UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  Litter zones  Feeding riders from team cars  2.3.025  In events or stages over a distance not exceeding 150 km, it is recommended that riders  bis  be supplied with refreshments only from the team car. The refreshments may be  provided either with musettes or bidons.  2.3.026 Feeding riders outside of the feeding zones signposted by the organiser is allowed on  foot by the staff accompanying the team and by no-one else. Staff are allowed to  supply riders with bidons or musettes.  2.3.027 All feeding (from a car and on foot) is strictly forbidden:  -  during the 30 first and last 20 kilometres;  -  in the last 500 meters before a sprint counting for a secondary classification  (points classification, king of mountain classification or others), bonus sprint,  feeding zone;  -  in the first 50 meters after a sprint counting for a secondary classification (points  classification, king of mountain classification or others), bonus sprint, feeding  zone;  -  on descents of mountains listed on the mountain classification;  -  in urban areas and in any other area specified by the organiser or the  commissaires panel.  Organisers must provide several litter zones of sufficient length situated every 30-40  kilometres throughout the route of the event or stage. A final litter zone shall be provided  in the last kilometres of a race or stage and before the final section.  Litter zones allow the riders to get rid of their waste in a way that respects the  environment. The organiser shall arrange for the litter to be collected and the various  zones cleaned after the race has passed through.  (text modified on 1.01.05; 1.01.20; 1.04.21).  Riders shall move slowly up level with their sports director’s car. Food and drink shall be  provided exclusively behind the commissaire's car and in no case in or behind the bunch.  If a group of 15 riders or less has broken away from the bunch, food and drink may be  supplied at the rear of that group.  (text modified on 1.01.20; 8.02.21).  Staff supplying the riders must wear team’s clothing and stand at a maximum of one  meter from the side of the road. They shall be positioned on one side of the road only,  which must be the side on which road traffic circulates in the country concerned.  (text modified on 1.01.05; 1.01.15; 1.01.20; 8.02.21).  The commissaires panel may adapt the distances mentioned above, depending on  atmospheric conditions and the category, type and length of the race. Such a decision  must be communicated to the followers through radio-tour.  (text modified on 1.01.01; 1.08.13; 1.01.19; 1.01.20; 8.02.21).  Feeding riders outside of the feeding zones signposted by the organiser  E170421  ROAD RACES  44 