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'Serious incidents continue to occur' – CPA Women calls for 'substantial review' of SafeR after Urška Žigart's crash at Tour de Suisse

Slovenian rider broke jaw after crashing over a speed bump in the final kilometre of stage 2

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'Everyone's got a responsibility to ease the tension about safety' - Brent Copeland calls for unity to make pro cycling safer

Jayco AlUla team manager on the little known work done by the SafeR working group

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UCI to continue legal fight with SRAM over controversial gear-ratio limits

The governing body plans to appeal to Belgium's highest court after judges upheld the suspension of its Maximum Gear Ratio Test Protocol

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UCI to appeal SRAM's victory in gear ratio restriction case to Belgium's high court

After two defeats, cycling's governing body still pushing for rest of maximum gear restrictions that impact SRAM-sponsored teams

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GPS tracking devices to become mandatory as Lappartient warns ‘UCI will have no option but to enforce’ the technology if teams refuse to collaborate

UCI clarifies that data transmission will be limited to speed and position dispute with teams during 2025 women's Tour de Romandie

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'No one enjoys seeing money spent on lawyers but this is about unity' – Adam Hansen defends CPA's vote to help fund UCI's legal battle with SRAM

'If we don't back the UCI now then why would they listen in the future' says CPA boss

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Exclusive: UCI to fight SRAM legal battle with funds from SRAM-sponsored teams, as SafeR budget used for gear limit case

Teams association outvoted as governing body ring-fences €300,000 from safety group for appeal against Belgian Competition Authority ruling

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'Teams wanted to blackmail the UCI' – David Lappartient aims to roll out new GPS tracking system at all races, despite concerns from teams

'We will not commercialise rider data' says UCI President at Rwanda Worlds, open to working with alternative provider

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UCI reacts to SRAM challenge on gear restrictions

Governing body 'puzzled' over legal challenge

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UCI confirms introduction of GPS tracking system across all races at Rwanda Road World Championships

Implementation comes a month after five teams were disqualified from Tour de Romandie Féminin in a dispute over GPS system trial

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'I'm happy to have made it to 39' - Simon Clarke counting the days to retirement from professional cycling

Israel-Premier Tech rider reflects on the changes the sport has seen across his 17-year career

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Safety in the spotlight: Are the UCI's new rules doing more harm than good?

2025 has seen the UCI introduce and propose a number of changes aimed at making professional cycling safer, but many of their ideas have attracted major backlash. Cyclingnews investigates the initiatives and issues at play to see if the UCI is looking in the right places…

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UCI announces test of GPS rider safety technology at Tour de Romandie Féminin

One rider per team will carry a GPS tracker during the four-day race ahead of full implementation at the Rwanda Worlds

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'I would be ashamed to have crashes in my race if I was an organizer' - Visma's Richard Plugge calls for better race safety

Team manager believes race organisers can do more to reduce crashes and injury

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'Riders' own mistake' the most common cause of crashes, says safety body, as race for gear ratio tests confirmed

UCI also confirms that rider tracking will be introduced at the 2025 Road World Championships

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2025 Tour de France gets extended safety zones for seven stages

Riders will benefit from safety zones of up to 5km instead of the usual 3km

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'The majority of riders say that this is not the biggest issue' - UCI to test gear limits at races from August, effectively banning most SRAM chainsets

Change made after recommendation from SafeR commission, trials thought to take place at Tour of Guangxi

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The UCI is banning handlebars narrower than 40cm - here's why I think it's a bad idea

The new UCI rulings might be well intentioned, but once again women’s cycling seems to have been overlooked

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Gear ratio limits trial proposed for 2025 to improve pro rider safety

Gear limits, yellow cards and protective clothing among measures to offer ongoing improvements in rider safety addressed by first SafeR Supervisory Board meeting in 2025

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Étoile de Bessèges down to 64 riders as Kern Pharma drop out over safety concerns

Organisers praise remaining riders for 'professionalism' as CPA vow to push improved safety in smaller races through SafeR

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Maxim Van Gils forced to abandon Étoile de Bessège after car driving on course causes crash

'In this race, there are cars everywhere ... it's dangerous' says team director

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'We all want the races and the riders to be safe' - SafeR project stakeholders show a united front

Car on the road at the Etoile de Bessèges and a tyre blowout highlight a need for urgency

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'Reckless driving' outside race courses one motivator for new UCI feed zone rules

AIGCP President Brent Copeland details rationale for restricting hand-ups to feed zones

Cycling Weekly

Rider airbags being considered as part of new safety measures from UCI

World governing body still undecided on radios, gear restrictions, regulations surrounding rim height and handlebar widths and wider rules in sprint finishes

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'Rider errors represent 35% of race incidents' - UCI and SafeR reveal 2024 crash statistics, delay major safety improvements

No decisions on sprint rules, gear restrictions, team radios, rim height and handlebar widths

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