While the men’s peloton have been through a promotion/relegation cycle already, the women’s teams will face the first round of points-based changes at the end of the 2023 season.
The two-tier team system for women is still a relatively new concept, having been introduced by the UCI for the first time in 2020. That year, top-tier teams were set apart from the rest based on a series of financial and other requirements, including a guaranteed minimum salary for riders. In 2020, eight teams were granted WorldTour licences before a ninth team, Boels Dolmans (now SD Worx) joined in 2021.
