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> They are not standard for cycling, and it would be a huge deviation from conventions of competitive cycling for the olympics to demand them.

The Olympics (or, perhaps more generally, national team cycling events) _do_ make a huge deviation from the conventions of competitive cycling already: no team radios. One of the reasons they are so fun to watch :-)

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That is indeed an exception, but IIRC it's not the only event with that exception: I think the world, continental and national championships also don't allow team radios.

Another exception is that the Olympics and world and continental championships are ridden with national teams instead of the various commercial teams. That makes quite a difference too.

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