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$^{(2)}$ Invitations declined by invited UCI ProTeams may be used by the organiser as additional wild cards. 

$^{(3)}$ The organiser of a Grand Tour must guarantee the participation in the race of at least one UCI WorldTeam or UCI ProTeam from the country of the organiser amongst the 22 participating teams. 

UCI ProTeams that accept the obligatory invitation from the organiser (except wild card) to participate in at least one Grand Tour, shall pay the same contribution to the biological passport as UCI WorldTeams, as published in the International Testing Agency (ITA) financial obligations document available on the UCI website. 

## Provisions for UCI WorldTour one-day races 

The organiser must invite the best UCI ProTeams on the UCI World Team Ranking, as considered on the last day of the previous season (under the terms of article 2.1.001)$^{ (1)}$, according to the followings: 

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$^{(1)}$ For the purpose of this article, teams registered as UCI ProTeam or UCI WorldTeam during the previous season are taken into consideration. 

$^{(2)}$ Invitations declined by invited UCI ProTeams may be used by the organiser as additional wild cards. 

## Provisions for ME and MU class2 events of the Europe Tour as well as ME and MU class 1 and class 2 events of the America Tour, Asia Tour, Africa Tour and Oceania Tour 

The organiser must invite the first 3 UCI continental teams in the classification by team for the relevant continental circuit of the event, on the last day of the previous season (in the sense of Article 2.1.001). For the application of this provision, only teams from the relevant continental circuit of which the event is part and, amongst these, only the best team of each nation is considered. 

## Provisions for ME and MU class 1 and class 2 events of the Africa Tour 

The organiser must invite the first 3 national teams in the classification by nation for the UCI Africa Tour, on the last day of the previous season (in the sense of Article 2.1.001). 

For stage races, the date to be taken into account is the first racing day. 

The organiser must accept entries from above mentioned teams who have responded positively to an invitation. 

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