World Championships: Leading mountain bikers slam last-minute UCI rule change over preferential start positions for road stars Pidcock, van der Poel and Sagan start today's XC Olympic race on 5th row of grid after governing body’s decision cycling
Leading names in mountain biking including world champion Nino Schurter have slammed a last-minute UCI rule change that gives preferential starting places in this afternoon’s world championship men’s elite cross-country Olympic race at Glentress to star riders from other disciplines.
While he is ranked 61st in the discipline, today Pidcock has been allocated the 33rd place on the grid – ahead of New Zealand’s Sam Gaze, winner of the short-track race on Thursday, and Victor Koretzky of France, who took silver in that event. “It's great to have big names from different disciplines in our sport and we can't wait to race against them,” the statement says.
“The concern is the way and timing that UCI has applied and enforced this rule. And the consequences that follow for individual riders and teams with Olympic games quota positions likely to be impacted.
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