David Lapartier, president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), has announced that the RideLondon Classic remains a possibility to return to the Women's World Tour.

Under UCI rules, there must be at least 45 minutes of live coverage per stage to qualify for Women's World Tour status. However, at this year's RideLondon, only the final day's race around London was broadcast live, with the previous two stages broadcast as highlights.

"It's still possible, but the UCI specifications require live TV broadcasts, so it's clearly what we wanted," La Partiente said at the Tour de France Grand Departement. [They came back to us last week, so we know they are working on it.

La Partient's comments are consistent with a statement released by the UCI in June, which temporarily reclassified the RideLondon Classic as a Pro Series race.

"Daily live television coverage of UCI Women's World Tour events, including the most prestigious race in women's professional road cycling, is fundamental to ensuring its continued international development," the UCI statement said.

Since 2016, the Ride London Classic has been part of the Women's World Tour, with the exception of 2020 and 2021, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 epidemic. After four editions as a World Tour one-day race for sprinters finishing on The Mall, the event was expanded to three stages this year.

As a one-day race, it was known as one of the richest women's races on the calendar, offering a total prize purse of €100,000. It was also one of the few races that guaranteed equal prize money for men and women when both races were held. In 2022, however, the total prize purse was reduced to 60,000 euros.

The final decision on the status of the RideLondon Classic will be made by the UCI Management Committee in September.