Cycling’s governing body is introducing new rules to slow down elite riders. Not everyone’s happy
- Written by Popi Sotiriadou, Associate Professor of Sport Management - Director Business Innovation, Griffith University

Most sports look to support their athletes to become “faster, higher, stronger” – in reference to the Olympic Games’ original motto – so it is perhaps surprising that cycling’s world governing body is trying to slow down elite riders.
However, there’s good reason the...