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MEMORANDUM

PART XIII – MEDICAL RULES Rules amendments applying on 01.01.2025

  • § 2 UCI World Championships, UCI World Cup events, UCI World Tour, UCI Women’s World Tour and UCI ProSeries events

13.4.012 The rules of this §2 apply to UCI World Championships, UCI World Cup events, and to the races of the UCI World Tour, UCI Women‘s WorldTour and UCI ProSeries events.

Equipment

A. Vehicles 13.4.018 The LOC shall provide

  1. On road races, a car, preferably a convertible, for the doctor who shall act as first responder during an accident and provide acute medical care; 2. Two Three or more ambulances to provide immediate aid to accident victims and equipped to give emergency cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and advanced life support; at least one ambulance must be available at all times when the other ambulance(s) is/are in use.

  2. Depending on the nature of the event, the proximity of hospitals and the suitability of evacuation routes, the following vehicles shall be provided in addition:

a. Vehicles capable of carrying a stretcher with an injured person in reasonable conditions on difficult routes.

b. A motorcycle, designed to ensure prompt medical assistance when access to the patient by car is problematic (narrow roads, crowds on the road, etc.)

c. Whenever the evacuation with the ambulance shall take more than 30’ (thirty minutes), a medical helicopter shall be available as nearly as possible for transport of patients on stretchers in order to minimise the second intervention time, plus a helicopter landing area close to the venue.

Disposition on the field

A. Road races

13.4.023 In normal conditions, the medical services are distributed in the race convoy as described below:

  1. The car with the CMO or assistant doctor and a paramedic on board takes up a position

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behind the president of the commissaires’ panel;

  1. The first ambulance remains behind the team managers' cars, with the main peloton; a second ambulance the remaining ambulances remain at the back of the race, close to the broom wagon; one of the assistant doctors must be in one of these two ambulances;

  2. If a motorbike is available, it shall have the second assistant doctor on board and stay with any breaks during flat stages, but be available anywhere on the course during mountain stages.

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