All riders will compete with GPS tracking devices at this September’s UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, cycling's governing body, the UCI has confirmed.
The measure comes after Swiss 18-year-old Muriel Furrer died following a crash in the junior women’s road race at the event in Zürich, Switzerland last year. According to reports, Furrer lay alone for almost an hour and a half before she was discovered at the side of the road. She later died as a result of a head injury.
