«We arrived on the moon 55 years ago and it is not possible that we did not immediately notice the disappearance of a runner during a race…». Olivier Sennhead of the Tour de Suisse and the organizing committee of the recent World Championships in Switzerland, calls for GPS tracking of professional cyclists during competitions. He launches the proposal in light of a tragic two-year period which has seen three professional runners die: Gino Mader, André Drege and the Swiss promise Muriel Furrer the junior fell at the end of a descent in a forest without anyone noticing during the world championship event which took place a few months ago in Zurich. «GPS tracking of the runners in the race is a necessity – he continues – in order to maintain control of all the professionals…”. An essential necessity to raise the safety levels of competitions which have become increasingly faster compared to a few years ago with new materials, new bikes and aerodynamic improvements. And on the subject of safety the president of the UCI also intervened, David Lappartient during the work of the Aiocc assembly, the association that brings together the organizers of cycling races from all over the world, which took place in Riva del Garda in Trentino on the occasion of the presentation of next year’s Tour of the Alps. The UCI president, one of the seven candidates to become president of the International Olympic Committee who will be elected in March, spoke about the possibility of adopting “yellow cards” and possible disqualifications for runners who engage in incorrect conduct in the race and the use of earphones: “We noticed that there were fewer falls when there were no earphones – he points out – For example, when the communication arrives that a roadway is narrowing, the fall does not occur when the road actually narrows but at that moment of the ‘alert. Some runners, who I won’t name but who I can assure you are big names, have asked us to remove the headset. At the World Championships there were fewer falls without the use of earphones and I didn’t see any runners complaining about the lack of them. The sporting directors want them for tactics and strategy but that’s not what we want because this isn’t security.” Then Lappartient also returned to the Furrer tragedy: “It was a shocking accident and we are awaiting the police investigations but we must always look at safety and technology can help us. It’s absurd that no one noticed that Muriel hadn’t crossed the finish line…”