Inside the UCI’s “Future of Cycling” report — and why its proposals on media rights, team finances, fan engagement and competitive balance connect almost every major economic debate in professional cycling. Professional cycling has rarely lacked audiences, stories or commercial visibility. According to the UCI’s 2026 Future of Cycling report, professional road cycling represents around €850 million in annual team budgets, employs 1,864 people within professional teams, genera

From One Cycling to Collective Cycling Group — the battle to fix cycling’s broken business model Professional cycling has rarely looked stronger. Team budgets are reaching unprecedented levels, the biggest riders have become global sports personalities, women’s cycling is expanding rapidly, and the Tour de France remains one of the world’s most powerful annual sporting events. Yet behind that apparent strength sits an economic model that has changed remarkably little. Teams s