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Alpecin-Premier Tech on top of the wrong Tour de France leaderboard

Alpecin-Premier Tech currently leads an unwanted classification at the Tour de France. After nine stages, the Belgian team has accumulated more fines than any other squad in the race.

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The team has been fined a total of 2,200 CHF, with all penalties involving members of its sports management. Assistant sports director Frederik Willems was responsible for 1,000 CHF after a rider twice disposed of waste outside the designated litter zones during stage 7.

Christoph Roodhooft has added another 1,200 CHF to the total. He was fined 700 CHF during stage 5 for breaching regulations concerning vehicle movements and failing to follow instructions from the organisers or commissaires. During stage 8, Roodhooft received another 500 CHF fine and a yellow card for a further breach of the vehicle movement regulations.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG sits second in the ranking with 1,700 CHF in fines. Decathlon CMA CGM, Groupama-FDJ United and Movistar share third place with 700 CHF each.

Across the opening eight stages, the race jury has handed out a total of 7,300 CHF in financial penalties. Ten teams have received at least one fine.

Wondering when and why the fines were issued? Have a look at the jury report for each stage so far.

Team Fine total in CHF

Alpecin-Premier Tech

2200

UAE Team Emirates-XRG

1700

Decathlon CMA CGM Team

700

Groupama-FDJ United

700

Movistar Team

700

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

600

Bahrain Victorious

500

Lotto Intermarché

500

Cofidis

200

Soudal Quick-Step

200

Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

0

EF Education-EasyPost

0

Lidl-Trek

0

Netcompany-Ineos

0

NSN Cycling Team

0

Pinarello-Q36.5

0

Team Jayco AlUla

0

Team Picnic PostNL

0

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

0

TotalEnergies

0

Tudor Pro Cycling Team

0

Uno-X Mobility

0

XDS Astana Team

0

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