Officials have relegated Pauline Ferrand-Prévot at Milan-San Remo for deviating from her line and obstructing one other rider through the race, confirmed race organisers following the occasion on Saturday.
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider initially completed fourth on the day, behind the winner Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), out of a small group of 12 riders that sprinted for the win.
She was later relegated to twelfth, given a yellow card warning and fined 200 CHF.
According to the official race communique, Art. 2.12.007-5.1 states, “Deviation from the chosen line that obstructs one other rider,” as the rationale for his or her determination to relegate Ferrand-Prévot.
Ferrand-Prévot began the race as one of many favourites, alongside her teammate Marianne Vos, who completed second on the day.
The French rider stretched the peloton out on the descent of the Cipressa earlier than, inflicting splits among the many diminished group. A small group of 12 riders then emerged over the Poggio.
Italian Champion Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) made a late-race assault after the hectic descent off the Poggio, however she was caught on the line as Wiebes sprinted for the win forward of Vos and Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly).
Ferrand-Prévot had crossed the road in fourth place in what had been a robust efficiency so as to add to her third at Strade Bianche earlier this month.
No one actually knew what to anticipate when Ferrand-Prévot made the choice to retire from mountain biking and return to highway racing with Visma-Lease a Bike this 12 months. The 15-time elite World Champion and 2024 mountain biking Olympic Champion has now dedicated to the highway full-time, no less than for the following three years.
Numerous new and revised UCI guidelines got here into impact January 1, 2025 which noticed the official roll-out of the yellow-card system for security violations and extra particular guidelines surrounding dash finishes.
Although Ferrand-Prévot was the one rider relegated at Milan-San Remo, she was not the one rider to obtain a yellow card. Compatriot Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) additionally acquired the warning, together with a 100 CHF superb, -5 factors from the UCI rating for “pushing one other rider”, based on article Art. 2.12.007/4.3.
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