The UCI has given the RideLondon Classic the status of the premier race on the 2023 Women's World Tour calendar.

The sport's governing body announced Friday that it has reinstated the three-day race to top event status after organizers provided evidence of a contractual commitment to broadcast all stages of the race live on television in 2023.

The UCI announced next year's Women's World Tour calendar in June, and the RideLondon Classic was the only race missing from the tentative list of top races.

The race was temporarily removed from the calendar because it did not have the minimum required live television coverage of each stage in 2022, and the UCI registered the 2023 race in the UCI Pro Series category.

UCI regulations stipulate that a minimum of 45 minutes of live coverage must be provided per day for an event to be considered part of the Women's World Tour.

Lorena Vives of Team DSM won all three stages and the overall, but only her victory on the final day after a circuit race around London was broadcast live because the organizers did not provide live coverage of the first two stages.

The UCI stated at the time, "This is first and foremost an unacceptable lack of respect for the teams and riders participating in the competition.

Additionally, teams and riders expressed frustration with the lack of live coverage of the competition.

The RideLondon Classic is not the first race to be downgraded for failing to meet broadcast standards. Last season, the Giro d'Italia Donne became a Pro Series race after organizers were unable to provide live coverage in 2020;

however, the downgrading of the RideLondon Classique was temporary, with the UCI "offering commitments regarding live television coverage of all stages." . on the condition that it reconsider its status as a World Tour race for the 2023 season."

The UCI has also announced that it will "provide assurances regarding live television coverage of all stages.

The UCI stated that the organizers of the Ride London Classique had secured such a commitment for next year's event and provided evidence of their contractual commitment to broadcast.

"At its June 2022 meeting, the UCI Management Committee will suspend the UCI Women's World Tour status of the British women's stage race and, in accordance with UCI rules and the specifications of the UCI Women's World Tour organizers, the event in this flagship series of women's road cycling decided to make registration conditional on providing solid evidence of compliance with the requirements for television broadcasting.

"In the 2022 event, the organizer did not provide the required live TV coverage for each stage, but only for the final stage. This is a violation of UCI regulations and a breach of specifications that all organizers of the UCI Women's World Tour must respect.

"The organizers provided evidence of their contractual commitment to broadcast all stages of the race live on television in 2023, thus returning the Ride London Classic to the calendar of the most prestigious events in women's cycling in the world.

The Ride London Classic is now scheduled for May 26-28 as part of the 2023 Women's World Tour.