All riders to use GPS trackers at 2025 World Championships after Muriel Furrer’s death

All riders will compete with GPS tracking devices on their bikes at this September’s UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, cycling’s governing body, the UCI has confirmed.

The measure comes after Swiss 18-year-old Muriel Furrer died following a crash in the junior women’s road race at the event in Zürich, Switzerland last year. According to reports, Furrer lay alone for almost an hour and a half before she was discovered at the side of the road. She later died as a result of a head injury.