UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  Teams and riders  2.16.032 The number of riders in each UCI ProTeam shall be no fewer than 20*. These riders will  be exclusively from the men elite or men under 23 categories.  The maximum number of riders per UCI ProTeam which may be registered with the UCI  is restricted according to the number of new professionals under contract (within the  meaning of article 7 of the joint agreement concluded between the CPA (Cyclistes  Professionnels Associés) and the AIGCP (Association Internationale des Groupes  Cyclistes Professionnels) in the following manner:  Number of new professionals under contract to the  UCI ProTeam  Maximum number of riders registered with  the UCI  0  28  1  29  2 or more  30  If the number of riders is fewer than the minimum permitted, the UCI shall give notice to  the UCI ProTeam and set it a period of 30 days within which to regularise the situation.  If this does not occur, the UCI ProTeam shall be liable to a fine of between CHF 5,000  and 50,000. To determine the fine, the UCI shall take specific account of the reduction  in the wages bill from which the team benefits during the period for which it is under  strength.  The payment of the fine does not release the UCI ProTeam from the obligation to once  more take on the minimum number of riders.  In the event of persistent failure to comply, the UCI ProTeam will be suspended.  The UCI ProTeam shall not be obliged to replace a rider that it has dismissed for a  violation of the antidoping regulations. For this purpose, a positive result for both A and  B samples shall be considered as a violation of the antidoping regulations.  * Special provision for UCI ProTeams outside of Europe: The minimum number of riders that a  team must contract is respectively 16, 18 and 20 for seasons 2021, 2022 and 2023.  (text modified on 25.06.08; 1.01.10; 1.10.11; 1.10.12; 1.08.13; 1.07.18; 1.01.20;  25.09.20).  2.16.033 In the period between 1 August $^{(1)}$ and 31 December, each UCI ProTeam may admit into  the team three elite or under 23 trainees on the following conditions:  1.  in the case of an elite rider, he shall not previously have belonged to any  UCI ProTeam or UCI WorldTeam;  2.  the UCI ProTeam must notify the UCI of these riders' identity before 1 August;  3.  the UCI ProTeam shall obtain the authorisation of the National Federation of the  rider and, as the case may be, of the UCI continental team for which the rider  has been registered;  4.  such riders may be engaged with only one UCI ProTeam during this period;  5.  these riders may not participate in UCI WorldTour races;  6.  The riders in question may continue to take part in events in their club team or,  if appropriate, in their UCI continental team;  7.  These riders will be indemnified by the UCI ProTeam on the basis of a flat-rate  payment for each race day or day of participation to a UCI ProTeam’s event  (example: training camp, promotional event, …), as well as travel days. The  amount of the flat rate payment will correspond to at least 50% of the amount  of the minimum salary (calculated on a daily pro-rata of the minimum salary for  E170421  ROAD RACES  257 