Officers have relegated Pauline Ferrand-Prévot at Milan-San Remo for deviating from her line and obstructing every other rider all over the race, showed race organisers following the development on Saturday.
The Visma-Hire a Motorcycle rider first of all completed fourth at the day, at the back of the winner Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), out of a small team of 12 riders that sprinted for the win.
She was once later relegated to twelfth, given a yellow card caution and fined 200 CHF.
Consistent with the reliable race conversation, Artwork. 2.12.007-5.1 states, “Deviation from the chosen line that obstructs another rider,” as the cause of their choice to relegate Ferrand-Prévot.
Ferrand-Prévot began the race as one of the vital favourites, along her teammate Marianne Vos, who completed 2d at the day.
The French rider stretched the peloton out at the descent of the Cipressa ahead of, inflicting splits a number of the lowered team. A small team of 12 riders then emerged over the Poggio.
Italian Champion Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) made a late-race assault after the anxious descent off the Poggio, however she was once stuck on the line as Wiebes sprinted for the win forward of Vos and Noemi Rüegg (EF Training-Oatly).
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Ferrand-Prévot had crossed the road in fourth position in what were a robust efficiency so as to add to her 3rd at Strade Bianche previous this month.
Nobody in point of fact knew what to anticipate when Ferrand-Prévot made the verdict to retire from mountain cycling and go back to highway racing with Visma-Hire a Motorcycle this yr. The 15-time elite Global Champion and 2024 mountain cycling Olympic Champion has now dedicated to the street full-time, no less than for the following 3 years.
A large number of new and revised UCI laws got here into impact January 1, 2025 which noticed the reliable roll-out of the yellow-card machine for protection violations and extra particular laws surrounding dash finishes.
Even supposing Ferrand-Prévot was once the one rider relegated at Milan-San Remo, she was once no longer the one rider to obtain a yellow card. Compatriot Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Training-Oatly) additionally won the caution, together with a 100 CHF high-quality, -5 issues from the UCI rating for “pushing another rider”, consistent with article Artwork. 2.12.007/4.3.
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