Rider or other team member: suspension of between one month and one year and/or a fine of between CHF 1’000.- and CHF 100’000.- 

Team: suspension of between one and six months and/or a fine of between CHF 5’000 and CHF 100’000. 

## § 2 Technical innovations 

(text introduced on 06.02.17) 

1.3.004 Except in mountain bike racing, no technical innovation regarding anything used, worn or carried by any rider or license holder during a competition (bicycles, equipment mounted on them, accessories, helmets, clothing, means of communication, etc.) may be used until approved by the UCI. Requests for approval shall be submitted to the UCI, accompanied by all necessary documentation. 

Participation to the examination costs is to be paid by the applicant and is determined by the UCI Management Committee according to the complexity of the submitted technical innovation. 

At Material Commission’s instigation, the UCI executive bureau studies the admissibility of the technical innovation from a sporting point of view and answers within 6 months from the submission date. The innovation comes into force as from the acceptance date. 

There is no technical innovation in the sense of the present article if the innovation entirely falls within the specifications foreseen in the regulations. 

(text modified on 01.01.02; 01.01.04; 01.01.05; 01.02.11) 

1.3.005 If at the start of a competition or stage the commissaires' panel considers that a rider arrives with a technical innovation or an equipment not yet accepted by the UCI, it shall refuse to permit the rider to start with such an innovation. 

In the event of use in competition, the rider shall automatically be expelled from the competition or disqualified. There shall be no right to appeal against the decision of the commissaire's panel. 

If this technical innovation or the equipment not yet accepted by the UCI are not noticed or sanctioned by the commissaire's panel, the UCI disciplinary commission shall order the disqualification. 

The UCI shall refer to the disciplinary commission, either automatically or at the request of all interested. The disciplinary commission will only apply sanctions after having received the opinion of the equipment commission. 

In out of competition situations, the UCI shall decide whether an item should be considered a technical innovation and whether the procedure provided for in article 1.3.004 is to be followed. 

(text modified on 01.01.05; 01.02.12) 

