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Monday 30 November 2015

Disc brakes cleared for 2016 pro peloton - every rider and race

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This article was originally published on cyclingnews.com

The UCI has announced it will continue to test the use of disc brakes in 2016, with men and women professional riders allowed to use the new braking technology in races from January 1. If this wider phase of testing is a success, disc brakes will officially become legal across the sport from 2017.

Cyclingnews understands the second testing phase will permit every rider in a team to use disc brakes in 2016 and in every major race. This is expected to spark widespread use of disc brakes during the 2016 season.

Some teams told Cyclingnews that they will not have disc brakes bikes ready for every rider from the start of the season but Cyclingnews expects that disc brakes will be widespread in the professional peloton by the time of the spring Classics in April. Shimano and SRAM have already launched their disc brake systems, with Campagnolo apparently close to completing their testing so that four professional teams can use disc Campagnolo brakes during 2016.

The use of disc brakes in 2016 was approved a UCI stakeholders meeting in Basel on Friday. In a press release, the UCI said all "stakeholders, riders, mechanics, organisers, neutral service providers, teams and the bicycle industry, represented by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), have decided to continue the trial of disc brakes in professional road racing in 2016."

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