UCI calls for rider safety trackers in all professional bike races after Finlay Tarling’s death

Cycling’s governing body, the UCI, has called for safety tracking systems to be put in place across all professional road races “as quickly as possible” following the death of Finlay Tarling.

The 19-year-old was struck and killed by a non-race vehicle driver at the Volta a Portugal on 14 August, after he was distanced from the back of the peloton.

Earlier this week, a meeting of the Professional Cycling Council (PCC) took place at the UCI’s headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland, with stakeholders from men’s and women’s professional road cycling in attendance.

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A UCI statement shared on Friday afternoon said a “large