Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) has been fined 200CHF (£174) for slipstreaming behind a vehicle during stage six of the Visit de France.
The runner, who broke the unsurpassed stage win record in Holy person Vulbas on Wednesday, was shown riding behind a vehicle after he was dropped from the peloton with around 70km leftover on the stage to Dijon.
The race jury chose to endorse Cavendish for "protecting behind or exploiting the slipstream of a vehicle". Close by the fine, he was docked 10 focuses in the focuses order, 40 seconds in the overall characterization, and 15 focuses in the generally speaking UCI positioning.
Talking after the stage, Cavendish made sense of he had a mechanical issue.
"My chain wrapped and secured in my base section," he told the press by his group transport. "I began to overreact when [there was] a television camera. It's the second time this specific camera has gotten it done. He goes in the street and stops the guard coming, and that makes you out the back.
"A TV camera is there to catch pictures, not to impact the race," he proceeded. "It's the second time this specific motorbike has done that, and that is the point at which you begin to overreact, on the grounds that when an external control is affecting the race, it's something you can't get ready for."
After the occurrence, Cavendish rode close by the race authorities' vehicle, prior to wrapping up behind it coming back to the peloton.
The Brit proceeded to put nineteenth in the last run, which additionally finished in race jury activity.
Having at first completed second, Alpecin-Deceuninck's Jasper Philipsen was consigned for deviation and fined 500CHF (£435). The group activities' chief Christoph Roodhooft told the media a while later that he got a call from the UCI illuminating him regarding the choice. "There could have been no further remark, a basic message," he said.
Regardless of his fine, Cavendish said he had a "extremely exceptional" day in the bundle on Wednesday, subsequent to impacting the world forever as the Visit's unsurpassed stage win record holder.
"I was extremely lowered to be in that peloton today, with how much individuals who were truly cheerful," he said. "I had the old folks saying, 'You've given us trust that we can in any case make it happen. Then you have Tom, little Tom Pidcock, who came up and said, 'I was nine when you won your most memorable stage'."
The day was impacted by crosswinds around its midpoint, which took steps to part separated the peloton. "It was about remaining on track, which for three and a half, four hours, is in some cases more troublesome than experiencing in the mountain days," Cavendish said.
The runner's Astana-Qazaqstan colleague Alexey Lutsenko was likewise fined 200CHF for shielding behind a vehicle during the stage, while the group activities' chief Dmitriy Fofonov was fined 500CHF for his vehicle's job in the offense.
The other day, Davide Ballerini got a 200CHF fine for "unseemly way of behaving", after he halted with 300m to go to watch his partner win the stage on a major television screen.
FAQs
Is the cyclist from France called Mark Cavendish?
He is widely considered one of the greatest road sprinters of all time, and in 2021 was called "the greatest sprinter in the history of the Tour and of cycling" by Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France. He holds the record for most stage wins at the Tour de France (35).
How many stages of the Tour de France has Mark Cavendish won?
Mark Cavendish earns Tour de France immortality with 35th stage win - BBC Sport.
What is the nickname of Mark Cavendish?
I can't believe it,” said Phill Liggett, who is now commentating on his 52nd Tour de France and is the one to nickname Cavendish the Manx Missile. Cav was happily interrupted in his post-race interview by many riders stopping by for a hug.
What record did Mark Cavendish break?
Manx cyclist Mark Cavendish made history at the Tour De France with his 35th stage victory, breaking a 34-win record held by Eddy Merckx, who set it from 1969-1975
