At the end of the 2025 season, 61% of the wild card in Women’s World Tour races were granted to MPCC team members. This figure, which is slightly down on 2024, hides some inconsistencies between organizers, a proof that women’s cycling is still developing.
A year ago, the MPCC drew up the situation considering the invitations granted by the organizers of the Women’s World Tour races. In 2024, nearly two-thirds of these wild cards were given to members of our movement. But at the end of the 2025 season, this figure fell slightly to 61%, while the organisation of women’s cycling evolved with the creation of a Pro Team level, set between the elite, the Women’s World Tour, and the traditional Continental level.
Seven teams were registered in this new level of competition and were all team members of the MPCC, which in theory guaranteed a significant proportion of MPCC teams among the invitees. However, there were significant disparities between races, with some inviting only one or two teams labelled as « MPCC teams ». This can be explained by the fact that the UCI capped the wild cards in Women’s World Tour races to the two best Pro Teams from the previous season. In addition, in 2025 there were only three MPCC team members at Continental level, leaving the organisers free to invite the teams they want. For example, the two Chinese World Tour races (Tour of Chongming Island and Tour of Guangxi) featured only 5 elite teams out of a maximum of 15, and invited 12 other teams at their own discretion, only 2 of which were Pro Teams and so MPCC members.
These differences show that the Women’s World Tour circuit is still looking for maturity and seeking balance within. Although it was founded by and around men’s teams nearly two decades ago, the MPCC has constantly encouraged those involved in women’s cycling to commit to credible cycling, while maintaining an ambitious approach to the development of a coherent and sustainable calendar. While at the highest level we can be satisfied with no fewer than 12 « MPCC teams » in the World Team and Pro Team ranks, we still have a lot of work to do to convince Continental level teams to join us and go on making a credible cycling together.
Our movement therefore fosters teams and their riders who are not yet members of the MPCC and who share our values to join us in defending women’s cycling, in its stance against doping and its will to be proactive in its development.