ARTICLE 8 - Termination of the contract
Without prejudice to the legislation governing the present contract, it may be terminated before
expiry, in the following cases and on the following conditions:
1. The Rider may terminate the present contract, without notice nor liability for damages:
a) if the Employer is declared bankrupt or insolvent or goes into liquidation;
b) if the UCI ProTour licence for the team expires, is withdrawn, or if the UCI ProTeam is suspended for a period of three months or more;
c) if the name of the UCI ProTeam or its principal partners is changed during the civil year without the approval required under article 2.15.073 of the UCI cycling regulations;
d) if the Employer or a principal partner withdraws from the UCI ProTeam and the continuity of the UCI ProTeam is not guaranteed or else if the UCI ProTeam announces its dissolution, the winding up of its activities or its inability to meet its commitments; should this be announced for a given date, the Rider shall continue to perform the contract until that date;
e) in the event of serious misconduct on the part of the Employer. Serious misconduct is considered to include a failure to permit the Rider, despite his repeated requests, to participate in competitions over a continuous period in excess of 6 weeks or over four discontinuous periods of 7 days each, during which periods at least 1 one-day race on the international calendar took place.
Where relevant, the Employer shall be required to prove that the Rider was not in a condition to take part in a race.
f) if, on 20 October of the year preceding a year of registration covered by the present contract, the UCI ProTeam has not submitted a registration file containing the essential documents listed in art. 2.15.069bis.