{"id":71419,"date":"2025-08-15T10:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71419\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:55:11","slug":"6-teams-disqualified-from-tour-de-romandie-after-uci-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71419\/","title":{"rendered":"6 teams disqualified from Tour de Romandie after UCI clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six professional cycling teams, including Visma \u2013 Lease a Bike and Picnic PostNL, have been disqualified from the 2025 Tour de Romandie F\u00e9minin after refusing to comply with the UCI\u2019s requirement to install a new tracking system on their bikes. The teams raised concerns about liability in the event of incidents and pointed to their existing investments in Velon\u2019s system, which closely resembles the UCI\u2019s version, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wielerflits.nl\/nieuws\/visma-lease-a-bike-picnic-postnl-en-vier-andere-teams-gediskwalificeerd-na-clash-met-uci\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wielerflits<\/a>. The disagreement highlights ongoing tensions between teams and the governing body over technology, safety, and commercial rights in pro cycling.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/dnlbenson.substack.com\/p\/several-teams-disqualified-from-tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Benson<\/a>, the teams tried to reach a compromise, proposing that the tracking system be used by all riders rather than just one per team. They also requested that any devices be fitted by the UCI, rather than by team mechanics, as the UCI had attempted to enforce.<\/p>\n<p>The six teams involved are Lidl\u2013Trek, Canyon SRAM, EF Education\u2013Oatly, AG Insurance\u2013Soudal, Visma \u2013 Lease a Bike, and Picnic PostNL, Benson <a href=\"https:\/\/dnlbenson.substack.com\/p\/several-teams-disqualified-from-tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>. As far as <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/how-to-watch-the-canadians-at-romandie-feminin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canadians<\/a>, that would mean Isabella Holmgren from Lidl\u2013Trek and Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res from EF would be affected. The others from Canadian racing are Simone Boilard from UNO-X and Movistar\u2019s Olivia Baril.<\/p>\n<p>In early August, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/uci-to-test-gps-trackers-to-improve-rider-safety\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCI announced the pilot tracking project<\/a>, partly in response to the death of 18-year-old Muriel Furrer, who crashed during the 2024 junior women\u2019s road race in Zurich and lay undiscovered for over an hour after veering into a forested area, highlighting the need for real-time GPS tracking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six professional cycling teams, including Visma \u2013 Lease a Bike and Picnic PostNL, have been disqualified from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,44560,82,44561,15646],"class_list":["post-71419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-isabella-holmgren","tag-sports","tag-tour-of-romandie-feminin","tag-uci"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}