Teams disqualified from Women's Tour de Romandie
UCI said Canyon-Sram zondacrypto, EF Education-Oatly, Lidl-Trek, Team Picnic PostNL and Team Visma-Lease a Bike were the teams excluded from the three-stage UCI Women's WorldTour event.
"The UCI regrets that certain teams have objected to the test by not nominating a rider to carry the tracking device and have therewith opted to be excluded from the Tour de Romandie Feminin," it said in a statement.
"In view of this situation, the UCI shall consider if other measures are warranted in accordance with the UCI Regulations."
The 63-gram GPS devices were intended to help UCI refine tracking software and "establish protocols to provide real-time data to race control, medical teams and UCI Commissaires."
Each team was required to have one test rider carry the device, with UCI saying details of the test were communicated to all teams last week.
The safety initiative takes on added urgency following the death of 18-year-old Muriel Furrer, who died from injuries sustained in a crash during the junior women's road race at last year's world championships.
The teenager crashed in a wooded area after leaving the road and was found 90 minutes later by a track marshal before being airlifted to hospital.
"This system will strengthen the monitoring of rider safety during races and enable rapid response in case of incidents," UCI added.
"The initiative is part of the UCI's ongoing efforts to protect rider safety, and broader implementation of this technology is envisaged for coming seasons.
UCI said the technology will be deployed at this year's Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, where all riders will carry the device.
"It should be noted that most of these teams are part of the Velon organisation which is the owner of its own data transmission system and is working on the development of its own GPS tracking system," it added.
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