Tour de France: yellow jersey van Aert fined for "throwing waste outside the planned area"

Belgian Wout van Aert, yellow jersey for the Jumbo-Visma team, was warned by the Tour de France on Sunday evening after the 3rd stage during which the rider finished 2nd.

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He was thus fined 500 Swiss francs (500 euros), coupled with a loss of 25 UCI points for

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If the Belgian rider were to repeat the offense during the next stages, the note could be much higher.

He could then be sanctioned with a one-minute penalty as stipulated in the UCI regulations in force since last season.

A third deviation would result in the definitive exclusion of the rider.