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Laura Weislo

UAE Team Emirates-XRG director Fabrizio Guidi hit with first yellow card suspension of 2026

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 25: A view of the UAE Team Emirates team bike helmets on the support car during the 25th Santos Tour Down Under Think! Road Safety Men's Stage 5 from McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill on January 25, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Peter Mundy/Getty Images).

The UCI handed out its first suspension of the 2026 season for repeated safety rule violations, giving UAE Team Emirates-XRG's directeur sportif Fabrizio Guidi a seven-day ban for two yellow cards earned at the Tour Down Under last week.

While guiding the team to the overall victory with Jay Vine, Guidi, 53, was found to have violated UCI rules article XII 2.12.007 6.3 for "Breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to comply with the instructions of commissaires and/or the organisation" during stage 2 and stage 5 of the Tour Down Under.

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