
For all that the UCI seem to be applying new handlebar width rules with ineffable stringency at the start of this season, other new regulations are not being applied so fiercely, as confusion over team eligibility in the Women's WorldTour continues.
The latest batch of updated rules for the Women's WorldTour ostensibly included the stipulation that Continental teams could no longer compete in WWT events, which would now be limited to World- and ProTeams only, in line with the men's peloton.