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Alasdair Fotheringham

The Cyclists' Alliance calls for UCI protocol revision after safety concerns at Tour des Pyrénées

Riders stopped mid-way through stage 2 to protest safety factors

The Cyclists' Alliance (TCA) has urged the UCI to revise its race safety protocols after the CIC-Tour des Pyrénées was cancelled last weekend in the midst of a storm of criticism over what the union described as “a high level of danger and disregard for rider safety" in the race.

TCA have argued in a statement published this week that the “race was unsafe from day one” and that live TV coverage “provided ample evidence of the disregard for rider safety.” 

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