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JACOB TIPPER

The super-tuck ban is tokenism from the UCI

fter Fabio Jakobsen smashed through the ‘safety barriers’ at literally breakneck speeds and ended up in hospital, the UCI has decided it is time to take some action regarding rider safety. The first victim of this is the ‘super tuck’: the dangerous descending method will be outlawed from 1 April. Let’s hope the world’s kids don’t start attempting 360s off rooftops now the adrenaline rush of

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