Gear ratio limits trial proposed for 2025 to improve pro rider safety

ETOILESURRHONE FRANCE MARCH 02 LR Dylan Van Baarle of Netherlands and Team Visma Lease a Bike Louis Vervaeke of Belgium and Team Soudal QuickStep and Bauke Mollema of Netherlands and Team LidlTrek lead the peloton during the 13th Faun Drome Classic 2025 a 189km one day race from EtoilesurRhone to EtoilesurRhone on March 02 2025 in EtoilesurRhone France Photo by Billy CeustersGetty Images
The increasing speed of the peloton is a concern for rider safety (Image credit: Getty Images)

Gear ratio restrictions, safety equipment and targeted events for this season were among the topics addressed in the first meeting in 2025 of the SafeR Supervisory Board, the body tasked with improving rider safety in road cycling.

SafeR was set up in 2023 as a way to bring together teams, race organisers, rider unions and the UCI to work together to improve safety within races, and their activity has been fairly nebulous so far, but the body’s first-ever press release, issued on Friday, shed light on their current focuses and activities. 

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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on the calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.

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