List of 2017 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.

List of 2017 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."

Code	Official Team Name	Country	Continent
MZN			America
SOU			America
TNN			America
UHC			America
ANS			Europe
ABS			Europe
BRD			Europe
CJR			Europe
CCC			Europe
COF			Europe
DMP			Europe
DEN			Europe
TFO			Europe
GAZ			Europe
ICA			Europe
NIP			Europe
RNL			Europe
SVB			Europe
VWC			Europe
WGG			Europe
WVA			Europe
WIL			Europe

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."

2017 UCI Africa Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
DDC
VCS

2017 UCI America Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
ACM
AFT
EMP
CID
CEA
MRT
SEP
EBL
STF
UFF
GQC
HRB
SPC
BSM
EPM
ECZ
GWS
MED
DCT
MTE
CAS
VIV
AVE
AHB
CYN
CCB
CPC
ELV
HCR
JBC
RLY
ILU

2017 UCI Asia Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
VIB
XDS
EGCB
MSS
JLC
HEN
HBT
KYL
MTS
NLC
TYD
LSL
GPC
GIC
KCT
KSP
LXC
SCT
SKD
HKS
PCT
KFC
PKY
SPT
TST
AIS
BGT
IPC
KIN
MTR
NAS
SMN
UKO
BLZ
TSE
VAN
CSM
KWC
KCP
NCT
CCN
TSC
TSG
7RP
IAC
RTS
ACT
TCC

2017 UCI Europe Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
AMO
AMP
RSW
HAC
TIR
VOL
WSA
BCP
MCC
AAS
BEC
CIB
ERC
MNG
PSV
PCW
TIS
TFL
UNI
MKT
ASP
PFG
ELA
SKC
ABB
TCQ
CPH
TGC
RIW
TVC
ADT
AUB
RLM
CYC
BAI
TDA
THF
LKT
LKH
RNR
SVL
DSU
BIK
JLT
MGT
ONE
RAL
WGN
SKT
AZT
GME
SAN
RBR
SIT
CCD
LPC
BBD
DCT
DJP
MET
MCT
SEG
TCO
FIX
TJI
TSS
UXT
DOM
THU
VOS
WIB
EFP
LAA
LHL
BOA
STA
W52
TCT
LOK
DVP
DKB
ADR
ATG
ROG
TTB
TRA
TRK
KLS
ISD

2017 UCI Oceania Tour teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country
DPV
IWS
NIS
STG

Notes and References

1. Web site: UCI Rulebook – Part 2 Road Races, 24.01.2015 . 2017-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160207182224/http://uec.ch/documents/uci/rules/road_rules.pdf . 2016-02-07 . dead .