The Danish Biking Union (DCU) has reinstated the elite males’s time trial name of Alpecin-Deceuninck rider Johan Value-Pejtersen seven months after he used to be disqualified from the development for driving at the pavement.
25-year-old Value-Pejtersen, then driving for Bahrain Victorious, received the name with a 47:06 time at the 41km path in Herning final June, beating Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) to victory via simply two seconds.
On the other hand, after the race, the previous under-23 international time trial champion noticed his newly won name stripped after he used to be stuck racing alongside the pavement via the street within the overdue phases of the race.
Value-Pejtersen, who additionally received Eu under-23 time trial titles in 2019 and 2021, used to be stripped of fifty UCI issues for successful and passed a positive of 200CHF.
On Tuesday, the DCU introduced the reversal of the disqualification, which got here after Value-Pejtersen had appealed towards the verdict.
“The DCU’s disciplinary committee has considered the case regarding Johan Price-Pejtersen’s disqualification and fine at the Danish Championships time trial and the following ruling is made,” learn a commentary issued via the DCU.
“The case against Johan Price-Pejtersen, where the Danish Cycling Union’s Commissioner panel on 21 June 2024 issued an order, ‘DM Communiqué No. 1, time trial’, by which Johan Price Peitersen was sentenced to the following sanction: Disqualification, fine CHF 200,- and 50 points from the UCI ranking list’, is set aside and reversed, so that Johan Price Peitersen is only sentenced to a sanction according to the UCI regulations, Article 2.12.07: §7.6 with a fine of CHF 200 and deprivation of 25 UCI points from the UCI ranking list.”
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Briefly, Value-Pejtersen has now been passed again his nationwide time trial name, whilst his UCI issues deduction has been diminished to twenty-five issues, and his positive has remained in position.
“I would like to express my great sympathy for Johan, who is not only a fantastic time trialist, as we saw yesterday, but whom I consider a good friend in the peloton. I have therefore offered Johan that he can have both the Danish Championship jersey and medals that I was presented with – to recognize his achievement, so that it does not go down in history as a pure annoyance,” Skjelmose wrote.
“I only know about the new decision via the media, but regardless, I have not been involved in the proceedings since the race, and I will not do so now,” he wrote. “I am currently focussed on the season that is about to start and have no further comments on the decision.”
In line with UCI legislation 2.2.025, “It is strictly prohibited to use sidewalks, paths or cycle paths that do not form part of the course as defined in article 2.2.015, separated by kerbs, verges, level changes or other physical features.”
Consequences for infringements (dependant on race degree) come with a CHF200-1,000 positive plus a deduction of 15-25 UCI issues, a yellow card, and a possible time penalty, downgrading of outcome, or disqualification of the rider’s outcome “in serious cases of advantage, endangerment, repeated infringements or aggravated circumstances.”
