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Relegation Watch: What now for Israel-Premier Tech and Lotto Soudal?

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Relegation Watch: What now for Israel-Premier Tech and Lotto Soudal?

Israel-Premier Tech and Lotto Soudal are in the relegation zone in UCI's 2023 WorldTour sporting criteria. They are at risk of being gutted of their riders and losing their sponsors. The top two ProTeams of 2022 will be invited to major one-day World Tour races. Only the top ProTeam will get a bid for the Grand Tours. Sylvan Adams threatened to take legal action against the UCi to pressure them expanding the World tour from its 18-team limit. He suggested he may pull his money out of the sport altogether. Arkéa-Samsic risk losing the points earned by Nairo Quintana in Tour de France if his CAS case loses and his disqualification for tramadol positives is upheld.

Cofidis won two races this week and gained 426 points. BikeExchange-Jayco, EF Education-EasyPost and Arkéa-Samsic lost points each. Movistar gained 553 points thanks to Enric Mas' win in Giro dell'Emilia. Lotto Soudal are in the relegation zone. Israel-Premier Tech have almost 1900 points to make up. The rankings are based on the UCI's sporting criteria to remain in WorldTour through 2025. The changes are for 3 October, 2022.

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Laura Weislo is the Managing Editor of Cyclingnews. She has been with Cycling News since 2006. Laura's beat is anti-doping, UCI governance and data analysis.

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