The salaries for women’s WorldTour riders has increased by 25 per cent, according to the UCI.
Cycling’s international governing body introduced Women’s WorldTeams for the first time in 2020, along with a range of measures to improve the working conditions for pros, including a minimum salary, health insurance and maternity leave.
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What is the new 'yellow card' system in place at the Tour de France Femmes?Barbara Guarischi becomes first rider to receive booking after yellow card trial brought in by world governing body
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'We are not afraid': UCI to pay for 'qualified information' relating to possible motor dopingPresident David Lappartient also says that he is "not afraid to to catch a top rider" should they be using motored assistance inside their bike
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Yellow cards to be trialled in pro cycling amid raft of UCI rule changesThe way time gaps are calculated is also set to be altered
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The UCI is banning time trial helmet optimisations - one day after Giro lid broke coverThe 'head sock' is out, with more helmets to be reviewed - whilst hookless rim investigation is still ongoing
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UCI launches investigation into massive men's Tour of Flanders pileupWorld governing body also investigating road-blocking team tactics used by DSM in the race as well as by Trek-Segafredo at Dwars door Vlaanderen
