List of 2016 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams explained

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of cycling, categorises teams into three divisions. The top 18 teams are the UCI WorldTeams and compete in the UCI World Tour. The second and third divisions respectively are the Professional Continental teams and the Continental teams.

The teams compete in the UCI Continental Circuits, which are divided into five continental zones: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. They also win points in the UCI World Ranking. Professional Continental teams are also invited to participate in events in the UCI World Tour, although they are not eligible to win points in the World Tour rankings.

UCI Professional Continental teams

According to the UCI Rulebook,^[1]

"a professional continental team is an organisation created to take part in road events open to professional continental teams. It is known by a unique name and registered with the UCI in accordance with the provisions below.

• The professional continental team comprises all the riders registered with the UCI as members of the team, the paying agent, the sponsors and all other persons contracted by the paying agent and/or the sponsors to provide for the continuing operation of the team (manager, team manager, coach, paramedical assistant, mechanic, etc.).
• Each professional continental team must employ at least 14 riders, 2 team managers and 3 other staff (paramedical assistants, mechanics, etc.) on a full time basis for the whole registration year."

List of 2016 UCI America Tour professional teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
FSC
TNN
UHC

List of 2016 UCI Europe Tour professional teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
AND
BAR
BOA
CJR
CCC
COF
DMP
DEN
FVC
RVL
NIP
ONE
ROO
STH
SSG
ROT
TSV
VAT
WGG

List of 2016 UCI Oceania Tour professional teams

UCI Continental teams

According to the UCI Rulebook, "a UCI continental team is a team of road riders recognised and licensed to take part in events on the continental calendars by the national federation of the nationality of the majority of its riders and registered with the UCI. The precise structure (legal and financial status, registration, guarantees, standard contract, etc.) of these teams shall be determined by the regulations of the national federation."

List of 2016 UCI Africa Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
DDC
KRD

List of 2016 UCI America Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
LMC
SEP
SLT
GQC
HRB
SPC	Silber Pro Cycling Team
BRC
EPM
GWS
MZN
MOT
SCQ
CEE
DCT
ECU
VIV
ACT
AHB
CPC
ELV
HSD
ILU
JAM
JBC
LRT
RLY

List of 2016 UCI Asia Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
IAT
GTQ
YDL
MSS
HBR
HYS
JLS
LSL
NFC
TYD
QTV
HEN
HKS
PCT
PKY
TPT
TST
AIS
BGT
BLZ
GRF
KIN
MTR
NAS
SMN
UKO
TSE
V4E
GIC
KCT
KSP
LXC
SCT
KCP
BIC
NSC
TSG
7ES
ACY
ATG
RTS
MPC
ANS
SHJ
SKD

List of 2016 UCI Europe Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
AMP
HAC
RSW
TIR
VOL
WSA
BCP
BOC
CCA
CIB
CRV
ERA
MMM
MNG
PCW
SHI
TFC
VER
VWT
WBC
MCC
MKT
ADP
ASP
KLC
PFG
SKC
WHI
ABB
GSU
RIW
TCQ
TSO
TTF
BUR
EUS
ADT
AUB
RML
JLT
MGT
NPC
PHE
RAL
WGN
BAI
LKT
CJC
RNR
SVL
THF
TKG
SKT
CAT
AZT
GME
NMG
UNI
ALB
RBD
SBT
CCD
LPC
BBD
CJP
MET
PVC
RDT
RIJ
SEG
COH
FIX
KRA
TJO
TSS
D2B
WIB
EFP
LAA
LHL
RPB
TAV
W52
TCT
LOK
ADR
RAR
DAG
STF
DKB
BLI
TTB
TRK
AMO
ISD
KLS

List of 2016 UCI Oceania Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
AIW
DSR
SVR	Satalyst Verve Racing Team
SOM
STG	St George Merida Cycling Team

Notes and References

1. Web site: UCI Rulebook – Part 2 Road Races, 24.01.2015 . 2016-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160207182224/http://uec.ch/documents/uci/rules/road_rules.pdf . 2016-02-07 . dead .