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announces its dissolution, the winding up of its activities or its inability to meet its commitments; should this be announced for a given date, the Rider shall continue to perform the contract until that date; 

C. in the event of serious misconduct on the part of the Team. Serious misconduct is considered to include a failure to permit the Rider, despite his repeated requests, to participate in competitions over a continuous period in excess of six weeks or over four discontinuous periods of seven days each, during which periods at least one one-day race on the continental calendar took place. Where relevant, the Team shall be required to prove that the Rider was not in a condition to take part in a race. 

2. The Team may terminate the present contract, without notice or liability for compensation, in the event of serious misconduct on the part of the Rider or of the suspension of the Rider under the terms of the UCI regulations for the remaining duration of the present contract. Serious misconduct is considered to include refusal to ride cycle races, despite being repeatedly called on to do so by the Team. If need be, the Rider shall be required to prove that he was in no state to compete in a race. 

3. Either party shall be entitled to terminate the present contract, without notice or liability for compensation, should the Rider be rendered permanently unable to exercise the occupation of professional cyclist. 

## ARTICLE 9 - Defeasance 

Any clause agreed upon between the Parties that runs counter to the terms of the model contract published by (name of NF), the law of the country of registration of the team and/or the constitution and rules of the UCI and/or (name of NF) and which would in any way restrict the rights of the Rider shall be null and void. 

## ARTICLE 10 - Arbitration 

Any dispute between the Parties arising from the present contract shall be submitted to arbitration without prejudice to the compulsory jurisdiction of ordinary courts, either in application of the rules of the federation that issued the Rider’s licence or, failing this, the legislation governing this contract. 

## ARTICLE 11 - Declaration 

The parties declare that, apart from the present contract, no other contract has been concluded regarding the Rider’s services for the UCI Team (name of team). The Rider is entitled to ascertain from the National Federation the contract submitted as part of the registration process for the UCI Team. 

Done at (place) on (date) In three original copies N.B.: Each original contains XXX pages numbered from … to … (Each page of the contract and annexes has been signed by both parties.) 

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(article introduced on 1.02.10, 1.01.18; 1.07.19). 

