Despite the secretism with which the Cycling Super League project is being developed, it seems that it is taking shape and would seek to start at the beginning of 2026, coinciding with the beginning of a new World Tour licensing cycle with whom it will have to live after marking the UCI to its promoters very clear red lines.
The Belgian newspaper Hetaste Nieves reports that the One Cycling cycling superliga would be finalizing its details to make its public presentation before the Tour of France and with the aim of starting at the beginning of 2026.
However, they are details that are filtered with droppers and just knowing about this new competition that is born with the objective of balance the distribution of benefits between organizers and equipment in addition to bringing cycling to another level in regards to the generation of income. An absence of information motivated by the confidentiality clause to which those involved in One Cycling have been accepted.
A Super League that is born with the commitment to live with current competitions and be an open and non -separatist competition, a red line that has been clearly marked by the president of the ICU David Lappartient.
As we have told you on other occasions, among the drivers of this cycling superliga are the Saudi Investment Fund, which would finance the project with a contribution of 250 million euros, of which, 1 million per season would go to the hands of the participating teams, € 250,000 in the case of women’s teams.
Among the objectives that the cycling superliga seeks are to maximize the income generated by the races, which would include the creation of VIP areas and payment zones in the layout of the careers in the style of what is already happening in the Belgian classics organized by Flanders Classics, one of the organizers who in the most receptive principle to the One Cycling project; In addition to taking advantage of digital technology and modern marketing techniques to maximize the rights of the cycling superliga.
There is talk that most teams would be willing to compete in the Cycling Super League although there is also the reluctance of French teams in addition to Jayco-Alula.
In any case, nothing is known in detail about this project so we are still waiting for its presentation to be announced to know all aspects of this competition. Only then can we know how it will affect cycling as we currently know it.
