Tag: Safety in Pro Cycling

Opinion: A Modest Proposal on Rider Safety: Protect the Riders by… Protecting the Riders

August 18, 2025 at 6:35 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

This has been a truly exciting year in cycling, particularly for the Tour de France, and the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (TdFFaZ). These were exciting, suspenseful, dramatic sporting events that raised the bar for future Grand Tours. And they were fast, very fast.…
Is Enough Being Done to Keep Riders Safe? What We Can Learn from the SafeR Initiative

March 26, 2025 at 3:02 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

In February 2025, an alarming incident at the Étoile de Bessèges reignited concerns about rider safety in professional cycling. A car briefly drove onto the racecourse toward the peloton, causing a crash that forced Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) to abandon the race and seek…