UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  PART 2 ROAD RACES  Preamble  In addition to the present part which applies to road races, licence-holders must also  respect and comply with the specifications, financial obligations, guides and guidelines  published by the UCI and in particular, but not limited to, the following publications:  $_{-}$  UCI International Calendar registration procedure;  $_{-}$  Registration guide for UCI Teams;  $_{-}$  Specifications for UCI WorldTour, UCI Women's WorldTour and Men Elite  UCI ProSeries organisers;  $_{-}$  Organisational specifications for UCI WorldTeams and UCI Women's  WorldTeams;  $_{-}$  Joint agreements on the working conditions of UCI WorldTeams and  UCI ProTeams riders;  $_{-}$  UCI financial obligations and International Control Agency (ITA) financial  obligations; $_{-}$  Organiser’s guide to road events;  $_{-}$  Guidelines for vehicle circulation in the race convoy;  $_{-}$  TV production guide, timekeeping guide for provider, regulator’s guide to road  events;  $_{-}$  Visual guidelines for UCI teams and organisers of international events and Use  of the rainbow stripes, the UCI marks and the UCI event marks;  $_{-}$  Users guide of the centralised prize money management system;  $_{-}$  Training guides for Commissaires.  All the above-mentioned documents are published on the UCI website in the regulations  or publications pages.  (text introduced on 8.02.21).  Chapter I CALENDAR AND PARTICIPATION  International calendar  2.1.001  Road races are registered on the international calendar in accordance with their  classification as per article 2.1.005.  UCI WorldTour events are entered on the UCI WorldTour calendar by the Professional  Cycling Council.  The UCI Management Committee of the UCI enters the other events of the international  calendar in one or another class in accordance with the criteria which it shall draw up.  As a general rule, the international calendar and the road cycling season shall start on  the day following the conclusion of the previous year’s final UCI World Championships  event or WorldTour event and end upon conclusion of the final UCI WorldTour or World  Championships event of the year in question.  The dates of the international calendar and the road cycling season shall be set annually  by the UCI Management Committee, which will take into account the above as well as  E170421  ROAD RACES  3 