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Sam Welsford wins stage two of the 2025 Tour Down Under after crashing

“The UCI framed its gear restriction as a safety measure – the science showed it wasn’t”: SRAM hits out at “deeply flawed” gear ratio trial and calls for “reform now”

“This case began as a dispute about our 10-tooth cog. This ruling is much bigger than that,” the components brand said, following an appeal court’s “groundbreaking” ruling to uphold the decision to suspend the UCI’s controversial gearing trial

Thu, May 21, 2026 15:58
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2024 tdf tech trends – Movistar Sram Red AXS drivetrain

Is this the end for the UCI’s gear restriction plans? SRAM wins landmark appeal over controversial gearing trial as court rules governing body failed to show how new rules would improve safety

The Brussels Market Court has upheld the suspension of the UCI’s proposed maximum gearing trial, arguing that the test failed to meet transparency and non-discrimination standards

Thu, May 21, 2026 11:45
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Dauphiné 2025 Edward Theuns Lidl-Trek Madone SRAM Red 1x.JPG

SRAM calls for cycling industry to have a “seat at the table” as row over “discriminatory” gear restriction trial hits appeals court

The latest chapter in the ongoing saga surrounding the UCI’s plans to implement new rules on gear restrictions took place this week, six months after a trial at the Tour of Guangxi was halted by the Belgian Competition Authority

Thu, Apr 16, 2026 14:59
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Mark Cavendish Giro d’Italia stage five crash 2023

Should all cyclists require a ‘bike handling licence’ to race? Retired pro calls for proficiency test and “crash course” to ride in peloton, as Tom Dumoulin says protective clothing should be “normalised”

“Cycling is the only sport where you go downhill at 100 kilometres per hour without any protection,” 2017 Giro d’Italia winner Dumoulin, who has previously called for padded kit, said

Sun, Nov 30, 2025 19:37
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Dauphiné 2025 Edward Theuns Lidl-Trek Madone SRAM Red 1x.JPG

SRAM wins legal challenge to suspend “harmful” gear restriction trial – but UCI hits back by claiming “riders’ safety does not appear to be a shared objective”

The governing body says it will appeal the decision by the Belgian Competition Authority to suspend the planned trial at nest week’s Tour of Guangxi, prompting EF boss Jonathan Vaughters to accuse the UCI of failing to prioritise genuine safety concerns

Fri, Oct 10, 2025 08:41
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2024 tdf tech trends – Movistar Sram Red AXS drivetrain

SRAM launches legal action against UCI over “fundamentally unfair” gear restriction trial, accusing governing body of inflicting “reputational harm” and “stifling innovation” – without “any safety justification”

The component manufacturer, the only brand set to be affected by the trial, claims the protocol “penalises and discourages innovation, and puts our riders and teams at a competitive disadvantage”

Fri, Sep 19, 2025 14:54
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Tom Pidcock descending during stage 13, 2025 Giro d’Italia

“We’re cyclists. People should focus on other things”: Tom Pidcock argues restricting gears will make cycling more dangerous and brands UCI safety changes a “smokescreen”

“I told my brother that if we continue like this, they should limit carbs for everyone and put us in ketosis – then the races would be slower”

Thu, Aug 07, 2025 10:20
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Crash, stage seven, 2025 Tour de France

“Cycling is close to its Ayrton Senna moment”: Dan Bigham says “we will have blood on our hands if Pogačar or Van der Poel have a life-changing injury”, branding UCI gear restriction trial a distraction

The Red Bull-Bora head of engineering claims restricting gears will have no impact on race speeds, while calling for race-relevant helmet standards and real safety changes

Fri, Jul 11, 2025 17:59
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Tom Pidcock descending during stage 13, 2025 Giro d’Italia

UCI claims riders’ own mistakes are “most common cause” of crashes and outlines plan to trial gear ratio limit, but remains silent on controversial 40cm handlebar proposal

Visma-Lease a Bike boss was one of the few who criticised the UCI’s latest press release, which claimed rider mistakes, attributing to 29% of the reasons for crashes, as the “main contributing factor”

Thu, Jul 03, 2025 15:56
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Tom Danielson, crash, 2012 Tour de France

“I cringe thinking of the insane crashes I had riding 42cm bars”: Ex-pro cyclist brands new handlebar width rule “nonsense” – as Lorena Wiebes claims UCI is “not really thinking about safety” + more on the live blog

It’s Monday and, after a good drenching on the bike yesterday (where’d the sun go?), Ryan Mallon’s back with your daily round-up on the latest cycling news and views on the first live blog of the week

Mon, Jun 23, 2025 08:48
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