Tour de France introduces VAR-style reviews

Stringent disciplinary and investigative tools are being deployed for
the first time at the Tour de France – two yellow cards for aggressive,
dangerous or unsporting behaviour could now result in suspension

Belgian rider Wout Van Aert
(Lease a Bike) crashes during
11th stage of 2024 Tour de France

EARLY IMPACT: Since introduction in January, UCI World Tour disciplinary
system has been active for 235 race days – with 159 total infringements
penalised with yellow cards

YELLOW CARD
BREAKDOWN (2025)
Rider infractions
Team discipline
Media /
race vehicles

42%
37%
21%

June:
Oscar Riesebeek
(right) of Alpecin-Deceuninck
became first rider to be excluded
from race after receiving two yellow
cards on Baloise Belgium Tour

Common offences:
Unsafe driving
practices in races
Misconduct by
staff in feed zones
Dangerous
sprint behaviour

Total of
14 live TV
feeds – five
motorbike
cameras, two
helicopters and
fixed cameras
on finish line –
assist reviews

Motor-doping checks
Pre-race magnetometer scans, incident and performance monitoring,
and post-race X-ray inspections to monitor anomalies in bike equipment

Sources: UCI, ProCycling
Pictures: Getty Images
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