UCI to ban two-way radios for the pros someting in the future
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MENDRISIO, Switzerland (AP) — Cycling’s governing body has stepped up its campaign to ban riders from using two-way radios to communicate with team managers.
The International Cycling Union says Thursday that radio communication on the road “distorts the nature of cycle sport.”
Its management committee agreed at a meeting Wednesday to set a timetable for phasing out the high-tech equipment — despite likely opposition from teams who believe the ban is dangerous.
Teams showed their disapproval during the Tour de France in July when forced to go without radio earpieces for a day. Riders effectively operated a go-slow strategy and the UCI backed down.
Race radios are banned in junior and under-23 events.
Eds note: This will upset many of the team managers and some of the riders if the reaction to banning radios during on stage of this years Tour de France holds true.
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