The pair of motorbikes that blocked an attacking Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) on stage 14 of the Tour de France have been suspended from the race for stage 15, with both the riders and passengers also fined.
The side of the roads were thronging with walls of spectators as the two main protagonists in the yellow jersey battle, Pogačar and race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), approached the summit of the Col de Joux Plane. But when Pogačar attacked 500 metres from the top for the bonus seconds, his vicious acceleration was quickly cut short.
