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UCI press release says "18 men’s teams for registration as UCI WorldTeams" but then lists 16 teams. Jayco and Picnic-PostNL missing, "they still have the possibility to rectify their situation before the end of the registration process, which would enable them to be registered for the 2027 season"

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...on the women's side, 14 applicants for the World Tour but 12 listed, missing teams are Jayco and Picnic-PostNL again. 8 applicants for Proteams, no missing candidates. Final decisions by 8 December.

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...also among the teams, Visma's name is gone and just the holding name of "YELLOW B. CYCLING", the same for Polti-Malta which is "TEAM HAYF SPORTS VISITMALTA" where Hayf is again the legal holding company behind the team, this suggests Polti has quit as a title sponsor.

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they've been searching for one since Visma said it would step back as a title sponsor but no news and it's normally the sort of thing teams announce. The assumption is billionaire Robert van der Wallen will underwrite the team