Alex Dowsett suggested that the UCI should change the rules regarding time trial bike settings to allow for safer training and racing.

The dangers of the riding position of time trial bikes were made clear by the recent crash of Egan Bernal in Colombia, but the whole issue was sparked when Chris Froome suggested that time trial bikes should be eliminated from the sport entirely. The whole issue was sparked when Chris Froome suggested that time trial bikes should be eliminated from the sport altogether.

After posting comments on YouTube, Froome was countered by his Israeli Premier Tech teammate and fellow blogger Alex Doucette. The British rider, a time trial specialist, understandably disagreed. [Personally, I don't think there is any need to ban time trial bikes. [If time trials were to be done on road bikes, it wouldn't make a big difference. After all, it would only slow down the speed." [With a keen interest in aerodynamics and time trial technology, Dowsett focused on the so-called "head-down" riding position, which has been classified as dangerous by many pros, including Tom Pidcock. Dowsett pointed out that the current UCI technical rules cause this and argued that they should be relaxed.

Currently, the key rule is a limit on the height of handlebar extensions, which is 75 cm from the bottom bracket and 85 cm for riders over 190 cm tall.

"A major part of aerodynamics is to reduce the gap between the hands and head," Dowsett explains.

"Right now, because of UCI rules, you have to keep your head in your hands.

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"If this rule were relaxed and people were actually allowed to bring their hands up to their head, I think it would improve a lot of the head-down riding we see so often and make it safer.