Here are six riders moving down from the WorldTour in 2022

Some pretty big names will be taking the step down as more teams look to build to a WorldTour licence in the coming years

Peter Sagan, Hannah Barnes and Rob Stannard are just three of the riders stepping down a division in 2022
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The UCI WorldTour is seen as the pinnacle of road cycling, but some riders are now being drawn away from the top division of the sport to second tier projects.

Over the past few seasons, riders have dropped down to help teams in their quest for a WorldTour licence. Nairo Quintana moving to Arkéa-Samsic, Jasper Philipsen to Alpecin-Fenix and Kristoffer Halvorsen to Uno-X are just three examples in the past two years.

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