Overview

• All competitors at the Rwanda-hosted championships will carry GPS units mounted under the saddle starting Sunday.
• Race control will monitor the peloton live to detect unusual events such as a rider’s abrupt stop or unexplained halt.
• When an incident is flagged, the device relays the rider’s exact position to organizers, medical staff and security services.
• UCI President David Lappartient called the rollout an important and necessary safety advance to catch otherwise unnoticed crashes.
• The move follows a limited August test at the Tour de Romandie Women that led to team refusals and exclusions, and it comes after fatal crashes including the death of junior rider Muriel Furrer in Zürich.