The world governing body said in a statement that an audit of the team, carried out by the Institute of Sport Sciences at the University of Lausanne (ISSUL), had given them “compelling grounds” to make its decision.
“The UCI considers that the ISSUL audit has, among other things, revealed a big difference between the policies and structures that the team presented to the Licence Commission in December and the reality on the ground,” it said.
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The UCI, now headed by Briton Brian Cookson, stripped Russian-based team Katusha of its WorldTour license in 2012, but it successfully appealed to the Court of Arbitration in Sport to be reinstated.
