The Association of Race Organizers (AIOCC) held a general meeting in Italy on Friday, where safety became the main point of discussion after the season in which Muriel Fuller died after a crash at the World Championships and a Tour de France candidate seriously injured in a mass crash in the Itzulia Basque country.

Christian Prudhomme, general Director of the Tour de France, blamed the Italian crash at the speed of the Peloton.

"It is absolutely necessary to go beyond the actions of the athletes and the work of the organizers to reduce the speed by appropriate measures: the riders are too fast," Prudhomme stressed.

"The faster they go, the greater the risk, and the more they put themselves and others at risk. We already said it here last year: Our car and motorcycle drivers no longer have a safety margin! "

As much as during the UCI Congress, the subject of the tragic death of Muriel Fisher put safety in focus at the conference, on race radio among the topics", "Where one of our drivers, who was under too much pressure, lost control when racing through the descent from the path or the build-up area." It brought.

UCI President David Lappartient reduced the use of earpieces at the Peloton by claiming fewer crashes at World Championships where earpieces are not allowed.

Lappartient said the team is asserting in favor of earpieces over safety concerns, but the team has all said that the crash was not an accident. He told the rider to move up at the same time before a critical part of the course causing the crash and pointed to the radio that the rider would wear on his back as it could cause a spinal cord fracture.

"I've also had riders who don't necessarily want to publish their names write to me – the majority will want to keep the earpiece - but there are still a lot of riders who think it's an element that contributes to a certain amount of stress in the Peloton.

"I think it's a bit disappointing that there are people who want to draw conclusions from a dramatic drop like Muriel Furrer being investigated by the police," he said, adding that the earpiece may not have helped.

He suggested that GPS trackers could be used in the future to send alerts when a rider's speed drops to zero.

"There are some options, but there may also be a rider radio that sends safety information to the rider," he said, but not a two-way radio that allows the team to send strategic instructions to the rider.

Lappartient also discussed a new yellow card system that will begin to bring sanctions to teams and riders for violations of safety rules during the race after successful trials during the 2024 season.

He said that UCI had received feedback from riders and agreed that some adjustments would be made to the scheme. Race officials are trained to consistently impose penalties between races.