UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  1.  UCI WorldTour races: the organiser must pay a participation allowance of which  the amount is determined by the Professional Cycling Council and published in  the financial obligation document; this amount shall be increased with CHF  1,550 for those one day races where a team cannot return home on the same  day because of the time of arrival of the race;  2.  UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries, class 1 and Ncup races: the organiser must  pay a participation allowance for which the minimum amount is determined by  the UCI Management Committee and published in the financial obligation  document;  3. Races of the women elite UCI Women’s WorldTour and UCI ProSeries: the  organiser of a race must pay a participation allowance for which the minimum  amount is determined by the UCI Management Committee and published in the  financial obligation document.  (text modified on 1.01.05; 1.01.06; 1.10.06; 1.01.08; 1.01.09; 1.01.18; 1.01.19;  23.10.19).  2.2.010  In all road stage races on the international calendar, the organisers must cover the  subsistence expenses of the teams from the night before the start to the final day; riders  must stay in the hotels provided by the organiser throughout the entire duration of the  race.  Team support staff will be covered up to a number equal to the number of riders per  team determined in the specific regulations for the event, without prejudice to any special  provision provided in the financial obligation document published by the UCI.  Participation allowance  2.2.009 The contribution made by the organiser to the travel and subsistence expenses of the  teams or riders in a road race on the international calendar shall be negotiated directly  between the parties, except in the following cases:  (article introduced on 1.01.05; 23.10.19).  The number of participants belonging to a team registered with the UCI being limited to  three, every rider must, however, check with the organiser that this number is not  exceeded.  Riders belonging to a UCI continental team or a UCI women’s continental team can take  part a maximum of 3 times a year in a cycling for all event.  However, without obtaining an exemption, riders may participate once a year in a cycling  for all event bearing their name.  2.2.008 Riders belonging to a UCI WorldTeam, to a UCI Women’s WorldTeam or to a  UCI ProTeam may not take part in cycling for all events unless an exemption is granted  by the UCI for UCI Women’s WorldTeams and by the Professional Cycling Council for  UCI WorldTeams and UCI ProTeams.  (text modified on 1.01.05; 1.01.16; 23.10.19).  2.2.007 If, fifteen days before the race, the number of riders entered is less than 100, the  organiser may authorise entered teams to increase the number of riders per team to a  maximum of 8.  13  ROAD RACES  E170421 