Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar Team) grew to become the tenth individual to obtain a yellow card from the UCI for security rule violations. The Portuguese rider was penalised for a “deviation from the chosen line that obstructs or endangers one other rider or irregular dash” throughout stage 2 of the Tour of Oman on Sunday.
Guerreiro was initially awarded the identical time because the chasing group behind stage winner Louis Vervaeke (Soudal-QuickStep) after being concerned within the incident together with a number of different riders however was later given the yellow card below the UCI’s new security measures.
If Guerreiro have been to be given a second yellow card on the ultimate Tour of Oman stage on February 12, he can be topic to a seven-day suspension and disqualification from the race.
Movistar rider Ivan Roméo was additionally given a yellow card over the weekend for shoving Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Deceuninck) off the street throughout Saturday’s stage of the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana.
The Spaniard instructed Het Nieuwsblad, “I settle for the punishment as a result of it’s justified. Although these items occur on a regular basis.”
So far this yr, the UCI has handed out 11 yellow playing cards, together with three to riders, with Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) the primary at Tour Down Under. Four have been issued to crew workers, two to mechanics, and two to different drivers. Ironically, one was driving the protection motorcycle on the Volta a Valenciana.
All 11 people have been allowed to proceed within the competitions as all have been first offences. A second yellow card solely results in disqualification and suspension throughout the identical race.
Under the foundations, a 3rd yellow card obtained inside 30 days will end in a 14-day suspension, whereas six in a one-year interval will end in a 30-day suspension.
