Jim Ratcliffe asks the UCI to accelerate its safety measures. The English billionaire is the CEO of the Ineos Grenadier team.
Ratcliffe draws parallels with the aftermath of Ayrton Senna's fatal 1994 Formula 1 crash. “Cyclists will always push the limits, because they are elite athletes, and that is why it is so important to act,” says Ratcliffe, who welcomes the “SafeR�” initiative, an entity of the specialized UCI responsible for supervising the safety of cyclists and created in 2023. The Tour of the Basque Country saw the worst fall in cycling history. The fall involved big names in the peloton such as the double winner of the Tour de France Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel. The first, who had surgery on his collarbone, sees his chances of competing in the Grande Boucle this summer diminishing day after day. The latter recalls that his team experienced two accidents by its big names which could have been dramatic, although they took place on training roads.