Belgian Competition Authority action leads to suspension of maximum gearing standard test at Tour of Guangxi, UCI to appeal

SRAM RED AXS fitted to a Specialized S-Works bike .

The test of the UCI's new Maximum Gear Ratio standard which was set to unfold at the Tour of Guangxi, which starts on Tuesday, has been suspended after interim measures were imposed by the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA).

The move comes after the US component group SRAM last month said it had filed a complaint with the BCA, triggering an investigation by the anti-trust authority to "determine whether the adoption of the ‘Maximum Gearing’ technical standard by the UCI amounts to an anticompetitive decision".