All of the riders and staff fined at the Tour de France up to stage 20
Riders and their directeur sportifs can be fined for anything from littering to reckless behaviour
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- How do Tour de France fines work?
- Tour de France fines from stage one
- Tour de France fines from stage two
- Tour de France fines from stage three
- Tour de France fines from stage four
- Tour de France fines from stage five
- Tour de France fines from stage six
- Tour de France fines from stage seven
- Tour de France fines from stage eight
- Tour de France fines from stage nine
- Tour de France fines from stage 10
- Tour de France fines from stage 11
- Tour de France fines from stage 12
- Tour de France fines from stage 13
- Tour de France fines from stage 14
- Tour de France fines from stage 15
- Tour de France fines from stage 16
- Tour de France fines from stage 17
- Tour de France fines from stage 18
- Tour de France fines from stage 19
The riders in the Tour de France peloton not only have to contend with the parcours, the weather and the occasional fan who gets too close to them, but they have to complete each stage mindful of the rules.
On stage two, the rider with the dubious fame of receiving the first fine of the race was Stefan Küng of Groupama-FDJ, who was filmed grabbing the helmet of fellow rider Rubén Guerreiro (EF Education-EasyPost).
The next day, Küng insisted that the gesture was not violent, and that he accepted the fine. It appeared that the pair had made up after the altercation.
Five different directeur sportifs were also fined after Sunday's stage for the much more minor crime of having one of their riders throwing rubbish outside of the litter zone. Thanks to the specific rider being unidentifiable, the DS is fined rather than a solo athlete.
After stage three, Quinn Simmons was fined for "riding in paths, sidewalks and bike lanes", a penalty that he described as a "bit excessive" ahead of day four.
“It was a bit of excessive of a fine,” he said. “If they did that every day every single rider in the peloton would be fined. There wouldn’t be a rider left in the peloton, especially in a stage like today.”
“You get pushed and it’s such a big fight. When the road is blocked and when you have to get to the front, you do what you have to do,” he continued. “In a move like that, they talk about the danger, but a move like for any rider in the peloton is not dangerous. You’re six inches on or off the road. It is not dangerous.
“I saw the video from the helicopter and if you watch the Roubaix day tomorrow I guarantee you that every rider in the peloton does something worse. I just got unlucky and I was caught on the camera,” he said. “If they’re fair it will be a very long fine sheet tomorrow.”
On Tuesday, four separate riders were fined for jettisoning bottles outside of the litter zones, and a couple of directeurs sportif were fined for not obeying the commissaires, among other infractions.
On Wednesday and Thursday it was similar, with just a couple of penalties.
On Friday's stage seven, seven people were fined, but it was mostly minor things - not in terms of money though, as the UCI claimed 2300CHF.
Stage eight saw Fred Wright in the breakaway for 172km, but all he got for his efforts was a 500CHF fine for littering.
The first day in the Alps, stage nine, ended in fines for seven people, including stage winner Bob Jungels, while the second day, stage 10, saw just three fines.
Stage 11, however, didn't yield a single fine.
The entire squads of Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates were fined at the Tour de France on stage 12, for not going to the presentation at the stage start and therefore not signing on.
Each of the riders of the two teams, which include race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and defending champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), were fined 500 CHF.
They were also docked 15 UCI points each, and their two lead directeur sportifs were also fined 500 CHF. It came on the biggest day of fines at this year's race so far, as 20 people were docked money by the race commissaires.
On stage 13, Caleb Ewan was fined for drafting behind a car after he came down in a crash, a move that he later criticised the commissaires over.
Tiesj Benoot of Jumbo-Visma was fined on both stages 15 and 16.
On stage 19, Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) was fined for pushing himself off a motorbike, on a day that he lost 5-22 to race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).
How do Tour de France fines work?
Any breaches that are spotted can be punished by the race commissaires who can dish out fines to the respective rider and teams, and in the most severe cases even disqualify riders.
Typically, fines are given out for drafting a vehicle, inappropriate or dangerous riding such as in a sprint, unauthorised fuelling in the final 20km or for littering in an undesignated area.
Fines are not limited to riders, though. Entire teams can be punished, and the most common person to be fined is often a team's sports director for various infractions.
All fines are in Swiss francs, as this is where the UCI is based, in Aigle. In a move that might also prove crucial come the end of the season, riders and teams are often fined UCI points for their misdemeanours too; this could affect a team's standing in the WorldTour points table, in a year where relegation is a live possibility.
Tour de France fines from stage one
No-one
Tour de France fines from stage two
Matt Winston (directeur sportif, Team DSM) - unidentified rider littering in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Frans Maassen (directeur sportif, Jumbo-Visma) - unidentified rider littering in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Wilfried Peeters (directeur sportif, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) - unidentified rider littering in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Hilaire van der Schueren (directeur sportif, Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) - unidentified rider littering in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Charly Wegelius (directeur sportif, EF Education-EasyPost) - unidentified rider littering in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) - assault between riders at KM94, 500CHF and 20 UCI points
Tour de France fines from stage three
Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Mikkel Honoré (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
All of the above riders docked 25 points in the UCI rankings.
Mario Aerts (directeur sportif, Lotto Soudal) - unidentified rider littering in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo) - riding in paths, sidewalks and bike lanes, fine of 500CHF, docked 25 points in the UCI rankings, deducted 20", 40 points in the points classification and one penalty point in the mountains classification.
Tour de France fines from stage four
Thomas Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Luke Rowe (Ineos Grenadiers) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Nils Eekhoff (Team DSM) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Maciej Bodnar (TotalEnergies) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
All of the above riders docked 25 points in the UCI rankings.
Matt Winston (directeur sportif, Team DSM) - unidentified rider littering in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Reinardt Jensie van Rensburg (Lotto-Soudal) - irregular refuelling, 200CHF
Mario Aerts (Lotto-Soudal) - irregular refuelling, 200CHF
Torsten Schmidt (directeur sportif, Bora-Hansgrohe) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires, 200CHF
Samuel Dumoulin (directeur sportif, B&B Hotels) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires, 200CHF
Tour de France fines from stage five
Cyril Barthe (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Also docked 25 points in the UCI rankings.
Frans Maassen (directeur sportif, Jumbo-Visma) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires, 500CHF
Hugo Hofstetter (Arkéa-Samsic) - urinating in public, 300CHF
Tour de France fines from stage six
Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) - Sheltering behind a vehicle, 200CHF, deducted 30", 10 points in the points classification, and one point in the mountains classification
George Bennett (UAE Team Emirates) - Sheltering behind a vehicle, 200CHF, deducted 1", 10 points in the points classification, and one point in the mountains classification
Their directeur sportifs - Benoit Genauzeau (TotalEnergies) and Andrej Hauptman (UAE Team Emirates) were also fined 500CHF.
Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) - urinating in public, 300CHF
Tour de France fines from stage seven
Andrej Hauptman (directeur sportif, UAE Team Emirates) - unidentified rider littering in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Patxi Vila (directeur sportif, Movistar) - littering in an inappropriate zone with help from the car, 500CHF
Felix Grosschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) - irregular refuelling, 200CHF
His director Rolf Adag (Bora-Hansgrohe) was also fined 200CHF
Geert van Bondt (directeur sportif, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires, 300CHF
Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) - urinating in public, 300CHF
Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) - urinating in public, 300CHF
Tour de France fines from stage eight
Andrej Hauptman (directeur sportif, UAE Team Emirates) - unidentified rider littering in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Also docked 25 points in the UCI rankings.
Tour de France fines from stage nine
Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Bob Jungels (AG2R Citroën) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Simon Geschke (Cofidis) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
All of the above riders docked 25 points in the UCI rankings.
Steve Bauer (directeur sportif, Israel-Premier Tech) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires (bad positioning of staff during refuelling), 200CHF
Frans Maassen (directeur sportif, Jumbo-Visma) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires (bad positioning of staff during refuelling), 200CHF
Tour de France fines from stage 10
Simone Velasco (Astana) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Also docked 25 points in the UCI rankings.
Joe Dombrowski (Astana Qazaqstan) - urinating in public, 300CHF
Andrey Zeits (Astana Qazaqstan) - urinating in public, 300CHF
Tour de France fines from stage 11
No-one
Tour de France fines from stage 12
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Rafał Majka (UAE Team Emirates) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Nathan van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) - not attending the team presentation or signing on, 500CHF
All of the above riders docked 25 points in the UCI rankings. The two lead directeurs sportif, Andrej Hauptman (UAE Team Emirates) and Frans Maassen (Jumbo-Visma) were also fined 500CHF
Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Qazaqstan) - unauthorised refuelling in the final 5km, 200CHF, deducted 20"
His directeur sportif, Alexandr Shefer, was also fined 1000CHF
Enric Mas (Movistar) - urinating in public, 300CHF
Benoit Genauzeau (directeur sportif, TotalEnergies) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires, 500CHF
Tour de France fines from stage 13
Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
Andrea Bagioli (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) - littering outside of the litter zone, 500CHF
All of the above also docked 25 points in the UCI rankings.
Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) - drafting behind a car, 200CHF, deducted 1', 10 points in the points classification, and one point in the climber's classification
Christoph Roodhoft (directeur sportif, Alpecin-Fenix) - same infraction, 500CHF
Christoph Roodhoft (directeur sportif, Alpecin-Fenix) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires, 500CHF
Phillippe Mauduit (directeur sportif, Groupama-FDJ) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires (bad positioning of staff during refuelling), 200CHF
Albert Torres (Movistar) - unauthorised refuelling in the final 5km, 200CHF
His directeur sportif, José Vincente Garcia, was also fined 200CHF
Tour de France fines from stage 14
No-one
Tour de France fines from stage 15
Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) - unauthorised refuelling, 200CHF
Arthur van Dongen (directeur sportif, Jumbo-Visma) - same infraction, 200CHF
Tour de France fines from stage 16
Alain Deloeuil (directeur sportif, Cofidis) - unidentified rider throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Hilaire van der Schueren (directeur sportif, Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) - unidentified rider throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Gorazd Štangelj (directeur sportif, Bahrain Victorious) - unidentified rider throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Dani Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers) - throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF, 25 UCI points
Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) - urinating in public, 300CHF
Tour de France fines from stage 17
Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) - throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF, 25 UCI points
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) - urinating in public, 300CHF
Tour de France fines from stage 18
Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) - pushing himself off a motorbike, 200CHF, four points in the points classification, four points in the climbing classification, 10" in the general classification
Steven de Neef (directeur sportif, Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires, 500CHF
José Vicente Garcia (directeur sportif, Movistar) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires, 500CHF
Alain Deloeuil (directeur sportif, Cofidis) - not respecting the instructions of commissaires (bad positioning of staff during refuelling), 200CHF
Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) - incorrect behaviour (insults towards commissaires), 200CHF and 10 UCI points
Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Alpecin-Deceuninck) - incorrect behaviour (insults towards commissaires), 200CHF and 10 UCI points
Tour de France fines from stage 19
Frans Maasen (directeur sportif, Jumbo-Visma) - unidentified rider throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Hilaire van der Schueren (directeur sportif, Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) - unidentified rider throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Christoph Roodhooft (directeur sportif, Alpecin-Deceuninck) - unidentified rider throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Gorazd Štangelj (directeur sportif, Bahrain Victorious) - unidentified rider throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Albert Torres (Movistar) - throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) - throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Matis Louvel (Arkéa-Samsic) throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) - throwing his bidon away in an inappropriate zone, 500CHF
All of the above four also docked 25 points in the UCI rankings.
Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost) - urinating in public, 300CHF
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