## PART 2 ROAD RACES 

## Preamble 

In addition to the present part which applies to road races, licence-holders must also respect and comply with the specifications, financial obligations, guides and guidelines published by the UCI and in particular, but not limited to, the following publications: 

$_{-}$ UCI International Calendar registration procedure; 

$_{-}$ Registration guide for UCI Teams; 

$_{-}$ Specifications for UCI WorldTour, UCI Women's WorldTour and Men Elite UCI ProSeries organisers; 

$_{-}$ Organisational specifications for UCI WorldTeams and UCI Women's WorldTeams; 

$_{-}$ Joint agreements on the working conditions of UCI WorldTeams and UCI ProTeams riders; 

$_{-}$ UCI financial obligations and International Control Agency (ITA) financial obligations; 

$_{-}$ Organiser’s guide to road events; 

$_{-}$ Guidelines for vehicle circulation in the race convoy; 

$_{-}$ TV production guide, timekeeping guide for provider, regulator’s guide to road events; 

$_{-}$ Visual guidelines for UCI teams and organisers of international events and Use of the rainbow stripes, the UCI marks and the UCI event marks; 

$_{-}$ Users guide of the centralised prize money management system; 

$_{-}$ Training guides for Commissaires. 

All the above-mentioned documents are published on the UCI website in the regulations or publications pages. 

## Chapter I CALENDAR AND PARTICIPATION 

(text introduced on 8.02.21). 

## International calendar 

2.1.001 Road races are registered on the international calendar in accordance with their classification as per article 2.1.005. 

UCI WorldTour events are entered on the UCI WorldTour calendar by the Professional Cycling Council. 

The UCI Management Committee of the UCI enters the other events of the international calendar in one or another class in accordance with the criteria which it shall draw up. 

As a general rule, the international calendar and the road cycling season shall start on the day following the conclusion of the previous year’s final UCI World Championships event or WorldTour event and end upon conclusion of the final UCI WorldTour or World Championships event of the year in question. 

The dates of the international calendar and the road cycling season shall be set annually by the UCI Management Committee, which will take into account the above as well as 

