EF Education-Easy Post have referred to as on the UCI to ‘apply the foundations’ after rider Richard Carapaz crashed throughout stage 11 of the Vuelta a España whereas the race chief’s crew, Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale, had been implementing a mid-race blocking transfer about 90 kilometres from the end.
Carapaz fell at some extent when teammate Darren Rafferty was attacking, though TV photos make it unclear precisely what occurred to the Ecuadorian, who’s presently 4:10 down and fourth general. According to race physician’s report, he was not injured by the crash, however he did lose 15 seconds within the welter of assaults late within the stage.
The UCI handed out a number of ‘yellow playing cards’ on account of the controversial incident, with 4 going to Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale, whose chief Ben O’Connor is presently heading the race.
Tour de France stage winner Victor Lafay was fined 500 CHF for “obstruction by a rider as a way to forestall or delay the motion of one other rider or automobile,” sports activities director Cyril Dessel was fined 1,000 CHF. Lafay, Dessel, Geoffrey Bouchard and Bruno Armirail had been all given ‘yellow playing cards’, the penalisation system which is being examined out by the UCI till the tip of the 12 months.
“We simply need the UCI to use their guidelines,” EF Education-Easy Post sports activities director Juanma Garate advised Cyclingnews on Thursday. “There are rules in place, they usually should be utilized.”
Cyclingnews understands that the UCI commissaires on the Vuelta a España will likely be speaking to all riders concerned within the incident or who witnessed it on the stage 12 begin this morning previous to taking additional motion.
Garate didn’t wish to go into additional element as to what he had heard occurred in the course of the stage.
Cyclingnews has reached out to each Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale and the UCI for touch upon the incident.
Stage 12 consists of a 137.5km trek via the mountains of northern Spain, working from Ourense to the summit end at La Manzaneda.
