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.
