2026 Tour de France fines & penalties | Jayco lose a rider and Bahrain Belgian fined on stage 4

The Tour de France is the biggest cycling race of the year, and everyone pushes themselves to the limit. The race jury is busy every day making sure that all riders and team directors follow the rules. In this article, we’ll keep track of the daily penalties listed in the jury’s report.

Discover all the naughty boys and rule breakers below.

'Only' one penalty was handed out on stage 4. That was for Vlad Van Mechelen. The Belgian from Bahrain Victorious received a fine of 500 Swiss francs for disposing of waste outside the designated zones. Also mentioned in the jury report: Kelland O'Brien (Jayco AlUla) finished outside the time limit and was consequently withdrawn from the race.

The UCI’s fine fund was well-stocked on day three. Daan Hoole (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Clement Braz Afono (Groupama-FDJ), along with their team directors Luke Rowe and Yvon Caer, were each fined 700 Swiss francs for a sticky water bottle. In addition, Cofidis, Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, and Tudor were penalized for failing to follow the rules during the feed zone.

Andrej Hauptman, Tadej Pogacar’s regular team director at UAE Emirates-XRG, was fined 500 Swiss francs and given a yellow card for failing to follow the rules while driving. The same applies to two motorcycle riders in the race convoy.

After a quiet first day, the jury did intervene after stage 2 of the Tour de France. Pablo Castrillo of Movistar was picked up for a sticky water bottle. The Spaniard received a 200 Swiss franc fine, while his team manager Jose Joaquin Rojas had to pay 500 francs.

UAE Emirates-XRG won the stage with Isaac del Toro, but also had to pay up. Mechanic Bostian Kavcnik assisted a rider in a way that was not permitted. He received a 500 franc fine and a yellow card.

The jury had nothing to say.