16 professional mens cycling teams and one womens team have been sanctioned by the UCI for road racing in the United States. Two of these teams — BMC Racing and Slipstream/Chipotle — will compete in Europe as Professional Continental teams, while the other teams will compete primarily on the NRC circuit and the USA Cycling Professional Tour.
The 14 Continental teams are Team Health Net presented by Maxxis, The Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team, Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light, The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team, The Bissell Pro Cycling Team, The Jittery Joe’s Professional Cycling Team, The Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling Team, The Time Pro Cycling Team, The Successful Living Pro Cycling Team, Rock Racing, The DLP Professional Cycling Team, The Rite Aid Pro Cycling Team, Team Type 1, and the AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork Professional Cycling Team.
Webcor Builders Women’s Professional Cycling Team will be the lone UCI-sanctioned squad in 2008.