Ineos team owner Jim Ratcliffe calls for ‘real action’ on rider safety

Ineos Grenadiers team owner Jim Ratcliffe has called for professional cyclings’ governing bodies to take “real action” to improve safety after the Itzulia Basque Country high-speed crash and other race incidents that have left a number of riders out of action and Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard reportedly still in hospital in Spain.

Ineos Grenadiers have been one of the driving forces in the creation of SafeR (SafeRoadcycling), the independent entity created and funded by the sport’s stakeholders to improve race, and Ratcliffe is the first team owner to publish an open letter about safety.