It’s now official: The UCI announces key decisions for the future of cycling in Montreal

There was expectation to know what decisions were going to be made in the Congress of the International Cycling Union (UCI) held within the framework of the Montreal World Championship (Canada) that is being celebrated these days. Some decisions had already emerged, such as those relating to safety or the change of dates of some races, largely conditioned by the mega Cycling World Championship which will be held next year in Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc (France) and that will have a longer duration in the calendar as it encompasses an endless number of cycling disciplines.

Thus, regarding the UCI Women’s WorldTour calendarthe Women’s Tour It will be held from October 3 to 10, 2027, just after the men’s event. The Vuelta a Burgos Féminas It will take place from May 6 to 10, 2027, on the dates previously occupied by the Women’s Vuelta.

Global scoring system

The scoring system has also been adopted for cyclists competing in disciplines other than road cycling. This system, which will be implemented from the 2027 season, completes the system that allows road teams to score points in the UCI world ranking when their riders participate in major events, such as UCI World Championships and UCI World Cups in other disciplines: cyclocross, track, mountain biking and gravel.

The ICU He also reported that a second level of certification has been created for sports directors, which is added to the existing one for sports directors of professional teams. UCI Women’s WorldTeams, UCI Women’s ProTeams, UCI WorldTeams and UCI ProTeams; and, in terms of security, the UC Management CommitteeI approved new standards for fences used in racing. These rules are designed to guarantee the use, in the last 200 meters before the finish line, of fences that meet the standards derived from the study carried out by la University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland Valais-Wallis. This requirement will apply to UCI WorldTour and UCI Women’s WorldTour events starting in the 2027 season.

GPS tracking

He steering Committee also emphasized the imperative need to ensure the widespread implementation of GPS tracking systems for cyclist safety, allowing real-time tracking of the location of runners and vehicles during races in all professional road cycling events, initially focusing on UCI WorldTour and UCI Women’s WorldTour events. Already in the World Road Cycling Championships 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda) a GPS tracking system was implemented for all categories. This system will now be used again in the UCI Road Cycling World Championships 2026 in Montreal and will continue to be used in future editions of the event.

Study on accidents

After five months of monitoring, the first data from the study on road cycling accidents, carried out since March 2026 in events of the UCI WorldTour and UCI Women’s WorldTourshow that injuries are generally more frequent and severe among female cyclists than male cyclists, with recovery time to return to competition that is, on average, twice as long. This unprecedented study, which is still ongoing, will help guide future risk reduction measures and validate their effectiveness based on the reference database that is being created.

In relation to the implementation of female genetic testing for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games he International Olympic Committee (IOC) At the end of March 2026, it published the guiding principles for the protection of the women’s category. Based on these principles, only biological women who do not carry the SRY gene will be able to compete in this category. This gene, located on the Y chromosome, triggers the production of testosterone during puberty. These regulations will be presented for approval before the end of the year, will apply exclusively to events recognized by the IOC and will contemplate a single test during the athlete’s sporting career. The results of these systematic tests will be kept strictly confidential.

Within the framework of the Congress, the UCI Management Committee approved the international calendars of the UCI and calendars of the UCI Series in all its disciplines,

At the end of the three days of meetings, the UCI President David Lappartient declared that “these three days of work in Montreal have allowed the UCI to make significant progress on numerous issues important to the future of our sport. In terms of safety, we adopted new standards for safety fences in races and reaffirmed our commitment to ensure the implementation, as soon as possible, of GPS tracking systems for the safety of cyclists in professional road cycling events. The first results of our survey on road cycling accidents will also help us guide our future prevention measures.”

The next meeting of UCI Management Committee will take place on January 28 and 29, 2027 in Ostend, Belgium, during the 2027 UCI Cyclocross World Championships.