Tour de France Femmes 2025: Disciplinary Actions, Fines, and Penalties for Each Contestant
Tour de France Femmes 2025: Strict Conduct Rules Enforced
The Tour de France Femmes 2025 is underway, and with it comes a robust set of conduct rules designed to ensure a fair and safe race. The UCI commissaires are meticulously monitoring the competition for infractions, which can range from minor offenses to significant breaches of race conduct and safety regulations.
One such significant breach is the removal of the mandatory helmet during the race, as outlined in Rule 3.4. Another example is the use of a hand sling between teammates, a practice prohibited under Rules 4.2.1 and 4.2.2.
Infractions leading to a yellow card warning are not limited to these examples. In the men’s race, which often shares regulations, careless disposal of waste, irregular sprinting, obstruction of other riders, sheltering behind cars, and urinating in public during the race typically result in fines, time penalties, or yellow cards, depending on severity. This suggests that the Tour de France Femmes will also adhere to similarly strict rules.
During Stage 2 of the Tour de France Femmes, several infractions were reported. Thalita de Jong of Human Powered Health was fined 100CHF for unauthorized feeding, an infraction that also resulted in a fine for the team director, Clark Sheehan, of the same amount. Ion Lazkano, the DS of Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi, was fined 500CHF for irregular assistance of a rider during the same stage.
The yellow card system, a new addition to cycling, is being enforced at the Tour de France Femmes. A yellow card signals a significant breach of race conduct and safety regulations. Two yellow cards within 30 days lead to a rider's disqualification and a seven-day suspension. Three yellow cards within the same 30-day period result in a 14-day ban.
Infractions that can result in yellow cards include riders taking off mandatory helmets during the race, hand slings between teammates or riders from different teams, pushing off against cars or motorcycles, holding onto vehicles or mechanical interventions from moving vehicles, sheltering behind or taking advantage of the slipstream of a vehicle, unauthorized feeding, irregular feeding, non-compliance with feeding regulations by a team assistant, irregular sprint, decelerating during a sprint and endangering other riders, obstruction by a rider or vehicle, breach of vehicle movement regulations, interviewing a rider or sport director during the race, deviation from the race route, use of non-compliant positions or points of support on the bicycle, failing to respect the instructions of the organizer or commissaires, assault, intimidation, insults, threats, improper conduct, or behavior that is indecent or that endangers others (between riders or directed at any other person), and disposing of waste or other objects outside of litter zones.
As the Tour de France Femmes continues, it's clear that the race's organisers are committed to maintaining a fair and safe environment for all participants. The strict rules and the implementation of the yellow card system underscore this commitment, ensuring that the race remains a showcase of athletic excellence and sportsmanship.
Road cycling, being a part of sports, is strictly regulated in the Tour de France Femmes 2025. The race adheres to stringent conduct rules that prioritize fairness and safety, with infractions ranging from unauthorized feeding and non-compliance with feeding regulations to more significant breaches like taking off mandatory helmets or sheltering behind cars.
