{"id":52279,"date":"2025-08-07T15:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52279\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:01:08","slug":"all-riders-to-use-gps-trackers-at-2025-world-championships-after-muriel-furrers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52279\/","title":{"rendered":"All riders to use GPS trackers at 2025 World Championships after Muriel Furrer’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

All riders will compete with GPS tracking devices on their bikes at this September\u2019s UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, cycling’s governing body, the UCI<\/a> has confirmed.<\/p>\n

The measure comes after Swiss 18-year-old Muriel Furrer died<\/a> following a crash in the junior women\u2019s road race at the event in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland last year. According to reports, Furrer lay alone for almost an hour and a half before she was discovered at the side of the road. She later died as a result of a head injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of the UCI\u2019s SafeR initiative to improve rider safety, it has been decided all competitors \u2013 from the junior events up to the elite level \u2013 will carry tracking devices at this year\u2019s World Championships.<\/p>\n

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The technology will be trialled at the Tour de Romandie F\u00e9minin later this month, where one rider per team will carry a GPS tracker.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe objective of this test is to refine the UCI\u2019s safety tracking software and establish protocols to provide real-time data to race control, medical teams and UCI Commissaires,\u201d the UCI said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis system will strengthen the monitoring of rider safety during races and enable rapid response in case of incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

With race radios not allowed at the World Championships, concerns were raised in the wake of Furrer\u2019s death about how rider emergencies can be alerted. At the time, UCI president David Lappartient said it was \u201ctoo early<\/a>\u201d to say if radios would have made it simpler to locate Furrer.<\/p>\n

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Lappartient has since suggested his openness to implementing GPS tracking in \u201call WorldTour events\u201d \u2013 \u201cit would enable us to see where they are if they have a crash,\u201d he told Cyclist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Tour de Suisse introduced rider and convoy tracking<\/a>, claiming to be the first race in the world to do so.<\/p>\n

Riders’ bikes at the race were fitted with small trackers that sounded an alarm in the case of \u201canomalies\u201d, race director Olivier Senn explained, \u201csuch as if the bike does not move for 30 seconds, leaves the route or abruptly changes speed. In such cases, we are notified immediately and can react.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tour de Suisse fell into mourning in 2023 following the death of Gino M\u00e4der<\/a>, who crashed at speed descending the Albula Pass.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot completely prevent crashes with these measures,\u201d Senn said of GPS tracking, \u201cbut we are doing everything we can to ensure that all information is available to the teams and that the consequences are as minimal as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UCI World Championships will take place in Kigali, Rwanda between 21-28 September. GPS tracking will be tested at the three-day Tour de Romandie F\u00e9minin, which takes place from 15-17 August.<\/p>\n

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