The UCI announced Thursday that it has raised the anti-doping requirements for the top women's category, the UCI Women's WorldTeams. The eight teams in the category will donate €10,000 to the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF).

Last season, there were 29 riders registered with the RTP and 90 anti-doping tests; with the additional funding, the number will increase to 53 this year and 74 in 2022.

Riders participating in the RTP are required to submit their whereabouts information so that random anti-doping tests can be conducted, and tests conducted by the CADF can be combined with tests conducted by the National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO).

This requirement is in addition to the NADO testing and whereabouts requirements for each rider; under UCI rules, licensed riders are subject to testing at any time.

Women's world teams will be required to submit a tentative schedule of training camps and competitions, and Continental women's teams may be required to provide this information under the CADF's information strategy. [Dutch cyclo-cross racer Denis Betsema was handed a six-month off-season ban for testing positive for "unintentional" anabolic steroids, which he claimed was the result of cross-contamination at a pharmacy. Sophie de Buist has been in contact with Betsema's attorneys in hopes of receiving similar lighter treatment for the anabolic steroid positive.

UCI President David LaPartient said the move is a "significant increase in resources to support the UCI Women's World Team" and "an important new phase in the UCI's commitment to clean sport and our Federation's leading fight against drug cheating He says that it is "a Protecting cycling's integrity and reputation comes at a cost, but not at a price."

The UCI has also been working to protect the integrity and reputation of the UCI.

There are currently 102 women on the UCI Women's WorldTeams in the UCI database, and a total of 492 women in the Women's Continental Team category.

The new requirement is to have a minimum of three riders per WorldTeam in the RTP, and the number of riders in the pool should continue to grow with the planned increase in Women's WorldTeam registrations over the next three years.

The UCI is also planning testing during 21 different Women's WorldTour events over 46 days, including blood testing before and during races for biological passports, testing during training camps, and long-term storage of samples for retrospective testing.