All WorldTour and Procontinental teams 2013 – an overview

Today the UCI announced the final 7 teams that obtained a ProContinental license. Andalucia, a team in financial peril, got a license for 2012. The same goes for Champion System Pro Cycling Team, Farnese Vini, RusVelo, Europcar, Project 1t4i (former Skil-Shimano) and Utensilnord Named (former De Rosa – Flaminia).

These are the final lists for 2013 for the first and second division.

WorldTour

Kazachstan
Astana (AST)

USA
BMC Racing Team (BMC)
Garmin-Sharp (GRS)

Luxembourg
Radioshack-Leopard (RLT)

France
AG2R-la Mondiale (ALM)
FDJ (FDJ)

Italy
Lampre (LAM)
Cannondale (CAN)

Australia
Orica-GreenEdge (OGE)

Netherlands
Blanco Cycling (BLA)
Vacansoleil-DCM (VCD)
Argos-Shimano (ARG)

Belgium
Lotto-Belisol (LTB)
Omega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQ)

Denmark
Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST)

Spain
Team Movistar (MOV)
Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS)

Great Britain
Team SKY (SKY)

The complete list of 21 Procontinental teams  is as follows:

Belgium
Accent Jobs – Wanty (AJW)
Crelan-Euphony (CRE)
Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise (TSV)

Colombia
Colombia (COL)

China
Champion System (CSS)

Spain
Caja Rural (CJR)

France
Bretagne-Seché Environnement (BSE)
Cofidis (COF)
Sojasun (SOJ)
Europcar (EUC)
Team NetApp-Endura (TNE)

Italy
Bardiani Valvole – CSF Inox (BAR)
Androni Giocatolli (AND)
Vini Fantini – Selle Italia (VIN)

Poland
CCC Polsat Polkowice (CCC)

South Africa
MTN-Qhubeka (MTN)

Russia
Rusvelo (RVL)
Katusha (KAT)

Switzerland
IAM Cycling (IAM)

USA
Team Novo Nordisk (TNN)
UnitedHealthcare (UHC)