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What are Continuous Glucose Monitors? Explaining their use, the ban, and Faulkner’s DSQ

What are Continuous Glucose Monitors? Explaining their use, the ban, and Faulkner's DSQ

During her long-range solo breakaway in the latter part of Strade Bianche, Kristen Faulkner was spotted by television cameras with a disc-shaped object on her upper arm. She later admitted it was a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), a device that was banned for use in competition by the UCI in 2021, and, despite her protests, she was stripped of her third place finish

The rule – specifically point three of article 1.3.006 BIS within the UCI’s Technical Regulations – states that ‘devices which capture other physiological data, including any metabolic values such as but not limited to glucose or lactate, are not authorised in competition.’ 

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