L'Equipe has reported that Team Sky were the source of the video that captured AG2R La Mondiale riders Alexandre Geniez and Nico Denz holding onto their team car during stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana.
Team Sky has not replied to request for a confirmation or comment on the report. However the French rider quoted by L’Equipe said: “With what Sky and Froome do on social media, it’s fair and square.”
Geniez and Denz were sent home from the Vuelta a Espana by the French WorldTour team during Monday’s rest day and were forced to issue a public apology for behaviour “contrary to the beliefs of the employer”. L’Equipe has reported that directeur sportif Didier Jannel has also been put out of the race by the UCI jury, with the second AG2R-La Mondiale team car excluded from the rest of the race.
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L’Equipe dedicated most of its cycling coverage in Wednesday’s newspaper to AG2R-La Mondiale’s decision to send Geniez and Denz home, with Chris Froome’s time trial victory relegated to the bottom part of the page.
There have often been reports of riders holding onto team cars at the back of the peloton but evidence rarely emerges leaving race officials unable to punish those involved. However the proliferation of fans filming races with their mobile phones and posting clips on social media is now influencing the way race officials and those caught react. AG2R-La Mondiale team leader Romain Bardet was disqualified from Paris-Nice in March for holding onto a team car after a crash. Vincenzo Nibali was disqualified from the 2015 Vuelta a Espana after television images showed him holding onto a team car after a crash.
The latest video first emerged on Sunday evening after being posted on Twitter by Scott O’Raw of the Velocast podcast. It sparked a lot of comments, with Katusha rider Michael Morkov retweeting the video and writing: “Ride you bike @AG2RLMCyclisme or go home @lavuelta #disrespectfully”
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