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Headache for teams as UCI introduces Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes 'equipment registration'

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The UCI has introduced what it's calling a 'Road Equipment Registration Procedure' ahead of this year's Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift, which will see all teams forced to register every piece of 'critical equipment' they intend to use. 

In a document published to the equipment section on the UCI website, plans are outlined that will require teams to register a vast array of equipment prior to a fast-looming deadline, before needing to submit it all for inspection and RFID tagging in the days prior to the respective races. 

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