Teams face big fines and disqualification under new UCI Tour de France equipment rules

The sports international governing body will be enforcing new rules to prevent teams using prototype tech more than 12 months from release

A UCI inspector examines bikes to detect hidden motors ahead of stage four of Le Tour de France from Saumar to Limoges on July 5, 2016
(Image credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images)

All teams competing at this year's Tour De France, and Tour De France Femmes Avec Zwift will have to disclose all "critical equipment" they plan to use prior to race day under new rules implemented by cycling’s international governing body, the UCI.

Teams that fail to meet the UCI's new rules face penalties from fines between CHF 5,000 - 100,000 (£4,470-£89,400) all the way up to disqualification. 

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