Giro d'Italia Women 2026 fines and penalties: Plenty of fines for the peloton on chaotic sprint stage

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.

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.