Tour Down Under 2026 Jury & Fines stage 2 - Jhonatan Narváez a big winner, but also fined during the stage
CyclingThursday, 22 January 2026 at 10:50
The Tour Down Under is not just decided by legs and tactics. Every day, a quieter story runs alongside the racing: the jury decisions that shape behaviour in the bunch, on the roadside and inside team cars.
This article tracks every fine, warning and sanction handed out during the 2026 Tour Down Under, as published in the official race communiques.
From sticky bottles and illegal feeding to dangerous riding and team car infringements, nothing goes unnoticed by the commissaires.
After each stage, this page will be updated with the latest penalties, who received them, what for, and what it means.
Prologue
- Kelland O’Brien (Team Jayco AlUla): Identification number (body or frame number) missing, not visible, incorrectly positioned or not recognisable – 200 CHF fine
- Mathew Hayman, DS (Team Jayco AlUla): Identification number (body or frame number) missing, not visible, incorrectly positioned or not recognisable – 200 CHF fine
- Geert Van Bondt, DS (Soudal - Quick-Step): Breach of regulations concerning vehicle movements or failure to follow commissaires’ instructions – 500 CHF fine
Stage 1
Tord Gudmestad (Decathlon CMA CGM Team): Celebrating in the bunch (after teammate win, ed.). Relegation, 8 points classification penalization, 500CHF fine and Yellow card.
Stage 2
Bahrain - Victorious DS Aart Vierhouten. Feeding on foot outside the feed zone. 500CHF fine.
Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) - Failing to respect the instructions of the organizer or commissaires. 500CHF fine.
UAE Team Emirates - XRG DS Fabrizio Guidi - Failing to respect the instructions of the organizer or commissaires. 500CHF fine.
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- repeat, I don't know the facts in bora and visma, I'm talking about the article. It suggests that his cheerful demeanor, with its smiling interviews, made him the target of jokes from his colleagues, and asks that Cian stop doing it to avoid future bullies. I criticize the article, not the facts, which I am unaware of.
maria2024202422-01-2026 - I seem to recall him blaming the time trial bike for a poor showing when he was at Bora. It was one of many reasons why he moved to Visma i.e. for the better equipment (Cervelo S5 is arguably the fastest bike on the World Tour). Now he has run out of excuses... It's also quite a bad look to blame the equipment when you're at any World Tour team with the best of the best at your disposal (equipment, coaches, nutrition, etc).Pogboom22-01-2026
- UAE come out fighting...
leedorney22-01-2026 - Really don't understand what happened with him. Why he left Quick-Step... So much potential.... oh well
PAULO22-01-2026 - It certainly seems that way. Even if you're a rider tipped for "great things", I don't like the attitude of being too good for any sort of team-work or domestique duties. It's a team sport. Even Tadej can't win by himself, and I can't imagine many of these big teams having much time for someone who comes swanning in with a CV shorter than Gaia Realini and expects to be treated like Daddy's Special Boy from day one. It doesn't bode well. If he doesn't pull his head in and deliver something concrete this year, I predict a very short careerantipodeanpedalfan22-01-2026
- yeah bullies lol. when challenged, there was no proof of this. many riders are jovial and fun, and they don’t get bullied. his issue is he is a prima donna. no one likes that.mij22-01-2026
- His mechanic is the only one who can hold MVDP's wheel.
santiagobenites22-01-2026 - OK, let's stop this BS. Remco Mustafa talks about victories... the rat Ayuso talks about a podium and maybe victory... Onley talks about a podium... Vini the danish fish talks about a better level at the Tour than the Giro and maybe a victory. No one knows what they are talking about, that's why I call them losers, fog sellers, bullshitters and fantasists. Pogi the G.O.A.T will destroy them. Ad acta.NikkoNicco21-01-2026
- Pedro reached his limit when he was caught taking Probenecid.
ScottG21-01-2026 - Listen, where do you get the idea that I don’t like people replying to me? I don't think you got the point either. Pretty simple in principle.MajorPayne21-01-2026
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