The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced several new measures such as the yellow card system and a reflection on restricting the use of radios in corridors.
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After serious accidents involving cyclists such as Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, The new rules will be introduced from August 1st in a test phase until the end of the year.
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“The most striking is the establishment of yellow cards which, according to the
UCI, “they will represent a sanction, but they will not have a physical existence”, and comes to complete the disqualification of the runner.
“All runners, but also sports directors, drivers or motorcycle riders, for example, may be given a yellow card,” says the AFP agency.
And he adds: “After the test phase, “as of January 1, 2025, sanctions will be issued in case of accumulation of warnings.”
It was learned that during a competition any person who has received two yellow cards will be disqualified from the test and will be suspended for seven days.
“For three yellow cards in a period of 30 days the sanction increases to 14 days of suspension. Six yellow cards in a year will lead to a 30-day suspension,” AFP reported.
The UCI decided to “test this year the effects of the restriction on using the radio communicator in the race”, with the idea of “for example limiting its use to two riders per team.
This decision is based on conversations held on the matter within SafeR (new structure dedicated to safety launched by the UCI), whose conclusion was that the earpieces could constitute for runners both a source of distraction, a danger to public order physical given that the radio units are installed on their back, and represent a great risk when a large number of teams simultaneously ask their riders to climb to the head of the race,” the UCI explained.
The entity will allow race organizers to test the extension of the three-kilometer rule, which allows “a runner who is the victim of a fall or a technical incident to be classified with the same time as the group where he was, five kilometers from the finish line.” “, stated the information.
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