The One Cycling Super League is ready to change cycling: teams would receive 1 million per year for participating

Despite the secrecy with which the Cycling Super League project is being developed, it seems to be taking shape and would seek to start in early 2026, coinciding with the beginning of a new World Tour licensing cycle with whom it will have to coexist after the UCI set very clear red lines for its promoters.

The One Cycling Super League seeks to start in 2026

The Belgian newspaper Het Laaste Niews reports that the One Cycling Super League would be finalizing its details to make its public presentation before the Tour de France and with the aim of starting in early 2026.

However, details are leaking little by little and almost nothing is known about this new competition that aims to balance the distribution of profits between organizers and teams, as well as take cycling to another level in terms of revenue generation. A lack of information motivated by the confidentiality clause to which those involved in One Cycling have adhered.

RECOMENDADO

Complete list of the highest paid cyclists of 2025

New Specialized Turbo Levo 4: prices, models, and features

Are you being deceived by gels? A study shows that some do not contain what they claim

The cyclist's curse of watt/kilo

Shimmy Effect: why some bikes become uncontrollable when going downhill

Why short cranks are trending?

A super league that is born with the commitment to coexist with current competitions and be an open and non-separatist competition, a red line that has been clearly marked by UCI President David Lappartient.

As we have already told you on other occasions, among the promoters of this Cycling Super League are the Saudi investment fund SURJ, which would finance the project with a contribution of 250 million euros, of which, 1 million per season would go to the participating teams, 250,000 euros in the case of women's teams.

Among the objectives of the Cycling Super League are to maximize the income generated by the races, which would include the creation of VIP areas and paid zones on the race course in the style of what already happens in the Belgian classics organized by Flanders Classics, one of the organizers that has been more receptive to the One Cycling project from the beginning; as well as taking advantage of digital technology and modern marketing techniques to maximize the rights of the Cycling Super League.

It is said that most teams would be willing to compete in the Cycling Super League although there is also reluctance from French teams as well as Jayco-AlUla.

In any case, nothing is known in detail yet about this project so we are still waiting for its presentation to be announced to know all aspects of this competition. Only then will we be able to know how it will affect cycling as we currently know it.