2026 Tour de France fines & penalties | Lidl-Trek team manager heavily fined after time trial
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Follow us on GoogleThe 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.
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2026 Tour de France Jury Report: Who received fines and time penalties?
Discover all the naughty boys and rule breakers below.
Stage 16: Évian-les-Bains – Thonon-les-Bains (26.1 km time trial)
In the sixteenth stage, the individual time trial of this Tour de France, we saw a number of fines listed in the jury’s report. These were mainly for incorrect movements by vehicles during the time trial. In addition to two press vehicles, team manager Steven de Jongh (Lidl-Trek) was also fined. He had to fork out no less than 2,000 Swiss francs.
Hans Baltus, a member of the Picnic PostNL support staff, had to pay 500 Swiss francs for a similar offence. Fines were also imposed on Astana rider Nico Vinokurov and his team manager Dmitriy Fofonov. This was because the rider’s time trial bike had not been presented for inspection 10 minutes before the start. The fine for each person is 500 Swiss francs.
Stage 15: Champagnole – Plateau de Solaison (183.9 km)
The fifteenth stage was, of course, marred by Jonas Vingegaard’s crash and withdrawal from the Tour de France. but the jury’s report highlighted further incidents. The main culprit: Tom Pidcock. The Pinarello-Q36.5 team leader received a heavy penalty for colliding with a team car during the stage.
The 26-year-old Briton was handed the full set of penalties twice, namely: a 200 Swiss franc fine, a 10-second time penalty, a deduction of 15 UCI points and a deduction of 15 points in the mountains classification. Multiply that by two and Pidcock took a significant hit across all classifications.
Pidcock joked about being in the breakaway, unaware of fines
Afterwards, Pidcock seemed oblivious to any wrongdoing; the Brit was mainly delighted with his third consecutive day in the breakaway. ‘I’m getting quite good at this. Has anyone ever been in the breakaway for three days in a row whilst in the top ten? Apparently I can break records too, although I was completely spent in the last 5 kilometres. It was a real struggle to the summit.’ Was that perhaps the moment he pulled away?
We’re not nearly done yet. Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) took food outside the designated zone. He and team manager Charles Wegelius were both fined 500 francs. Jan Tratnik (Red Bull) was fined 200 francs for a water bottle, which he received from Bahrain Victorious team manager Roman Kreuziger. Kreuziger was fined 500 francs.
Tim van Dijke (Red Bull) and Alexandre Delettre (TotalEnergies) were each fined 200 francs for accepting food from a car where this was not permitted. Their team managers, Oliver Cookson and Cyril Lemoine, were each fined 500 francs for this offence. Finally, Tom Steels, who, as team manager for Soudal Quick-Step, failed to follow the organisers’ instructions: a 500-franc fine!
Stage 14: Mulhouse - Le Markstein (155,3 km)
The fourteenth stage of the Tour de France was already tough due to its climbs through the Vosges, but the rainfall along the way and the resulting cold made it even harder. The limits were therefore pushed, but the jury proved to be sharp.
Nicolas Prodhomme of Decathlon CMA CGM used a sticky water bottle and was fined 200 Swiss francs. His team manager, Julien Jurdie, was fined 500 francs for the offense. Furthermore, one rider did not cross the finish line within the time limit, and how...
Uno-X Mobility lost Anthon Charmig, who rode alone behind the race for almost the entire day and ultimately finished well outside the time limit. The Dane finished 58 minutes and 17 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar, as the time limit had been set at 40 minutes and 50 seconds. That was a good 17 minutes too late.
Stage 13: Dole – Belfort (205.8 km)
The race organisers had nothing to report.
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Stage 12: Nevers – Chalon-sur-Saône (179.1 km)
Stage twelve saw the first major crash of this Tour de France. Fernando Gaviria (Caja Rural) made contact with the rear wheel of Vlad Van Mechelen (Bahrain Victorious), who was penalised by the race jury with a fine of 500 Swiss francs and a deduction of 18 points from the points classification.
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) veered off course at the intermediate sprint, but he was given a warning.
Stage 11: Vichy - Nevers (161.3 km)
The jury imposed no penalties in stage 11, although they did overturn one – against Jasper Philipsen – after deliberation. Consequently, the fine pot was not replenished in the end.
Stage 10: Aurrilac – Le Lioran (166.6 km)
Tobias Halland Johannessen received a 20-second time penalty in Stage 10. The Norwegian accepted food or drink in the final 15 kilometres, where this is not permitted. Along with team manager Gabriel Rasch, Uno-X was also fined 1,500 Swiss francs.
Lennert Van Eetvelt, who had crashed, and his Lotto-Intermarché team manager Mario Aerts were each fined 700 Swiss francs for a ‘sticky bottle’: a water bottle designed to boost speed.
Stage 9: Malemort - Ussel (154.6 km)
The tenth stage resulted in two fines. Adam Yates and UAE Emirates-XRG team manager Matxin were fined for a sticky bottle and had to pay a combined 700 Swiss francs.
Stage 8: Périgueux – Bergerac (180.4 km)
In Stage 8, everyone behaved in an exemplary manner, but in Stage 9, the jury had their hands full again. Christoph Roodhooft was fined 500 Swiss francs for failing to comply with the race commissioners’ guidelines. Enrico Gasparotto, team manager of Bahrain Victorious, received a warning for the same reason.
Biniam Girmay (NSN) and Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) also received warnings for “intimidation in the final sprint,” the jury reported. Girmay collided with Soren Waerenskjold of Uno-X in the final turn, while Kooij made slight contact with Max Kanter of XDS Astana.
Stage 7: Hagetmau–Bordeaux, 175.1 km
The jury report for Stage 7 included the following offence:
“A rider or team member who disposes of waste or another object outside the designated waste zones, fails to hand it back to an organizer or team member, fails to collect waste entrusted to them, or throws it towards a spectator. Unidentified riders.”
In other words, the race organizers could not establish exactly which riders were responsible. They did, however, know which team the riders represented.
The penalties were therefore issued to Alpecin-Premier Tech team director Frederik Willems. He received two separate fines of 500 Swiss francs, bringing the team’s total bill for the two incidents to CHF 1,000.
Stage 6 Tour de France: Pau - Gavarnie-Gèdre (186.2 km)
Nothing too outrageous happened on the sixth stage of the Tour de France — or did it? Huub Artz dropped back from the breakaway during the stage after receiving three warnings for his position on the bike. However, the Lotto-Intermarché rider was not punished further with a yellow card, time penalty or similar sanction.
Artz had been part of the early move and caused a stir when he was called over by the race officials’ car. The issue appeared to be his riding position, with the jury judging that he had been leaning on his forearms in a way that was not permitted. After the warnings, the Dutchman eventually sat up and returned to the peloton, but the incident did not lead to an additional penalty in the jury report.
The only actual fine listed for the stage went to a Soudal Quick-Step staff member, who had to pay 200 Swiss francs for incorrectly handing out food or drink during the race.
Stage 5 Tour de France: Lannemezan - Pau (158 km)
Only fines for Lotto Intermarché and Alpecin-Premier Tech on stage 5. Pieter Vanspeybroeck received a 500 CHF fine and a yellow card for violating the rules regarding vehicle movements during the race or failing to follow the instructions of the race stewards. Christoph Roodhooft (ADC Driver) also received a 500 CHF fine and had to pay an additional 200 CHF for failing to respect the instructions of the organizer or race stewards.
Stage 4 Tour de France: Carcassonne Foix (181.9 km)
'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.
Stage 3 of the Tour de France: Granolles - Les Angers (195.5 km)
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.
Stage 2 of the Tour de France: Tarragona - Barcelona (168.5 km)
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.
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Stage 1 of the Tour de France: Barcelona – Barcelona (19.6 km – team time trial)
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David has been working in the sports & cycling industry for 16 years. Covering racing, business and technology, he has worked in communications for cycling companies, teams, and as a journalist. His proudest achievement is winning the first bike race he ever entered. He hasn't won a race since.
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Latest Comments
- - Buen artículo, pero quiero ver datos: ¿cuántos controles nocturnos hubo por equipo esta semana? Sin eso, es difícil juzgar si hubo trato desigual. Merci!gearguru3322-07-2026
- - Mohorič being this candid is rare. Also, small correction: it’s not “night testing is banned”—it’s allowed with those “serious suspicion” criteria. The question is whether that threshold was actually met.pedalpowe2922-07-2026
- - Vaughters has a point—cycling’s past means overcorrection now. But the protocols should be predictable: announce a consistent out-of-competition schedule window and rotate unannounced timing without hammering the same teams two nights running.raceready722-07-2026
- - As a casual viewer: are these tests blood, urine, or both? And how long do they take at the hotel room? If it’s an hour+ that’s a big interruption.jeremya22-07-2026
- - Agree with Matej on “human limits.” Riders were finishing late due to long stages/transfers. A 5 a.m. control after midnight bedtime is basically cutting deep sleep cycles. Marginal gains don’t matter if the system chops your REM phase.cadencekingm22-07-2026
- - This reads slightly one-sided. Where’s the response from the agency or the UCI to the “commercial motive” claim? Feels like we needed their comment before publishing that angle.velodromevirtuoso122-07-2026
- - If Paul Seixas really wasn’t checked while GC rivals were, that’s a massive inconsistency. Either test everyone in contention or don’t do it at all that night. Otherwise, you distort recovery and potentially the race outcome.patriciaw22-07-2026
- - Can someone clarify why they can test “late” but not “nighttime”? Is there an official window in the WADA/ITU rules, or is it just that 11pm–6am block needs “serious and consistent suspicions”? Bit confused on that part.sprocketspiny22-07-2026
- - Strong piece. Night tests aren’t new, but the frequency this Tour is wild. If controls are outside 11pm–6am, they’re technically okay, but teams getting woken after midnight post-transfer isn’t exactly safeguarding recovery. Mohorič voicing what riders whisper is significant.tourdeforce922-07-2026
- Remco is always more charming as a winner than as a loser, when he often pouts, whines and makes excuses.rjb21-07-2026
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