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CIC-Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées (GCN+)

“Cycling is wonderful, but it is a very fragile sport”: Controversial organiser says the Tour des Pyrénées “is over”, after stage race marred by safety “chaos”

Pascal Baudron also apologised for calling the women’s peloton “spoiled children” for refusing to ride last weekend’s final stage

Sat, Jun 17, 2023 19:01

Traffic in stage 1 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées (Eurosport)

Tour Féminin des Pyrénées stopped amidst rider safety issues

After riders' protest against oncoming traffic and parked cars, the UCI has scrapped the final stage of the three-day women's stage race

Sun, Jun 11, 2023 10:10

Matt Walls Commonwealth Games crash 02 (Copyright Alex Broadway, SWpix.com)

Commonwealth Games horror crash “close to being a complete catastrophe”

The family involved say their children could have been “seriously injured or killed” in the crash, which saw Matt Walls catapulted into the crowd during the scratch race

Thu, Aug 04, 2022 11:47

“I just didn’t feel safe in cycling anymore” – Tony Martin opens up on why he’s retired

“You start questioning if it’s really worth it,” says German after clinching fifth rainbow jersey in final race of career today

Wed, Sep 22, 2021 18:47

Mark Cavendish Tour of Turkey stage 4 – credit Stuart Franklin Getty Images

Mark Cavendish wins third stage in three days – but huge crash causes barriers to disintegrate (+ video)

Safety concerns raised following incident at end of today's Stage 4 of Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

Wed, Apr 14, 2021 11:58

LOMBARDIA 2020 – Evenepoel taken to ambulance, LaPresse, RCS Sport.JPG

UCI pledges to improve rider safety after high-profile crashes

News comes after Jumbo-Visma's Jos van Emden highlights pros' concerns and outlines 10-point plan to make racing safer

Tue, Aug 25, 2020 16:06

Riders’ union chief Gianni Bugno slams Vuelta organisers over post-finish line crash

CPA president says: "Cycling is becoming a dangerous sport rather than improving"

Fri, Sep 07, 2018 12:11

Video: Another crash at a pro race involving a motorbike rider

Incident happened at Boucles de la Mayenne UCI 2.1 race in France - thankfully none of the riders was seriously injured

Mon, Jun 04, 2018 16:42

Rider safety in spotlight again as Australia’s Mat Hayman crashes due to race cars at World Championships

2016 Paris-Roubaix winner says team cars left him no choice but to crash into barriers

Sun, Sep 24, 2017 17:38

€150 fine for neutral service driver who hit Jesse Sergent at Tour of Flanders

Rider was forced to retire throug injury - driver's day job is as a police inspector

Thu, Oct 27, 2016 14:56