‘Netting could save lives’ Mäder’s death prompts new Tour de France safety calls

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Team manager Jonathan Vaughters calls for safety measuresAdam Yates and Tadej Pogacar to co-lead UAE Emirates teamJonathan Vaughters, manager of the EF Education Easy Post team that is racing in this year’s Tour de France, is the latest high-profile figure within cycling to advocate the use of safety netting on mountain descents.The call for increased safety precautions comes less than a fortnight after Gino Mäder, of the Bahrain Victorious team, died after going over the edge during a high-speed mountain descent in June’s Tour of Switzerland. Continue reading...

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