The UCI has announced that it will offer financial incentives to encourage whistleblowers to provide information about motor use in cycling.

After the scheme was approved by the UCI Management Committee at this week's Road World Championships in Zurich, the governing body announced details of a “reward program” for information on technical irregularities on Friday.

“The purpose of this program is to encourage people with information on this issue to share it confidentially with the UCI in exchange for a financial reward,” the UCI said.

In 2016, a whistleblower program with financial rewards was launched by the World Anti-Doping Agency in all sports. The new UCI policy, which is specific to technical irregularities in cycling, is outlined in a document released Friday and states that information for targeted testing and investigations “will be facilitated by financial incentives, assistance, and/or rewards for information.”

The reward program is open to informants, whistleblowers, and sources who “voluntarily and in good faith provide actionable information regarding technical irregularities in cycling.”

The UCI outlined three levels of rewards for informants: material assistance, financial assistance, and monetary awards.

The document did not specify the level of financial rewards offered for providing information, but stated that confidentiality expenditures “may include monetary payments or in-kind (VIK) rewards such as goods or the right to attend events.”

In addition, the UCI Management Committee officially confirmed that athletes contracted to professional teams (WorldTour and ProTeam level) would no longer be allowed to race in the under-23 category at World and Continental Championships after this season The World Tour and Continental Championships will no longer allow athletes to race in the under-23 category from this season.

Athletes registered with a World Tour or ProTeam development team will continue to be able to race in the under 23 category.

“As far as the UCI World Championships are concerned, this decision will apply for the first time at the UCI Road World Championships in Kigali (Rwanda) in 2025,” the UCI said.

Elsewhere, the Milan-San Remo women's race has been officially added to the 2025 UCI calendar and will take place on March 22, the same date as the men's race. The Trofeo Binda will be held a week earlier, on Sunday, March 16.

The dates for the 2026 Gravel World Championships in Nanup, Australia, have been moved back one week to October 10-11.

The UCI Management Committee also announced that the selection criteria for World Tour events from 2026 to 2028 have been “strengthened.”

“Greater emphasis will be placed on the strategic fit of the event in the UCI WorldTour calendar, evaluation of its commercial value, including engagement on social networks and television broadcasts, the sporting level of teams and riders at previous editions, and the organizer's compliance with UCI regulations. Greater emphasis will be placed on the “strategic relevance of the event, including social networking and TV broadcast engagement.