Australian men’s team Jayco AlUla and its women’s equivalent Liv AlUla Jayco are expected to continue on the WorldTour in 2026 after “paperwork issues” led to delayed registration.
The two teams were absent from a UCI press release earlier this month which confirmed the men’s and women’s WorldTour licence applicants for 2026-2028. Teams were given a deadline of 15 October to submit their registration documents, which included ethical, financial and administrative files.
To guarantee a place on the WorldTour for the upcoming three-year cycle, the men’s Jayco AlUla needed to rank within the top 18 teams of the 2023-2025 UCI rankings; the team placed 16th.
The women’s Liv AlUla Jayco finished the season eighth, comfortably within the top-15 places needed to secure Women’s WorldTour status for 2026.
As well as meeting the sporting criteria, team bosses must disclose their budgets and sponsor contracts signed for the upcoming season. The UCI asks that teams provide a bank guarantee equivalent to “one quarter of all the gross sums due for payment by the UCI WorldTeam to riders and persons under contract for the operation of the team during the registration year”, plus CHF 15,000 (£14,240/$18,700).
This figure must meet a minimum of CHF 975,000 (£925,600/$1.2m) for men’s WorldTour teams, and CHF 130,000 (£123,400/$162,000) for women’s WorldTour teams.
In its list of candidate teams posted on 20 October, in which Jayco AlUla and Liv AlUla Jayco were absent, the UCI said teams not included “still have the possibility to rectify their situation before the end of the registration process, which would enable them to be registered for the 2026 season.”
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