Vuelta a España leader Chris Froome (Team Sky) has said that a rule introduced experimentally in the 2017 Tour de France, whereby late splits in the peloton only count when there are gaps of more than three seconds, should be used in all races, including the Vuelta.
This summer the Tour de France saw a rule introduced which meant that rather than the usual one-second gap counting between late splits in the peloton, gaps had to be more than three seconds. Froome argued, in his leader's press conference after stage 4 of the Vuelta, that this should be the case in more races than just the Tour.
"I for one feel that having the three-second rule, as we did in the Tour de France, made things a lot safer. It's something I'd like to see come back in, especially to finishes like today that are so technical and dangerous," Froome said.
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"I believe it makes the race at the front a lot safer. No one wants the GC guys to be up there sprinting. The sprinters don't want us up there. We don't want to be there, but obviously we have to be up there.
"So in my opinion, we should bring back the three-second rule, and all of the riders I've spoken to are of the same opinion. That's maybe one for the commisssaires and the UCI."
Cyclingnews understands that the UCI is currently reviewing the rule.
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