Richard Plugge and Axel Zingle receive yellow cards for E3 sticky bottle

While his teammates Per Strand Hagenes and Christophe Laporte were finishing a brilliant second and seventh respectively, Axel Zingle had a rather different day at the E3 Saxo Classic, resulting in a disqualification and fine, with added yellow card, for a sticky bottle captured by a roadside fan. Visma-Lease a Bike released an apology after the race: "we regret the incident. This does not contribute to the image of cycling. It happened in the background after a flat tyre and it didn't affect the result, but it shouldn't have happened." It wasn't clear at first who was in the car at the other end of the sticky bottle, but suggestions it might have been team boss Richard Plugge were later confirmed with the announcement that he'd also been handed a fine of €500 and a yellow card.