Template:UCI team code/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:UCI team code. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

In professional road cycling, the name of a team is usually presented as the name of its current sponsor or sponsors and can vary or change completely over time. This template uses a three-character code to identify a team regardless of name changes and ensure that the appropriate team name is displayed.

When addressing specific time periods, it is good practice on Wikipedia to refer to a team by the name in use at the referenced point in time rather than e.g. the name it uses today or was best known as. In such cases, this template is most useful when including the "year" parameter as the output will display the contemporary name the team was using.

If two or more sponsors are used in the team name, the sponsor names are separated by an en dash. The ct template tries to use that style, although not all the team templates may be updated.

Regardless of the code assigned to a team by this template, cycling team articles should be ordinarily be titled as the current name of the team or the name it bore when it disbanded. Any questions or discussions about the lineage of a team should be had on the appropriate article talk pages.

Linked: {{UCI team code|name|year}}, where name is the (UCI)-code of the cycling team, and year (optional) is year.

Not linked: {{UCI team code|name|year|nolink=yes}}, where name is the (UCI)-code of the cycling team, and year (optional) is year.

A list of included codes is available in Category:Cycling team data.

In cycling, team names change with sponsors, and so the same team can have a completely different name in different years. For this, the year can be specified. If no year is specified, the most recent teamname is used. If a team changes names half-way a year, the two names are distinguished by adding a letter.