Itzulia Basque Country 2026 Jury & Fines update stage 5 - Lidl-Trek DS expelled from the race after almost knocking down Beloki

Race officials are set to play a key role throughout Itzulia Basque Country 2026, where time penalties, fines and other sanctions can have a direct impact on both stage results and the overall general classification. This article tracks every Jury and Fines decision issued during the race.

Updated daily, this rolling report brings together all official rulings from the race commissaires, including fines, warnings, relegations and time penalties across each stage. It serves as a single, central reference point for all disciplinary decisions made during Itzulia Basque Country 2026.

Enzo Paleni and DS Benoît Vaugrenard (Groupama - FDJ United) were both fined 500 CHF for not presenting bikes/equipment in time before the ITT start

Medical car driver Santiago Blanco. Breach of vehicle movement regulations (causing Mikel Landa's crash). Yellow card and is race exclusion.

At the end of the third day of competition, the organisers reported “an error in the classification of the climb up Barrerilla”. Reuben Thompson was the fourth rider to reach the summit, rather than his Lotto-Intermarché teammate, Baptiste Veistroffer.

Florent Autret (DAT) receives a yellow card and SD Frans Maassen (TVL) fined 200 CHF for irregular feeding

SD Philip West (TPP) fined 200 CHF for failing to respect the instructions of the commissaires

Lidl-Trek DS Kim Andersen: Breach of vehicle movement regulations. 1000CHF fine, yellow card, excluded from the race.

Photographer Tim de Waele: Breach of vehicle movement regulations. 500CHF fine, yellow card.

Moto pilot Alejandro Gabriel-Martín: Breach of vehicle movement regulations. 500CHF fine.

Visma Lease a Bike staff Athur Clauw: Irregular feeding. Yellow card.