Two riders caught clinging to team car in latest Tour de Guadeloupe controversy
The Tour de Guadeloupe has once again produced controversy after two dropped riders were filmed holding onto a team car while attempting to regain contact with the race.
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Nicholas Narraway of Competitive Edge Cycling and Jason Jacquet Cretides of Uni Sport Lamentinois were caught gripping the window of the Competitive Edge vehicle as it travelled at speed. Jacquet Cretides was not even riding for the team whose car was pulling him along.
The incident went well beyond the familiar practice of a rider briefly taking a bottle from a team car.
Footage showed both men maintaining their grip on the vehicle as they were transported back towards the race.
The commissaires subsequently imposed penalties on everyone involved. Narraway, a Bermudian rider, was disqualified and fined 100 Swiss francs, while 25 UCI points were deducted from his total.
Jacquet Cretides did not reach the finish, but received the same fine and points deduction.
Competitive Edge team director Christopher Drummond was also fined and excluded from the race convoy for Tuesday’s stage. The team car must remain at the back of the convoy for the rest of the Tour de Guadeloupe, which concludes on 9 August.
It is not the first time unusual attempts to regain the peloton have attracted attention at the Caribbean stage race.
During the 2025 edition, Dutch club riders Niels Tenninglo and Huub van Kapel were disqualified after being filmed using a car to conceal themselves before slipping back into the peloton. The pair, who were competing for GRC Jan van Arckel, had been dropped following mechanical problems on a local circuit.
Video recorded by a spectator helped officials identify the two riders by their race numbers. Both were removed from the race, fined 100 Swiss francs and docked 20 UCI points.
At the time, Guadeloupe cycling committee president Frédéric Théobald stressed that the case was not an isolated incident. Several other riders were also under investigation for irregular behaviour, including holding onto vehicles to gain an advantage.
“Cycling is a sport that is practised by pedalling and holding onto your handlebars - your handlebars and nothing else… It’s dangerous,” Théobald said, underlining both the seriousness of the offence and the risks involved.
One year later, race officials have again been forced to intervene after another blatant attempt to make up lost ground with the help of a team vehicle.
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