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The Star
6 days ago
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- The Star
Cyclists to wear GPS tracking devices as part of wider bid to improve rider safety
The objective of this test is to refine the safety tracking software and establish protocols to provide real-time data to race control, medical teams and UCI Commissaires. — Pixabay 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. World cycling's governing body is asking one rider from each team to wear a tracking device at the three-day women's event in Switzerland, beginning Friday. The same technology will then be used at the road world championships in Kigali, Rwanda, from Sept 21-28, where every rider – from junior to elite level – will have to carry the device. "The objective of this test is to refine the UCI's safety tracking software and establish protocols to provide real-time data to race control, medical teams and UCI Commissaires,' the UCI said in a statement. "This system will strengthen the monitoring of rider safety during races and enable rapid response in case of incidents. This represents an important step forward in ensuring the safety of riders." At last year's world championships, 18-year-old cyclist Muriel Furrer died after sustaining a head injury in a crash. She was competing in the junior women's event on rain-slicked roads when she crashed in a forest area south of Zurich. She reportedly lay alone for almost an hour and a half before she was discovered at the side of the road and airlifted by helicopter to the hospital. Two years ago, Gino Mader suffered a fatal crash at the Tour de Suisse. The 26-year-old rider went off the road and crashed into a ravine during a descent and died from his injuries the next day. Last month, 19-year-old Italian rider Samuele Privitera died following a crash in the first stage of the Tour of Valle D'Aosta in northwest Italy. "It's really sad to lose another young talent,' four-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar said the day after the crash. "It is one of the most dangerous sports in the world I think, and the risk that we are taking sometimes is too far.' – AP
BBC News
19-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Onley wins stage five of Tour de Suisse
Briton Oscar Onley won the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse in an uphill sprint 22-year-old Picnic PostNL rider edged out UAE Team Emirates XRG's Joao Almeida on the 183.5 km (114-mile) mountainous stage from La Punt to Sant La Mondiale's Felix Gall was third, 23 seconds behind Hotels rider Kevin Vauquelin finished fourth to take the overall lead from Romain Gregoire, who was more than six minutes behind leads fellow Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe by 29 seconds, with Almeida third and Onley fourth, one minute 21 seconds off the lead."I felt good and just gave it a go on the last climb," said Scot Onley. "I don't win often and I've had a quite a few podiums so far this year, or quite close results, so to pull it off today is really nice for myself and my team-mates, because they do a really good job every day. Today was no different."It's nice to be able to pay them back now and again."The stage was held in memory of Gino Mader, who died at the age of 26 after a crash in the 2023 race.A statue was unveiled near the Albula Pass, the location of the six of the eight-day race is a 186.7km (116 miles) flat route from Chur to Neuhausen am Rheinfall.
