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REVEALED: Uci issues statement on urgent hookless tyre debate | Vintage Vibes

Thomas de Gendt bike.

Amid the ongoing debate surrounding the safety and suitability of hookless rim technology, the UCI has weighed in with a statement, saying that it has "decided to study the situation as a matter of urgency."

The situation came to the fore recently in an incident on stage 5 of the UAE Tour, when seemingly out of nowhere, Lotto Dstny’s Thomas De Gendt crashed after his tyre blew off its rim. 

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