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The Corendon-Circus team of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mathieu van der Poel has 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:kept to its promise to seek Professional Continental status for 2019 in order for the Dutch star to compete in the road Cl♓assics season. The UCI released the list of 22 teams seeking second division licences for 2019, as well as confirming that all 18 WorldTour teams have applied to remain in the top tier.

Van der Poel renewed his contract with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Corendon-Circus through the 2020 season, aiming to continue to com🔯bine cyclo-cross, road and mountain biking with an eye on competing in the cross country race at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. After dominating in the 'cross circuit last season, sweeping the World Cup, Superpresige and DVV Trofee series, Van der Poel went on to win the Boucles de la Mayenne and Ronde van Limburg before winning the Dutch road race championship and two stages of the Arctic Race of Norway.

In between, Van der Poe🐲l won the Dutch mountain bike cross country title and finished second in the world championships XC race.

His 'cross rival Wout Van Aert, already on a Pro Continental team, showed his prowess in the road✃ Classics this season, finishing on the podium in Strade Bianche and ending the Tour of Flanders in the top 10. However, Van der Poel's team was not allowed into the WorldTour-ranked events due to their Continental status. His future road 💮ambitions are contingent upon his team's moving up into the second division.

There was 𝔉a second new entry in list of Pro Continental applicants - the Danish Riwal squad, but the overall number of second🅠 division applicants was down from 27 in 2018 to 22.

Due to sponsorship woes, the UnitedHealthcare a𓃲nd Holowesko-Citadel teams did not re-apply, while Aqua Blue Sport folded following failed attempts to form a merger൩ with Verandas Willems-Crelan. That team in turn merged with Roompot, that has applied to the second division as Roompot-Charles. The CCC Sprandi Polkowice team merged with BMC Racing Team and moved into the WorldTour. Only Manzana Postobon and Burgos BH were missing from the UCI's list.

Most of the other teams have remained the same, with Nippo-Vini Fantini's third title sponsor Europa Ovini being replaced for 2019 by a new title sponsor, Faizané, business to business plastics specialists. LottoNL announced in March that it would 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:cease sponsoring the Worl�💃�dTour team, with Jumbo taking over full title sponsorship.

The ⛄licence applications now move onto evaluation by an external financial auditor to ensure they meet UCI regulations. A final list of approv𝕴ed teams will be announced in December.

2019 WorldTour Team applicants:
AG2R La Mondiale
Astana Pro Team
Bahrain-Merida
Bora-Hansgrohe
CCC Team
Groupama-FDJ
Lotto Soudal
Mitchelton-Scott
Movistar Team
Quick-Step Floors
Dimension Data
EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Team Jumbo
Katusha-Alpecin
Team Sky
Team Sunweb
Trek-Segafredo
UAE Team Emirates

2019 UCI Professional Continental Team applicants:
Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
Bardiani CSF
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
Cofidis, Solutions Credits
Delko Marseille Provence KTM
Direct Energie
Euskadi Basque Country
Gazprom–Rusvelo
Hagens Berman Axeon
Israel Cycling Academy
Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
Rally Cycling
Roompot-Charles
Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
Fortuneo-Samsic
Team Novo Nordisk
Tharcor
Vital Concept - B&B Hotels
Wallonie Bruxelles
Wanty-Groupe Gobert
Corendon Circus
Riwal Cycling Team