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Matilda Price

Rule confusion continues as Trofeo Alfredo Binda invite five women's Continental teams to 2026 edition

CITTIGLIO, ITALY - MARCH 16: Steffi Haberlin of Switzerland and Team SD Worx - Protime competes during the 26th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 2025 - Women's Elite a 152km one day race from Luino to Cittiglio / #UCIWWT / on March 16, 2025 in Cittiglio, Italy. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images).

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.

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