After quite a bit of back and forth, starting July 1st, disc brakes are road bike legal according to the UCI once again. The announcement comes in a package deal which the UCI has dubbed ‘Agenda 2022’, or their “strategic road map for the next four years.” Agenda 22 covers a number of rule and policy changes from allowing disc brakes for both road and BMX training and competitions, to gender equality issues like equal price money for men and women in the Telenet UCI Cyclocross World Cup, to the announcement of a new UCI Medical Director, Professor Xavier Bigard (Professor X?). Conveniently, the re-integration of disc brakes into professional road racing takes effect one week before the start of the Tour de France.
Check out the full press release and all the rule changes through the link below.