UCI to increase personnel at races to help crack down on breaches of rider safety

Cycling's governing body, the UCI, will increase the number of staff at races to monitor the application of new guidelines to protect riders from race vehicles

The UCI will "significantly increase" the number of personnel on the ground at races to monitor the compliance of new safety guidelines brought in as a result of the increasing number of accidents involving riders and race vehicles.

The guidelines, introduced before this weekend's incident at the Belgium Tour, in which Lotto-Soudal rider Stig Broeckx was left in a coma, state that vehicles should not pass groups of riders without direct permission from the race commissaire, among other strict instructions.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.