Women’s WorldTour team to ‘cease operations’ at the end of the season after sponsor search struggle

August 21, 2025

The Ceratizit Pro Cycling Women’s WorldTour team is to close at the end of the year, it announced on Tuesday.

The German-registered outfit, which has existed for 11 seasons, in a message on its website, its manager Claude Sun said that a challenging economic climate had made it impossible to go on.

It revealed in May that engineering company Ceratizit would no longer sponsor the team beyond this season, but at that point the team had hoped to secure a new title sponsor to keep it moving forward. That, it seems, has not been possible and it will now close.

It means a Women’s WorldTour slot will now be automatically available for next season.

Team boss Sun said in a statement: “The current economic climate has significantly impacted the ability to maintain a WorldTour team. Despite our best efforts to secure new sponsorship, escalating costs and current conditions have made it impossible to continue.

“It is with deep regret that we confirm the end of Ceratizit Pro Cycling after this season. Cycling Weekly