Unclipped with Grace Brown: From Wildcards to the Women's World Tour

The days of wildcard teams seizing their moment at World Tour races may be numbered, as UCI rules reshape who gets to line up, and what that means for the future of the women’s peloton.

Grace unpacks the UCI rule changes that will bar continental teams from Women’s World Tour races in 2026 -raising standards but narrowing pathways. The question now: will higher standards come at the cost of hollowing out development pathways and weakening the sport’s feeder system?