UCI ratifies rules against team car time trial aero trickery

Filippo Ganna in front of an Ineos Grenadiers team car stacked with bikes during Tirreno-Adriatico
Filippo Ganna in front of an Ineos Grenadiers team car stacked with bikes du🎃ring Tirreno-Adriatico (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

According to a report in , the UCI has ratified a rule to keep team ca﷽rs from giving their riders an aerodynamic adꦏvantage during time trials during the UCI Congress held at the Fairmont 📖Hotel in Monaco.

The rule cꩵame after the emergence of a trend of teams following individual riders with the team car's roof rack packed with bikes. 

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