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Anne-Marije Rook

Belgian court sides with SRAM, tells UCI to back down on its gear-ratio crackdown — for now

SRAM 1x drivetrain at the Vuelta.

A month after SRAM took the UCI to court over its controversial gear-limit rule, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has stepped in, suspending the regulation just days before it was due to be tested at the Tour of Guangxi, and opening a broader fight over how cycling governs technology.

In its ruling, the Belgian watchdog sided with SRAM’s argument that the standard hurts innovation and unfairly tilts the playing field.

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