The UCI has been generous with handing out yellow cards in the 2025 Giro d'Italia, with five riders in danger of being disqualified from the race if they receive a second before the end of the race.
So far, Francesco Busatto (Intermarché-Wanty) and Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5) have been handed the penalties for irregular sprints on stages 1 and 6. Busatto delivered a "blow from the elbow and blow from the head two times during the sprint", while Moschetti barged Olav Kooij in Napoli.
Elsewhere, Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost) was handed a yellow card on stage 3 for 'disposing of bottle in a careless manner (thrown with excessive force at a spectator and coming back on the road).'
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Bram Welten (Picnic-PostNL) is the fourth rider racing with a yellow card to his name, after 'decelerating during the final sprint and endangering other riders' on stage 4's sprint finish in Lecce.
On stage 14, Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) became the fifth rider issued with a yellow card after 'disposing of clothing in a manner dangerous towards another rider'. Several mechanics, soigneurs and directeurs sportifs have also been shown yellow cards during the race
A UCI rule introduced after a trial of the yellow card system last year (2.12.007ter) states that "In case a licence-holder receives 2 yellow cards during the same event, they shall be excluded (in case of a stage race) from the event and be suspended for a period of 7 days".
Three yellow cards in 30 days will lead to a 14-day suspension, and six over 12 months will end in a 30-day suspension. Only one UCI licence holder has been suspended so far as a result of the yellow card system – Joseba Etxaburu (Media/TV) earned two yellow cards during the Vuelta España Femenina and is suspended until May 16.
Beyond the yellow cards handed out at the Giro, there have been plenty of fines and points deductions, too. Offences have ranged from irregular positions on the bike and urinating in public to sticky bottles and feeding outside a feed zone.
Read on for the comprehensive list of yellow cards, fines, and penalties during the 2025 Giro d'Italia, as well as a rundown of the infringements that can land riders a yellow card.
Yellow cards, fines, and penalties
Stage 1
- Francesco Busatto (Intermarché-Wanty) – Yellow card – Irregular sprint
- Gorazd Stangelj (DS, Bahrain Victorious) – 500CHF fine – Breach of regulations concerning vehicle movements during the race
Stage 3
- Martin Marcellusi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) – Relegation from 8th to 85th – Irregular sprint
- Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) – Warning – Irregular position on bike
- Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost) – 500CHF fine, 25 UCI points, yellow card – Disposing of bottle in a careless manner
- Arnaud Gerard (DS, Arkéa-B&B Hotels) – 500CHF fine – Rider feeding on foot outside of feed zone
Stage 4
- Max Kanter (XDS-Astana) – 500CHF fine, 13 maglia ciclamino points, relegation from 5th to 103rd – Irregular sprint
- Bram Welten (Picnic-PostNL) – Yellow card – Decelerating during the final sprint
- Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – 200CHF fine – Urinating in public
- Milan Vader (Q36.5) – 200CHF fine – Urinating in public
- Jan Maas (Cofidis) – 200CHF fine – Urinating in public
- Roberto Reverberi (DS, VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) – Warning – Breach of regulations concerning vehicle movements during the race
Stage 6
- Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5) – 500CHF fine, relegation from 8th to 176th, 13 UCI points, yellow card – Irregular sprint
Stage 7
- Carlos Verona (Lidl-Trek) – 200CHF fine – Urinating in public
Stage 10
- Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana) – 200CHF fine – Failing to respect distances and gaps during a time trial
Stage 11
- Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) – 500CHF fine, 25 UCI points – Disposing of bottle in a careless manner
- Brandon Rivera (Ineos Grenadiers) – 200CHF fine – Sticky bottle
- Zak Dempster (DS, Ineos Grenadiers) – 500CHF fine – Sticky bottle
Stage 12
- Giosuè Epis (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) – 500CHF fine, 2 mountain points, 10 sprint points, 10-second GC penalty – Feeding from spectator on foot outside feed zone
- Gorazd Stangelj (DS, Bahrain Victorious) – 500CHF fine – Rider littering outside litter zone
Stage 13
- Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – 500CHF fine, 20-second GC penalty – Unauthorised feeding during final 20km of stage
- Alpecin-Deceuninck – 1,000CHF fine – Unauthorised feeding during final 20km of stage
- Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) – 200CHF fine – Unseemly or inappropriate behaviour (undressing or urinating in public at stage start/finish)
Stage 14
- Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) – 500CHF fine, 25 UCI points, yellow card – Disposing of clothing in a manner dangerous towards another rider
- Mechanic (Jayco-AlUla) – 500CHF fine, yellow card – Leaning out of vehicle while assisting a rider in a dangerous manner
- Pieter Weening (DS, Jayco-AlUla) – 1,000CHF fine, yellow card – Mechanic leaning out of vehicle while assisting a rider in a dangerous manner
Stage 15
- Carlos Verona (Lidl-Trek) – 500CHF fine, 25 UCI points – Disposing a bottle outside of litter zone
- Patrick Konrad (Lidl-Trek) – 200 CHF fine – Urinating in public
- Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike) – 200CHF fine – Urinating in public
Stage 16
- John Evans, Ignacio Rubio (Soigneurs, EF Education-EasyPost) – 200CHF fine, yellow card – Non-compliance during feeding
- Michael Maiguenaud (Mechanic, Cofidis) – 500CHF fine, yellow card – Leaning out of vehicle and irregular assistance of rider
- Gorka Guerricagotia (DS, Cofidis) – 1000CHF fine, yellow card – Mechanic leaning out of vehicle and irregular assistance of rider
- Edgar Coso Ferrer (Mechanic, Q36.5) – 500CHF fine, yellow card – Leaning out of vehicle and irregular assistance of rider
- Kurt Bogaerts (DS, Q3.65) – 1,000CHF fine, yellow card – Mechanic leaning out of vehicle and irregular assistance of rider
Stage 17
- Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) – 500CHF fine – Littering outside litter zone
Infringements that can result in yellow cards
- YELLOW CARD SYSTEM: SANCTIONS (Version 01.04.25)
- 3.4 - Rider taking off mandatory helmet during the race.
- 4.2.1 - Hand sling between teammates.
- 4.2.2 - Hand sling between riders from different teams.
- 4.3 - Pushing off against car, motorcycle, rider; rider pushing another rider.
- 4.6 - Rider holding onto vehicle or mechanical intervention from a moving vehicle.
- 4.7 - Sheltering behind or taking advantage of the slipstream of a vehicle.
- 4.9 - Follower leaning out of a vehicle or holding equipment outside a vehicle.
- 4.10 - Unauthorised feeding (4.10.1 – 4.10.2 – 4.10.3 – 4.10.4 – 4.10.5 – 4.10.6)
- 4.11 - Irregular feeding (“sticky bottle” or feeding outside feed zone, etc.).
- 4.12 - Non-compliance with the article 2.3.025 by a team assistant during feeding
- 5.1 - Irregular sprint, deviation from the chosen line that obstructs or endangers another
- rider.
- 5.2 - Rider decelerating during a sprint and endangering other riders
- 6.1 - Obstruction by a rider or vehicle in order to prevent or delay the movement of
- another rider or vehicle
- 6.3 - Breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race
- or failure to comply with the instructions of commissaires and/or the organisation
- 6.4 – Interviewing a rider during the race.
- 6.5 - Interviewing a sport director during the last 10 kilometres of a race or conducting
- the interview from a car rather than a motorbike.
- 7.1 - Deviation from the race route constituting an advantage, attempting to be placed
- without having covered the entire race route.
- 7.6 - Use of sidewalks/pavements, paths or cycle lanes that do not form part of the race
- route.
- 7.7 - Passing through a level crossing that is closed or in the process of closing (lights
- flashing and/or audible warnings).
- 7.9 - Using a non-compliant position or point of support on the bicycle that represents a
- danger to the rider or competitors.
- 8.1 - Failing to respect the instructions of the organiser or commissaires.
- 8.2.1 – Assault, intimidation, insults, threats, improper conduct (including pulling the
- jersey or saddle of another rider, blow with the helmet, knee, elbow, shoulder, foot or
- hand, etc.), or behaviour that is indecent or that endangers others (between riders)
- 8.2.2 - Assault, intimidation, insults, threats, improper conduct (including pulling the
- jersey or saddle of another rider, blow with the helmet, knee, elbow, shoulder, foot or
- hand, etc.), or behaviour that is indecent or that endangers others (directed at any other
- person, including spectators).
- 8.3 - Rider or team staff disposing of waste or other objects outside of litter
- zones. (adapted also to one-day events since April 1st)
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