Lotto and Israel-Premier Tech decline Paris-Nice invites amid hunt for UCI points and promotion back to WorldTour

Israel-Premier Tech's Jakob Fuglsang and Lotto's Arnaud De Lie race alongside each other at the Tour de France
Israel-Premier Tech's Jakob Fuglsang and Lotto's Arnaud De Lie race alongside each other at the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Lotto and Israel-Premier Tech have declined their invitations to race at Paris-Nice in 2025, race organisers announced on Tuesday, with both of the top-ranked ProTeams teams highly focused on earning a return to the WorldTour.

2025 will bring the final season of the current three-year WorldTour promotion and relegation cycle to a close, with teams already carefully curating their calendars to ensure they score efficiently. 

James Moultrie
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James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.