The video made the rounds on social networks for the first major cyclo-cross competition of the 2024-2025 season. Last weekend, on the occasion of the inaugural round of theExact Cross organized at Beringen (Belgique), That is, Iserby was kicked out of the race by the stewards for deliberately stepping on the Dutchman’s bike Ryan Kamp after a clash with the latter. A widely commented outburst for which the Belgian champion had apologized in the meantime, but which the UCI finally decided to punish a little more severely. In a press release published this Saturday morning by the team Pauwels Sauces Bingoal of the winner of the World Cup 2023/2024we thus learn that the latter receives a suspension of three races and a fine of 2,500 Swiss francs.
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“Eli has already publicly apologized… The UCI could have resolved this problem differently”
The Belgian will therefore ultimately not be at the start this Saturday in the 2nd round of theExact Cross in Essen, and he will also miss the first test of Super prestige in Ruddervoorde this Sunday and theExact Cross from Heerderstrand next Saturday. He should be back in the plowed fields at Overijse on Sunday. The team director Jurgen Mettepenningen declared himself somewhat disappointed by this additional sanction in the press release. “Eli has already apologized publicly, as well as to Kamp himself. I had hoped that his punishment with disqualification and fine was already behind him. This additional sanction will affect the Superprestige ranking. In addition, Eli is also missing starting fees and that is also a shame for the organizers of these three competitions. The UCI could have solved this problem differently“, he regretted.
