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'Minimum ventilation requirements, a ban on obstructing the riders’ ears, and a ban on visors' - UCI clamps down on TT helmets in mass-start races

Victor Campenaerts.

Following a range of rule updates from the UCI management committee session in Kigali, Rwanda, where the World Championships are taking place, the sport's governing body has announced an updated 'simplified distinction' between time trial and mass start helmets for multiple disciplines.

The paragraph concerning the new helmet rules is short, but contains interesting information that will affect many of the helmets riders are wearing in races, the UCI said:

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