UCI continental team, a rider is considered as specialist if he is ranked in the top 150 of the final cyclo-cross UCI individual classification. 

To transfer to a UCI women’s continental team, a rider is considered as a specialist if she is ranked in the top 150 of the final UCI cyclo-cross classification. 

(text modified on 1.08.13; 1.01.18; 1.01.20). 

