Tour de France: 'No feelings' - Caleb Ewan and Alpecin-Deceuninck fined for drafting after crash on Stage 13

Lotto-Soudal sprinter Caleb Ewan and Alpecin-Deceuninck have been fined by race organisers for executing an unacceptable drafting manoeuvre on Stage 13 of the Tour de France. After a heavy crash which left Ewan injured and the entire Lotto-Soudal team temporarily grounded, the Australian sprinter was desperate to get back in touch with the race and was seen to have drafted off the Alpecin-Deceuninck car. Ad/> Ewan has been fined 200 CHF, one minute and 10 points in the general classification as well as one point in the mountain classification, adding insult to injury on a forgettable day.

Tour de FranceTour de France stage 14: How to watch, route map, live stream detailsAN HOUR AGO Alpecin-Deceuninck did not escape unscathed either, with Christoph Roodhooft receiving a 500CHF fine. Michel Cornelisse, the driver of the Alpecin-Deceuninck car, was frustrated by the outcome, saying «I couldn't drive faster there». Cornelisse defended his actions, and added: «There were motorcycles in front of me and Ewan was already reaching a speed of 80km per hour.

[The commissar] has no feelings or anything. It was not a rider from my own team who was behind my car and that boy had fallen. He was not released.” The crash occurred when Ewan's team Lotto-Soudal were leading the peloton in an attempt to keep a breakaway group in check.