Victor Campenaerts blasts 'unclear' UCI turned-in brake levers ban

Victor Campenaerts on the attack at the 2023 Tour de France
Victor Campenaerts on the attack at the 2023 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Victor Campenaerts has called the UCI’s decision to make a rule banning inward-facing brake levers in 2024 “bullshit” and he believes riders will simply use loopholes to achieve a similar position with flared bars.

The Belgian breakaway specialist was one of the obvious riders going to be affected by the rule alongside Jan-Willem van Schip as they pushed regulation limits to make any aero gains possible.

James Moultrie
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James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.