Yellow cards for Milan, Kristoff and Schwarzmann at crash-hit Classic Brugge-De Panne

DE PANNE BELGIUM MARCH 26 Jonathan Milan of Italy and Team LidlTrek on second place poses on the podium ceremony after the 49th Classic BruggeDe Panne 2025 Mens Elite a 1956km one day race from Brugge to De Panne UCIWT on March 26 2025 in De Panne Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) on the podium at Classic Brugge-De Panne 2025 (Image credit: Getty Images)

After finishing second in a close sprint after a crash-hit lead out at Classic Brugge-De Panne, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) was handed a yellow card by the UCI race jury and 500CHF fine. Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) was also punished in the same way for "obstruction by a rider in order to prevent or delay the movement of another rider".

Milan was not relegated in the sprint because the 'obstruction' came before the sprint unfolded. The Lidl-Trek rider was seen using his head to push the Uno-X Mobility rider aside, who had knocked into him with his shoulders, at around 1.5km to go.

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