With one month left in the current season, it means the teams that will be part of the World Tour for the next three seasons are starting to become clear. Only the top 18 teams, who have accumulated the most points over three seasons, will gain entry, and this week Uno-X Mobility has taken a step closer to that goal.
The Norwegian team overtook Cofidis and rose to first place in the Pro Teams standings, placing 19th overall. However, Uno-X Mobility's entry into the elite group is heavily dependent on the planned merger of Intermarché-Wanty and Lotto. If the merger does not happen, Intermarché-Wanty's relegation seems unlikely, as they have sufficient advantage.
Uno-X has had a very successful August and September – they won the Deutschland Tour, with two stage wins awarded to Søren Wærenskjold, in addition to the Circuit Franco Belge and Muur Classic Geraardsbergen with Jonas Abrahamsen. Abrahamsen also reached the podium at the Maryland Cycling Classic. Andreas Leknessund's 6th place in the World Championship time trial brought the team another 130 points.
Even if Uno-X Mobility remains at the ProTeam level, their prospects are good. After Lotto and Israel-Premier Tech were relegated in 2022, they benefited from a UCI rule that requires the best ProTeams to receive invitations to World Tour races.
Uno-X Mobility is firmly the best ProTeam in this year's UCI team rankings, sitting in 11th place, but the team's sports director, Gabriel Rasch, explained that World Tour team status would allow them to offer more opportunities to young riders, rather than fighting for points in every race.
