For a dangerous exceeding during the 19th stage, the car carrying the race director of the Tour de France received a yellow card and a fine.
There is no pass-right on the Tour de France. Ismaël Mottier may be driving the car transporting Thierry Gouvenou, the race director and therefore commissioners inflicting sanctions on the runners and the various protagonists of the Grande Boucle, his behavior was noted.
Friday during the 19th stage between Albertville and La Plagne, sixty kilometers from the Alpine station, Ismaël Mottier doubled at high speed and dangerously a delay group counting, among other things, in its ranks Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-Bxb Hotels).
Yellow card and 500 Swiss francs
The trajectory deviating to the right of a competitor has raised the worst, the criminal vehicle having almost brushed. He also expressed his dissatisfaction with a gesture of the hand. The next day, the race commissioners did not leave this act unpunished. A yellow card with a fine of 500 Swiss francs, the equivalent of 535 euros, were awarded to the culprit.
Yet Ismaël Mottier is not a novice. Former sports director, he has managed Europcar and Bouygues Telecom training in the past. In addition to Thierry Gouvenou, Ismaël Mottier also carried at the time of the facts Sébastien Piquet, the official voice of Radio Tour.
