Cycling / Topic 06
Punctures and mechanical assistance
UCI · Part 2 · E1026In short
Who may help? · Stop for repairs
Who may help?
Technical support comes from the team's technical personnel, neutral support vehicles or the broom wagon. A bicycle abandoned after a change must be recovered. At fixed roadside locations assistance is limited to wheel changes, except that authorised zones in circuit races may allow bicycle changes.
Stop for repairs
Mechanical help and checks must normally take place behind the rider's group, stationary at the side of the road used by traffic. Lubricating a chain from a moving vehicle is forbidden. After a crash, commissaires decide how to apply the assistance provision to the circumstances.
Independent explanations and translations, not official federation publications. Independent explanations of the supplied UCI Part 2: Road Races. This guide covers road cycling only, not track cycling or mountain biking. References use PDF viewer page numbers; topic numbers are editorial.
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