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The first rest day of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2011 Tour de France has resulted in the professional cyclists' union (CPA) asking for heightened awarenes🎃s of riders fro🎐m the convoy.

The call comes following a series of crashes which effected nearly every stage of the Tour's opening week, with two of the most serious resulting from incidents where the convoy collided with riders - 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Saxo Bank's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nicki Sørensen was clipped by a motorcycle carrying a photographer that was moving ahead of the peloton on stage 5, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Johnny Hoogerland (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vacansoleil-DCM)were hit by a France Television car which did not follow orders from race radio and pull to the side of the road as requested on stage 9.

"We must not forget that the protagonists are the riders🅷 in each race," said CPA president Gianni Bugno, in a statement. "The greatest attention and all necessary measures for their safety💙 must be ensured and constantly met ... "

Bugno used the stage 9 incident as a prime e🅠xample in the argument against International Cycling Union's (UCI) radio ban which has been rolled out on top-level events this se🏅ason.

"Given the difficulty in ensur🌠ing security in the races now, I cannot imagine what happens when you prevent the use of headsets in the big races like the UCI wants to do," he continued. "We hope that some decisions be reviewed and, as already mentioned, the riders' safety will always be a priority."

The radio ban is set to extend to WorldTour events, including the Tour de France, in 2012.