Visma-Lease a Bike’s Tim van Dijk was relegated on Sunday after sprinting away from a nine-rider group contending for the three remaining top-10 locations in Paris-Roubaix.
The Dutchman attacked across the group to the left, driving onto the apron of the Roubaix velodrome earlier than sprinting away to eighth.
Under monitor biking guidelines, riders should not allowed to cross the blue band, often known as the cote d’azur, that delineates the flat space between the infield and the racing part above.
However, Paris-Roubaix is run below the UCI highway guidelines that don’t embody any rules for racing on velodromes. Officials relegated Van Dijke as an alternative for ‘irregular sprinting’ below article 2.12.007 half 5.1.
The resolution dropped Van Dijke to sixteenth place, nonetheless a large enchancment from final yr’s forty third place in his debut in Paris-Roubaix.
It is the second most extreme punishment of the race after the jury disqualified Josh Tarling, fined him 500 CHF and docked him 100 UCI factors for getting an egregious tow from the Ineos Grenadiers crew automobile after he punctured. The jury report additionally features a 500 CHF positive for Ineos directeur sportif Christian Knees.
Laurenz Rex (Intermarché-Wanty), who crashed twice, was fined for sheltering behind the crew automobile after his first incident. He was fined 200 CHF and misplaced 15 UCI factors whereas DS Steven De Neef was fined 500 CHF.
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Bahrain Victorious DS Michal Golas obtained a 200 CHF positive for an unidentified rider below the rule barring riders from utilizing sidewalks or paths that aren’t a part of the course.
John Degenkolb (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) and Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost) have been fined 200 CHF for irregular feeding and their respective administrators Pim Ligtmart and Andreas Klier 500 CHF.
Finally, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale’s director Julien Jurdie was fined 500 CHF for not following the principles for the automobiles of the convoy.
None of the riders or workers for groups in Paris-Roubaix Femmes have been fined or sanctioned for violating guidelines.
Tim van Dijke was relegated to sixteenth. Under @UCI_Track guidelines the apron/blue band ( Cote D’Azur) is out of bounds. It’s used as a run-off space when getting into and exiting the monitor. In this case, the Commissaires thought Tim was taking too many liberties with that rule. #ParisRoubaix pic.twitter.com/qJT9kIEzOqApril 8, 2024
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Injury report
Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers) crashed exhausting within the race and suffered accidents to his hip and head. His crew introduced that the Italian was examined in hospital no fractures have been discovered.
“He will proceed to be monitored by our medical crew within the coming days,” the crew said.
Jonas Rutsch (EF Education-EasyPost) injured his hand and wrist in a crash however his crew introduced he had additionally escaped any critical accidents.
“Jonas Rutsch suffered lacerations to 2 fingers and highway rash in his crash at Paris-Roubaix however fortunately escaped any fractures. Wishing you a speedy restoration, Jonas,” the crew wrote on social media.
Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep), Hugo Hofstetter (Israel-Premier Tech), Rex and Clément Davy (Groupama-FDJ) have been handled by the medics for highway rash.
There have been no accidents listed on the Paris-Roubaix Femmes communiqué.
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