UCI intends to make last-resort legal appeal over suspended gear limit protocol

The UCI gear limit saga rolls on. Cycling's governing body is preparing to make one last appeal to the Belgian Court of Cassation (the highest national court), three weeks after news broke that the Brussels Court of Appeals had dismissed the UCI's appeal against the suspension of its gear limit protocol handed down by the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) in October of last year.

Brussels court rejects UCI gear limit appeal in warning for sports governing bodies everywhere

The ruling upheld the injunction against a gear limit trial and ordered the UCI to pay €2,200 in court costs and attorney fees.

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"Recommended by SafeR, the maximum gear ratio test was intended to gather riders' views on the relevance of introducing gear ratio limitations in professional road cycling as a means of improving safety," reads the document summarising the UCI Management Committee's conference from 2-4 June.

"In light of the Brussels Court of Appeal's decision, and concerned by both the very low threshold applied by the BCA for imposing interim measures and the limited scope of the Court of Appeal's review in the appeal proceedings, the Management Committee confirmed the UCI's intention to lodge an appeal before the Belgian Court of Cassation."

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