{"id":188763,"date":"2025-10-09T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188763\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:24:10","slug":"sram-wins-legal-battle-with-uci-over-gear-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188763\/","title":{"rendered":"SRAM wins legal battle with UCI over gear limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Belgian Competition Authority ruling calls into question the UCI’s unilateral authority to create rules. So what’s next? <\/p>\n

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The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has ordered the UCI to suspend its new \u201cMaximum Gear Ratio Standard,\u201d a rule that would have limited the largest gear allowed in professional road races and triggered an escalating legal dispute with drivetrain manufacturer SRAM.<\/p>\n

In a decision published Thursday, the BCA imposed urgent interim measures requiring the UCI to halt implementation of the rule, which caps gear rollout at the equivalent of a 54×11, no later than October 13, just one day before its planned debut at the Tour of Guangxi.\u00a0In a statement released Thursday, the UCI agreed to do so.<\/p>\n

The ruling marks a fascinating moment: a national competition regulator stepping into the governance of professional cycling, effectively overruling the UCI’s unilateral authority to create technical regulations.\u00a0It’s a sweeping, comprehensive legal victory for SRAM with potential impacts well beyond 10-tooth cogs. <\/p>\n

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