Alpecin's Oscar Riesebeek is first rider suspended under new yellow card rules
Oscar Riesebeek of Alpecin-Deceuninck has been suspended for seven days in keeping with the UCI's new yellow card framework. Riesebeek was the recipient of two yellow cards in separate incidents at the Baloise Belgium Tour this past week, earning his first on stage 2 and his second on stage 5, both times for the "use of sidewalks/pavements, paths or cycle lanes that do not form part of the race route."
According to the new yellow card framework, a rider who receives two yellow cards in one race is subject to a seven-day suspension. Riesebeek's will bar him from racing the upcoming Dutch national championships.
