## § 5 Sports directors 

(article introduced on 01.01.19) 

1.1.075 Each team, except regional teams and club teams, must nominate a single person as sports director. 

If, within a team more than one person carries the title of sports director, the team shall designate one person as the head sports director. Other individuals are described as assistant sports director. Without prejudice to the terms of Article 1.1.077, the provisions of this section apply to the head sports director. 

(text modified on 15.10.04; 01.01.13) 

1.1.076 No team shall be registered with the UCI or recognised by it as a national team if no team manager has been appointed. 

No team may take part in events on the international calendar if it has not appointed a team manager. 

1.1.077 Sports directors shall hold the appropriate licence. 

(text modified on 15.10.04) 

Sports directors and assistant sports directors of UCI WorldTeams and UCI professional continental teams must also have successfully passed the UCI examination. Failing this, they cannot be registered as such with the UCI, without prejudice to the following paragraphs. 

Sports directors and assistant sports directors of UCI Women’s World teams must also have successfully passed the UCI examination in order to be registered as from the 2020 season. 

Sports directors and assistant sports directors who intend to be registered as such for the first time must pass the examination the year before taking on the role. 

If the sports director or assistant sports director fails the examination, he can remain registered but must pass the examination at the following session in order to be registered again. In the event of a further failure, this person can only be registered when the examination is successfully passed. 

(text modified on 15.10.04; 01.01.13; 01.01.15; 01.01.17; 01.07.18; 01.01.20) 

1.1.078 Besides the tasks and responsibilities which are provided for in the regulations, the team manager shall be responsible for the organisation of the sporting activities and for the social and human conditions in which the riders practise the sport of cycling within the team. 

(text modified on 01.01.05) 

1.1.079 The team manager shall constantly and systematically strive, wherever possible, to improve social and human conditions and protect the health and safety of the team's riders. 

