As riders, we stand united against the unnecessary risk our lives are being subjected to.
This week alone, there were multiple incidents of vehicles on race courses. Two riders crashed when they hit a motorbike who was driving the wrong way on the race route. Luckily both escaped with cuts and bruises, it could have been so much worse.
This summer, a life was tragically lost to exactly this kind of failure. We will not stand for this any longer.
Riders race at high speed with little protection, and we depend on the UCI and race organisers to secure the roads. That responsibility is not being met.
We are calling for the UCI and race organisers to take accountability and act. That means a serious, open conversation between riders, race organisers and the UCI resulting in concrete changes to how race routes are secured and managed.
After five minutes, we raced as normal. We did not want to affect the race, only to show what riders can do when we stand as one.
We love this sport. We respect the race organisers.
We want to race hard and put on a show for our fans.
However most importantly we want to come home safe to our loved ones.
@UCI_cycling
WOUT VAN AERT DOUBLE LA MISE ! Déjà vainqueur vendredi, le Belge (31 ans) de la Visma-Lease a Bike s'adjuge aussi la 15e étape de #LaVuelta26 ! Il règle au sprint Alessandro Romele (XDS Astana) et Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek).
5e succès de Visma sur cette édition.
WOUT VAN AERT FINALEMENT DÉCLARÉ VAINQUEUR ! Initialement annoncé 2e derrière Jensen Plowright (Alpecin-Premier Tech), le Belge (31 ans) de la Visma-Lease a Bike s'offre bien la 2e étape du Tour du Danemark ! Van Aert enchaîne avec un 2e bouquet sur cette course. #PNDKR26
Je vais tweet un peu aujourd’hui je pense, j’ai le temps. Fin du mois les objectifs sont pas atteints j’arrête de me battre c’est pas en un jour que on va remonter la barre 😒