Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) was penalised for obstruction on the run towards the stage 2 dash on the Tour de Hongrie, however the rider nonetheless bought to maintain his stage runner-up spot behind Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan).
Sam Welsford (Bora-Hansgrohe), who began the day within the jersey of the race chief after successful stage 1, was using on Cavendish’s wheel forward of a sweeping proper hand bend lower than a kilometre from the end line. Then Groenewegen got here throughout and pushed Welsford off the Manxman’s wheel.
A positive of “CHF 200, 20% penalty in factors classification and 10 seconds penalty for infringement” was handed to Groenewegen within the Communique of the Commissaires panel included with the stage 2 outcomes. The penalty was as a result of “obstruction by a rider so as to forestall motion of one other rider”.
After the contact with Groenewegen, the Australian pulled out of the charging bunch and got here to a standstill. Bora-Hansgrohe mentioned on social media that Welsford had “hit the curb and punctured whereas battling for positions within the finale”. As a consequence the rider came to visit the road greater than a minute and a half again however the communication within the official outcomes mentioned that as a result of mechanical downside within the final 3 kilometers he was credited with the time of the winner.
That means Welsford retained his place close to the highest of the general standings, with bonus seconds taken through the stage shifting Martin Voltr (Pierre Baguette Cycling) into the highest spot whereas the winners of the primary two levels, Cavendish and Welsford, sit 5 seconds again in second and third. Groenewegen – who was given a nine-month ban for his half in a crash involving Fabio Jakobsen on the Tour de Pologne in 2020 – is now sitting 96th on the tight GC, 19 seconds again.
It is the second stage in a row the place there have been penalties imposed as a result of actions within the remaining dash. On stage 1 there was a crash that took down a number of riders because the cost to the road was unfolding, with Campbell Stewart (Jayco-AlUla) hitting the bottom laborious after peeling off after main out for Groenewegen, when Emils Liepins (dsm firmenich-Post NL) appeared to swing throughout his path and clip his entrance wheel.
Liepins was penalised for a “deviation from the chosen line that obstructs or endangers rider(s) through the remaining dash” and was given a positive, 25% penalty within the factors and was additionally relegated to final place within the bunch on the stage.
The sprinters are prone to take a again seat on the 5 day tour on Friday, with the ascent heavy stage 3 set to stretch out the general gaps and ship the climbers to the highest of the GC ranks. The 183 km stage from Kazincbarcika to Gyöngyös-Kékestető first delivers a class two ascent earlier than then heading right into a class one summit end.