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Cycling’s governing body is introducing new rules to slow down elite riders. Not everyone’s happy

By Popi Sotiriadou, Associate Professor of Sport Management - Director Business Innovation, Griffith University

Most sports look to support their athletes to become “faster, higher, stronger” – in reference to the Olympic Games’ original motto – so it is perhaps surprising that cycling’s world governing body is trying to slow down elite riders.

However, there’s good reason the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recently announced new rules to slow riders down.

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