5 d. ago Tour de France team boss Jonathan Vaughters blasts UCI over rider safety

Cycling’s governing body accused of dangerous inaction‘People with real knowledge are pushed to the outside’A leading Tour de France team manager, Jonathan Vaughters, has launched a scathing attack on cycling’s governing body on the eve of the race, accusing the UCI of being “unable to make good decisions when it comes to safety or the governance of the sport”.Vaughters, who leads EF Education-Easypost and raced in four Tours as a professional, described cycling’s governing body as “managed by politicians and bureaucrats who do not understand the reality of the sport” and added that “they were put in place by the votes of other politicians who have never had their skin ripped off by the road”. Continue reading...

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