"This isn't about going faster this is about health"- Kristen Faulkner contests UCI measures after being disqualified from Strade Bianche
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Kristen Faulkner rode the Strade Bianche with a blood glucose monitor, despite not suffering from diabetes. Due to that, she was disqualified from the race by UCI, after finishing in a very honorable 3rd place. Faulkner didn't agree with that measure and releases an official statement on her personal Instagram page contesting the measure.
"I believe they are a valuable tool for athletes – especially women – to take care of our physical health, though that is a conversation for another time. We request that the UCI start to see CGMS [continuous glucose monitors] as
a tool for athletes to protect their bodies, not as some sort of
performance enhancement device. This isn't about going faster, this is
about health", she said.
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Despite this contentment, the UCI decision appears to be definitive and Faulkner is officially relegated to her podium in Strade Bianche with FDJ. Suez rider Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig moving up to the podium.
"I have never used glucose data in competition, which I provided ample evidence of to the UCI… I was under the impression I could race with my device if it did not record any data because there was no performance advantage whatsoever, I hope we can use my situation to educate the world about the link between menstrual cycles, glucose levels, and overall women's health.", she concluded.
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- I get the point totally. We live in the snowflake society where some riders forget they are getting paid to ride and get results. When they have a few issues they try to look outside of the real issue instead of themselves. It odd so many of the team are making no complaints and getting on with their job. If you do not like what you do find another job simples. Tough love as my mum would say.paultryan200207-11-2026
- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
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- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
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- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
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- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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