After ending second in a detailed dash after a crash-hit lead out at Classic Brugge-De Panne, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) was handed a yellow card by the UCI race jury and 500CHF nice. Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) was additionally punished in the identical method for “obstruction by a rider so as to stop or delay the motion of one other rider”.
Milan was not relegated within the dash as a result of the ‘obstruction’ got here earlier than the dash unfolded. The Lidl-Trek rider was seen utilizing his head to push the Uno-X Mobility rider apart, who had knocked into him along with his shoulders, at round 1.5km to go.
The dash end was dramatically diminished by a collection of crashes in the course of the run to the road, the final coming with simply over one kilometre to go after the highway break up because the tempo and pressure was excessive as groups positioned for the leadout. Kristoff was among the many riders that got here down in that crash.
The disruption meant it was a small group that got here to the road and Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) launched his dash early, getting a substantial hole. Milan closed rapidly and nearly caught Molano on the road.
Michael Schwarzmann (Israel-Premier Tech) was additionally given a yellow card, with the rationale cited within the race communique being: “Rider decelerating and endangering different riders (knowingly staying throughout the line of different riders).”
The yellow card system for security violations was trialled in 2024 after which launched firstly of 2025 as a part of measures concentrating on improved security throughout the peloton.
Suspension is on the desk for these with a number of playing cards inside set intervals. Two yellow playing cards throughout the identical occasion results in disqualification and suspension for seven days and the penalty for 3 playing cards in 30 days is a 14-day suspension. Six playing cards over a 52-week interval can result in a 30-day suspension.
Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) additionally was handed a yellow card this week at Volta a Catalunya, making it his second after receiving firstly of this month for an early celebration of his teammates win at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.
Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) is the one different rider who has acquired two yellow playing cards up to now this 12 months.
