Laboral Kutxa requests the UCI to be a WorldTour team in 2024
Euskaraz irakurri: Laboral Kutxak UCIri eskatu dio 2024an WorldTourreko taldea izatea
He Laboral Lutxa-Euskadi Foundation has requested the International Cycling Union (UCI) be WorldTeam category team in the 2024 season, as announced by the Basque team and ratified by the UCI this Thursday. There is 16 aspiring teams to a Women’s World Tour license for the next campaign, and a total of 15 licenses to distribute. “Whether or not the objective is met, we will continue with our roadmap of being a world-class training group that represents equal opportunities and allows young cyclists in the area to fulfill their sporting dreams,” the squad stated.
Thus, Laboral Kutxa has overcome the first obstacle, and appears in the list of teams that are opting for a WorldTour license, that is, to be in the highest category of world cycling, for next season. Now, as explained by the UCI, an independent commission will be in charge of evaluating all the candidacies, and on December 12, once the aforementioned commission has finished its work and communicated its conclusions to the international organization, it will announce its results. final verdict.
“We said that we aspired to be a WorldTeam team, as the culmination of a show of will to reach the elite of women’s cycling, and that is why we have submitted the application,” stressed Laboral Kutxa, through the social network of the UCI’s final decision.
Source: Eitb

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