The UCI today confirmed that 18 teams have applied to be in the 2017 WorldTour, with 16 returning and two new applicants for next season's top tier.
Under an agreement with the Tour de France organisers ASO, however, the UCI will only grant 17 licences for the next WorldTour season.
AG2R La Mondiale, Astana Pro Team, BMC Racing Team, Cannondale-Drapac, Dimension Data, Etixx-Quick-Step, FDJ, Lotto Soudal, Movistar Team, Orica-BikeExchange, Team Sunweb (ex-Giant-Alpecin), Team Katusha, Team LottoNl-Jumbo, Team Sky, TJ Sport (ex-Lampre-Merida), and Trek-Segafredo are all hoping to return at the WorldTour level. Tinkoff Team and IAM Cycling stop at the end of this year.
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New applications came from Vincenzo Nibali's new team, Bahrain-Merida, and outgoing World Champion Peter Sagan's new squad, Bora-Hansgrohe.
With such strong incoming competition, last-placed WorldTour team Dimension Data face an uphill battle to remain in the running despite having a strong roster behind Mark Cavendish.
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