New UCI rule sees Farrar lose Giro points jersey

Tyler Farrar lost the red points jersey at the Giro d’Italia to Jérôme Pineau on Thursday, after the Frenchman finished third on stage 12 in Porto Recanti. The Garmin-Transitions sprinter has scored 74 points since the start of the race in Amsterdam and Pineau 66, but Farrar slipped out of the lead due to a 25-point deduction applied by the race jury on Wednesday under a new International Cycling Union (UCI) rule.