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Cyclists to wear GPS tracking devices as part of wider bid to improve rider safety
SWITZERLAND, AUG 10 – The Union Cycliste Internationale will make GPS tracking devices mandatory at the world road championships to improve emergency response and rider safety, testing begins at the Tour of Romandie.
- Last month, riders tested GPS trackers at the Tour of Valle D'Aosta, ahead of mandatory use at the road world championships later this year.
- Amid recent fatalities in junior races, Tadej Poga ar emphasized the sport's dangers, highlighting the need for improved rider safety measures.
- The UCI aims to refine its safety tracking software and protocols to provide real-time data to race control, medical teams, and UCI Commissaires, enhancing rider monitoring and rapid incident response.
- Ahead of the road world championships, one rider per team must wear a tracker at the women's three-day event, starting Friday in Switzerland.
- Cycling officials see the GPS tracking system as an important safety milestone, with past tragedies like Gino Mäder’s death highlighting its significance for rider protection.
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Competing cyclists will wear GPS tracking devices on a trial basis at the Race around Romandie in Switzerland as part of a wider effort to improve their safety, before this measure becomes mandatory at the world championships in road cycling this year.
By JEROME PUGMIRE The International Cycling Union will test GPS tracking devices in the Romandy Tour this week, before the safety measure becomes mandatory in the world road championships later this year. The world cycling governing body is requesting that a cyclist from each team carry a tracking device at the three-day women's event in Switzerland, which begins on Friday. The same technology will then be used in the world road championships in…
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Cyclists to wear GPS tracking devices as part of wider bid to improve rider safety
Riders will be testing out GPS tracking devices at the Tour of Romandie this week ahead of the safety measure becoming mandatory at the world road champions later this year.
Cyclists will test GPS locators at the Tour de Romandie this week to help improve safety in the peloton. The International Cycling Union (UCI) plans to use the same technology at the World Championships in Rwanda in September, where it will be mandatory for all participants from juniors to elite.
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