The development riders can ride all the U23 and other races they like, but crucially since 2020 their riders can join their parent World Tour team to race. But it’s what happens during the season that’s more interesting. That’s what’s needed to get a team going. And as a Conti team they can do some local races but not all the benefit here though is they can do international races.
Pro cycling manager 2018 u23 races registration#
There’s also a UCI registration to pay, between €6,500 and €1,300 depending on the country, anti-doping contribution included. If wages are paid, then a bank guarantee to cover a portion of the wage bill must be raised. Still all Conti riders must have a contract, even if unsalaried.
Pro cycling manager 2018 u23 races pro#
In France Conti teams are defined as pro teams and riders get a salary and social security contributions but that’s a local exception, this isn’t obligatory elsewhere. Conti teams are regulated by the relevant national federation who set registration fees. The idea here is for a real development squad, formally registered with the UCI and not a club.
Bahrain has a Conti team but so far it’s to bring on Bahraini riders rather than a nursery for the World Tour. Other World Tour teams have feeder outfits but the likes of Ag2r Citroën with its Chambéry CF team don’t count as they’re not registered as UCI Continental teams. In plain English this means a top-tier or a second tier cycling team can have have their development team but it has to be registered as a third tier team.Ĭurrently six World Tour teams have a Conti development team: DSM, Jumbo-Visma, Groupama-FDJ, Israel, Astana and new for 2022, EF Education. Here’s where UCI Continental development teams, aka Conti Devo, can come in.Ī World Tour or Pro Team can have a development team but it must be the same nationality and crucially, registered by the parent team as a UCI Continental team. Teams want to sign the best talent but if they do there’s still a gulf coming into the World Tour, race distances can double. The point here isn’t to name those concerned, more to consider the issue as a whole. Proving this is another thing, no team is going to say “we didn’t think such-and-such is ready to be a pro but gave him a contract to stop him going to a rival team” although you can read between the lines and get this with a few cases.
Sometimes it’s felt like riders have turned pro so early because if one team didn’t take them straight away then they’d sign elsewhere, prompting a team to take them early. So several teams have been taking punts on juniors in the hope they’ll become superstars and have first option on retaining them. But as Groupama-FDJ’s development team manager put it there’s more chance of finding a nugget by recruiting a kid star than hiring someone in their last year of the U23s or even later, although there are always exceptions (think Ag2r Citroën’s Geoffroy Bouchard, KOM in the Giro and Vuelta after turning pro aged 27).
It’s hardly a flood, but moreriders are being recruited straight out of the junior ranks.
There’s now a pathway that represents the best of both worlds thanks to the advent of Continental development teams. This week’s “ neo-pros to watch” post was already long so there wasn’t time to look at the phenomenon of junior riders turning pro only to spend a couple of years on light programs in the pro ranks instead of racking up wins and learning race craft in the U23 ranks. They’re one of six WorldTeams to have a formal UCI development team and more are likely to set them up. Well it is… but from their Continental development rather than the main World Tour squad. At first glance the image above looks like a graphic from the Groupama-FDJ team.
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