The problem is cars - Matteo Trentin defends time trial bikes but admits need for changes after Chris Froome blog

UAE Team Emirates’ Matteo Trentin agrees with Chris Froome that riding time trial bikes threatens cyclists’ safety, but the fundamental problem is posed by cars. Trentin represents riders as a member of the professional competitive cyclist union, and also attends UCI committee meetings. The 32-year-old Italian recently suggested gravel needed to be introduced to road races, which kicked off a wider discussion of rider safety that Froome expounded on in his blog.

Ad/> Froome suffered a huge crash in 2019 at the Criterium du Dauphine and he has yet to rediscover his best form after a long stretch of surgery and rehab. The 36-year-old believes that the riding position of time trial bikes is inherently dangerous. UAE TourPogacar wins UAE Tour stage seven and GC18 MINUTES AGO Another rider, Egan Bernal, recently suffered a huge crash, one that put both his life and career in doubt.

Tom Pidock also believes that professional cyclists need to find a less dangerous way to train for time trials. «I will never be good in the TT, so I don't really care,» Trentin joked. «Of course, the point of Chris of training on the road with the TT bike is correct, but I would add that it's not a TT bike problem; the problem is the traffic, the problem is the amount of people in cars today.