Jury & Fines Tour de France 2026 Update Stage 21

At the Tour de France, the racing does not always end at the finish line. Sprint deviations, sticky bottles, feeding breaches, littering fines, time penalties, yellow cards and relegations can all become part of the daily story, especially in a race where every stage result and jersey position is watched so closely.

This live Tour de France Jury and Fines hub is updated after every stage with the official disciplinary decisions issued during the race. Across three weeks from the Grand Départ in Barcelona on 4 July to the final stage in Paris on 26 July, this article will track every confirmed commissaires’ ruling affecting the 2026 Tour de France peloton.

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Pablo Castrillo and DS Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar Team) fined 200CHF and 500CHF respectively for sticky bottle

Mechanic Bostian Kavcnik (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) fined 500CHF and handed Yellow Card for "irregular assistance of rider"

Daan Hoole and DS Luke Rowe (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) fined 200CHF and 500CHF respectively for sticky bottle

Clement Braz Afonso and DS Yvon Caer (Groupama - FDJ United) fined 200CHF and 500CHF respectively for sticky bottle

DS Sebastian Hinault (Cofidis) fined 200CHF for "inappropriate behaviour" (Non-compliance with the article 2.3.025 by a team assistant during feeding)

DS Patxi Vila (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) fined 600CHF for three infractions "inappropriate behaviour" (Non-compliance with the article 2.3.025 by a team assistant during feeding)

Staff member Raphael Meyer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) given yellow card for Non-compliance with the article 2.3.025 by a team assistant during feeding

DS Andrej Hauptman (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) fined 500CHF and given yellow card for "Breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to

Vlad Van Mechlen (Bahrain - Victorious): Disposing of waste outside litter zone. 500CHF fine and 25 UCI points penalization.

Christoph Roodhooft (Alpecin - Premier Tech DS) takes 500 CHF fine for breach of regulations concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to comply with the instructions of the commissaires. He also takes 200 CHF fine for failing to respect the instructions of the organiser or commissaires.

Pieter Vanspeybroeck (Alpecin - Premier Tech DS) takes 500 CHF fine and yellow card for breach of regulations concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to comply with the instructions of the commissaires.

Staff member Yankee Germano (Soudal - Quick-Step) fined 200CHF and given yellow card for "Non-compliance with the article 2.3.025 by a team assistant during feeding (inappropriate positioning)"

Alpecin - Premier Tech DS Frederik Willems takes two 500 CHF fines for riders disposing of waste or other objects outside litter zones, not returning them to team or organisation staff, not having them collected, or throwing them to spectators (2 riders not identified).

Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team) receives a warning for "Intimidation during the sprint"

Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA GCM Team) receives a warning for "Intimidation during the sprint"

DS Christophe Roodhooft (Alpecin - Premier Tech) fined 500CHF and given yellow card for "Breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to comply with the instructions of commissaires and/or the organisation."

Adam Yates and DS Jose Antonio Fernandez (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) fined 200CHF and 500CHF respectively for sticky bottle

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) takes a 500 CHF fine and a 20'' time penalty for unauthorised feeding during the last 15 kilometers. Gabriel Rasch (UXM SD) also takes 1000 CHF.

Lennert Van Eetvelt (LTO) takes a 200 CHF fine for irregular feeding ("sticky bottle"). Mario Aerts (LT= SD) also takes 500 CHF.

Jean-Michel Lance (Guest driver) and Danilo Wyss (Guest driver) both take yellow cards for breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to comply with the instructions of commissaires and/or the organisation.

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Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) let off with a warning for "Deviation from the line in the intermediate sprint."

Vlad van Mechelen (Bahrain - Victorious) fined 500CHF, docked 18 points, relegated to last place and given yellow card

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Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon CMA CGM Team): Sticky bottle, on two separate occasions. Two 200CHF fines.

Decathlon CMA CGM Team DS Julien Jurdie: Sticky bottle, on two separate occasions. Two 500CHF fines.

Tom Pidcock (PQT) was the rider who received the heaviest sanctions of the day. The commissaires handed him a 400 CHF fine, a 20-second penalty in the general classification, a deduction of 30 UCI points and a further 8-point deduction in the mountains classification after he pushed off from a team car on two occasions.

Alex Baudin (EFE) was fined 500 CHF for taking a feed on foot outside the designated feeding zone. His sports director, Charles Wegelius, was also fined 500 CHF.

Jan Tratnik (RBH) received a 200 CHF fine for irregular feeding after benefiting from a "sticky bottle." I

In addition, Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe sports director Roman Kreuziger was fined 500 CHF. Both Tim van Dijke (RBH) and Alexandre Delettre (TEN) were fined 200 CHF for taking an irregular feed from the team car within the feeding zone. Their respective sports directors, Oliver Cookson (RBH) and Cyril Lemoine (TEN), were also fined 500 CHF each. Soudal Quick-Step sports director Tom Steels was fined 500 CHF for failing to comply with the commissaires' instructions.

Press driver Eric Eono fined 500CHF, permanently excluded from the race and shown a yellow card for breaching regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race.

Press driver Pierre Liaboeuf fined 500CHF and shown a yellow card for breaching regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race.

DS Steven De Jongh (Lidl-Trek) fined 2,000CHF for breaching regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race.

Hans Baltus, team staff member at Team Picnic PostNL, fined 500CHF for breaching regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race.

Nicolya Vinokurov and DS Dmitriy Fofonov (XDS Astana Team) fined 500CHF each after the rider’s bicycle and equipment were not presented for checking at least 10 minutes before his individual time trial start.

Team Visma | Lease a Bike DS Arthur van Dongen: Breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race and failure to comply with the instructions of commissaires. 100CHF fine, Yellow card, DS relegation (loss of positions in the convoy).

Hugo Page (Cofidis): Urinating in public. 500CHF fine.

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DS Samuel Bewley (NSN Cycling Team) fined 500CHF for irregular feeding while passing the peloton

Adam Yates and DS Simone Pedrazzini (UAE Team Emirates – XRG) fined 200CHF and 500CHF respectively for sticky bottle

Aurelien Paret-Peintre and DS Luke Rowe (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) fined 200CHF and 500CHF respectively for sticky bottle

DS Yvon Ledanois (XDS Astana Team) fined 200CHF for failing to respect the instructions of the commissaires

Toms Skujins (Lidl-Trek): Sticky bottle. 200CHF fine.

Lidl-Trek DS Steven de Jongh: Sticky bottle. 500CHF fine.

Brent van Moer (Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team): Sticky bottle. 200CHF fine.

Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team DS Alex Sans Vega: Sticky bottle. 500CHF fine.

Sepp Kuss (Team Visma | Lease a Bike): Disposing of waste outside litter zone on two occasions. 1000CHF fine, 50 UCI points penalization and 60-second penalization for overall classification.

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