The images spoke for themselves. There are still 93 kilometers before the arrival of the stage in yesterday Census An overhead image showed how the team leader, Australian Ben O’Connor, Decathlon-AG2R It covered the entire width of the road, stopping any movement from the rear and causing the Ecuadorian to fall. Richard Carapazwhich goes down on the left side of the road, just in front of the Balearic Enrique Mas, incident at the end of the day that the leader of the Movistar Team regretted.
The Decathlon AG2R runners Victor Lafay, Bruno Armirail and Geoffrey Bouchardas well as the team manager Cyril Dessel, They were punished with a yellow card and a financial fine of 500 and 1,000 Swiss francs received by Lafay and Dessel.
A penalty that did not bother the biennial leader of the race, who before the start of the 12th stage this Thursday, could not escape his amazement at the microphones of Eurosport. “We didn’t do anything wrong, I believe that and I don’t understand the sanction.” Richard Carapaz didn’t think so either, as he regretted the attitude of the French team and none of its members came to them to apologize. “The fall is caused by the Decathlon team, it is very clear. There are many ways to defend the jersey and the way it is done seems very sad to me because there is a great lack of respect. I cannot judge, each one ” You know what are you doing and I hope they consider it physically nothing happened to me, it’s just a few scratches, but it’s angry because respect has been lost in the peloton and these things can’t go on anymore happen.”
It should be noted that yellow cards, as well as other measures created by International Cycling Union (UCI) to improve the safety of cyclists, they are experimentally tested in a first major cycling race in The Return.
Certain measures will now take effect in all the provisions of the law, and the changes deemed necessary, starting next January 1.
Source: La Verdad
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