Giro d'Italia Women 2026 fines and penalties: AG Insurance Soudal's Zigart heavily penalised on final stage of Giro d'Italia

Racing a Grand Tour brings plenty of nerves and chaos with it. Sometimes that means a rider or staff member crosses the line and gets into trouble. In this overview, IDL Pro Cycling keeps track of who have fallen foul of the rules during the Giro d’Italia Women.

AG Insurance - Soudal had two riders in the top ten of the general classification, but crossed the line significantly in the final stage. Urska Zigart, the number eight in the final standings, stayed glued to the team manager's car for too long. Driver Michel Geerink and team manager Danielle Christmas both received a yellow card and a fine of 200 Swiss Francs, but the rider was punished more severely. The total: 100 Swiss Francs, a 20 percent deduction in the points classification and mountain classification, 5 points from the UCI ranking, a yellow card, and a 20-second time penalty. This had no impact on her overall classification.

No fines this time. Naturally, there was plenty for the organizers to do during the eighth stage: the race had to be shortened due to a patch of ice that endangered the descent. As a result, the finish was located a kilometer below the summit of the Colle delle Finestre, instead of in Sestriere after the descent.

No disqualifications on Friday either, but there were some necessary notes in the jury report. A number of cars did not follow the correct instructions, which resulted in Michel Geerinck of AG Insurance-Soudal receiving a fine of 1,000 Swiss francs.

No disqualifications this time, but a fine for Lars Boom. Due to his inability to identify an FDJ-Suez rider who threw away trash, the fine of 250 Swiss francs was issued to him. Staff members of Uno-X and Movistar were also fined 200 Swiss francs.

The tough mountain stage on day five took a heavy toll on the peloton. So much so, that two riders were found to have been hanging onto the team car. For this reason, Greek Argyro Milaki (Aromitalia Vaiano) and Italian Anita Baima (Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria) were expelled from the race and fined 200 Swiss francs and given a yellow card. The same applied to the latter's team manager.

Additionally, six riders were fined 100 Swiss francs for urinating in a location where the organizers did not permit it: Elisa Balsamo, Isabella Holmgren, Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek), Ally Wollaston, Celia Gery (FDJ-Suez), and Silke Smulders of Liv-Jayco-AlUla. Finally, a Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi team manager was fined 200 Swiss francs for failing to comply with the rules.

The fourth stage of the Women's Giro d'Italia was a climbing time trial, yet a penalty was still handed out. EF team manager Carmen Small did not follow instructions and had to pay 200 Swiss francs to the UCI.

There were quite a few fines in a chaotic third stage. Millie Couzens of Fenix-Premier Tech was heavily penalised for an irregular sprint. She received a 200 Swiss franc fine and a yellow card. In addition, 25 per cent of her points classification total will be deducted at the finish of the race.

Chiara Consonni of Canyon//SRAM received a 100 Swiss franc fine. The Italian was involved in a crash: Thalita de Jong of Human Powered Health was in a bad way and was also stuck in Consonni’s bike. Consonni then forcefully freed the Dutch rider. The jury judged that this damaged the image of the sport.

Finally, Ylia Biriukova and Tiril Jorgensen of Laboral Kutxa were both fined 100 Swiss francs. The jury is being a little secretive, but it appears to have been for urinating or undressing at the start or finish of the stage. The jury considers that improper behaviour.

No too-light bikes on stage 2, and no riders were punished. There was a team manager on the list, though: Davide Gani of Picnic PostNL was fined for illegal movement in the convoy. The result was a 500 Swiss franc fine.

Straight away, the big story of the Giro d’Italia Women: Lorena Wiebes of SD Worx-Protime won the sprint in the opening stage in commanding fashion, but when the bike was weighed it was found to be too light. As a result, she was disqualified. Team manager Danny Stam was also fined 500 Swiss francs for the incident.