UCI president Pat McQuaid says a ban on using radio communication during races will be implemented as planned after meeting with representatives from the professional teams' association.
McQuaid met a delegation from the AIGCP at UCI's headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland, in a bid to find a compromise on the issue.
The UCI says the discussion "took place in a calm and constructive atmosphere," but McQuaid "confirmed that the principle of progressively banning earpieces will go forward as planned."
The teams organized a protest last month at the Mallorca Challenge to show their opposition to the ban. The UCI says radio communication on the road distorts the nature of the sport, while most of the teams say the use of earpieces makes riders safer.
From the team here at Roadcycling.com and Roadcycling.mobi sounds a loud "Well done UCI". A radio ban will make pro cycling so much more exciting for viewers and readers worldwide. The riders must be treated as the humans they are and not be controlled by sports directors as if they were robots. Intelligent riders will support the radio ban.
UCI Committed to Radio Ban
Team Pegasus Loses Financial Backing and Pro Continental
Pegasus Sports, the company behind the pro cycling Team Pegasus, earlier today reported that it has been notified by its principal financial backer of the fact that financial support for the Pegasus Sports Professional Cycling project has been retracted.
As a result of these changed circumstances, Team Pegasus was not granted a Professional Continental license by the UCI Licensing Commission as expected last Friday. The UCI Licensing Commission has, however, granted Pegasus Sports and its licence application an extension until Wednesday, December 15, 2010.
According to a team spokesman, Pegasus Sports is currently working with a number of parties to secure the necessary funding to guarantee the project's future and ensure that the UCI's requirements for a Professional Continental license are met in accordance with the UCI's revised timeline.
"The current reports by some media outlets that the team has [already] folded are not correct," Pegasus Sports CEO Chris White commented.
"I have not spoken to any of these media outlets and what is being currently reported is false and most detrimental to a very exciting project. All people associated with the Team [Pegasus] are aware of the true circumstances and we continue to work towards meeting the UCI deadline," White concluded.
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