In their attempt to reduce dangerous situations and possible related injuries, the International Cycling Union (ICU) This season introduced a new regulation with yellow cards to punish cyclists, team directors and other people involved in a race, in case car or motorcycle drivers, to increase the safety of an increasingly veil and very exposed sport to risks.
After three waterfalls marked Monday, the yellow cards also reached the Tour de Francea clear warning to the runners at the beginning of the galaxy to take over and avoid abandonment such as Jasper PhilipsenThe leader of the regular, successfully operated on the fracture of the correct clavicle he suffered in the intermediate sprint of ISBERGUES60 km from the purpose of Rouen.
For that incident where PhilipSen was restrained, UCI pointed to the Yellow Card in Frenchman Bryan Coquard and the Belgian Edward theuns “By irregular sprint”, the same punishment received by Italian Davide Ballerini and the Dutchman Danny Van Poppel For the same reason in the final fall of the day, which is in the final sprint.
These four cyclists, punished by 500 Swiss Francs (about 535 euro), 13 points were also discussed in regularly classifying. They were the first runners to receive a yellow tour card and, therefore, the risk was not included in the race if they received a second yellow card, which means a seven -day suspension.
In the new UCI regulations, receiving three yellow cards within 30 days will require 14 days of suspension and the penalty increases to 30 days if a person is punished by six cards a year.
Whether it is as possible, controversy and debate are open about success or not with the decisions of UCI commissioners. “This is an unfair punishment because Bryan is not mistaken, it is a poor incident,” he said Cédric VasseurDirector of CofidisBryan Coquard’s team.
“Because it affected the carrier of the green jersey, we say we should react without hesitation, but, at this point, we distribute 25 yellow cards at each stage and we will all get home for four days,” Vasseur ironized.
The director of Tour Carrera, Thierry GouvenouHe admitted that “there may be abuses at times”, not to mention any specific case, but emphasized that “it is necessary to restore respect to the platoon.”
“The main goal is not to suspend cyclists, but let them know when they act badly. It is true that for sprinters it is a bit raised because they can receive two yellow cards faster,” Gouvenou said.
Prior to the tour, UCI had already shown 159 yellow cards in 173 days of male racing competition and 62 days of women’s careers. According to the ICU, less than 50% of cards were directed to runners (42%). Team staff (including sports mechanics and directors) have seen 37% of the total, media and television representatives of 15% and other cyclists 6%.
Source: La Verdad
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