Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar Staff) was the tenth individual to obtain a yellow card from the UCI for protection rule violations. The Portuguese rider used to be penalised for a “deviation from the chosen line that obstructs or endangers another rider or irregular sprint” all over level 2 of the Excursion of Oman on Sunday.
Guerreiro used to be first of all awarded the similar time because the chasing workforce in the back of level winner Louis Vervaeke (Soudal-QuickStep) after being concerned within the incident at the side of a number of different riders however used to be later given the yellow card below the UCI’s new protection measures.
If Guerreiro have been to be given a 2nd yellow card at the ultimate Excursion of Oman level on February 12, he could be matter to a seven-day suspension and disqualification from the race.
Movistar rider Ivan Roméo used to be additionally given a yellow card over the weekend for shoving Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Deceuninck) off the street all over Saturday’s level of the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana.
The Spaniard informed Het Nieuwsblad, “I accept the punishment because it is justified. Although these things happen all the time.”
Up to now this 12 months, the UCI has passed out 11 yellow playing cards, together with 3 to riders, with Danny van Poppel (Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) the primary at Excursion Down Underneath. 4 were issued to group group of workers, two to mechanics, and two to different drivers. Sarcastically, one used to be riding the protection bike on the Volta a Valenciana.
All 11 people have been allowed to proceed within the competitions as all have been first offences. A 2nd yellow card handiest ends up in disqualification and suspension inside the similar race.
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Underneath the principles, a 3rd yellow card gained inside 30 days will lead to a 14-day suspension, whilst six in a one-year length will lead to a 30-day suspension.
