The Int'l Cycling Union's (UCI) WorldTour reforms "appear to have hit another problem, as the organisation that represents professional cycling teams has been ‘compelled’ to issue a statement distancing itself from a UCI press release published in June relating to new WorldTour rule," according to Nigel Wynn of CYCLING WEEKLY.
The Int'l Professional Cyclists Group Association (AIGCP) "has a specific problem with a passage in the UCI press statement issued on June 23 that says new WorldTour events will have a minimum of 10 WorldTour teams taking part in them." The AIGCP said that it did "not agree to such a proposal when it was discussed as part of a Professional Cycling Council (PCC) meeting on WorldTour reforms." The AIGCP approached the UCI "to rectify its statement, but was ‘unsuccessful at obtaining the needed rectification’ so felt it necessary to clarify itself position." It wants the newly-appointed WorldTour events themselves "to be responsible for attracting the participation of at least 10 WorldTour teams, without it being compulsory" (CYCLING WEEKLY, 7/29).