{"id":653974,"date":"2026-05-07T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/653974\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:27:09","slug":"dutch-rider-jan-willem-van-schip-disqualified-by-uci-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/653974\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch rider Jan Willem van Schip disqualified by UCI…again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan Willem van Schip<\/a> is in trouble again. This time at the Tour of Hellas, a 2.1-level race in Greece. The Dutchman, riding for Azerion \/ Villa Valkenburg, has been expelled from the stage race \u2014 much to his own fury. On Instagram<\/a>, a deeply frustrated Van Schip made his feelings known.It is not the first time Van Schip has been removed from a race. At the Tour of Holland, the Dutchman was at the centre of a major controversy when he was pulled from the race over his unconventional bike setup. The decision divided opinion at the time<\/a>.In Greece, a new disqualification has followed for a virtually identical position<\/a>. “Wow, unbelievable. So I’ve been disqualified. Again. At the Tour of Hellas. Apparently my position isn’t right, because I’m supposedly leaning too much on my forearms,” Van Schip says in a video in which he responds at length to the incident.<\/p>\n

Read on below the tweet!<\/p>\n

‘What heartache. What pain. What a sh*t sport’<\/p>\n

The Dutchman is not having it. “When I say that everyone does this and that I’m actually always holding my shifter, then… no. This really hurts. This is not okay. The bike is completely legal, the seatpost is fine \u2014 but they’ve found something to screw me over again. It hurts.”<\/p>\n

The dispute with cycling’s governing body enters a new chapter. “The UCI<\/a> sent me an email calling me a peculiar rider. That hurts more than anything. I don’t know. I just don’t feel welcome in cycling.” And this despite the fact that there had been contact between the two parties. “I tried to get in touch with the UCI this spring.”<\/p>\n

A phone call was arranged. “So I thought: great, we can have a proper conversation about what is and isn’t allowed. That call was just cancelled. I sent a reminder \u2014 no response either,” a deeply disappointed Van Schip says.<\/p>\n

Lanterne Rouge’s Benji Naesean lends support<\/p>\n

Cycling commentator and one half of the Lanterne Rouge cycling podcast Benji Naesen commented in support of van Schip: “The UCI really needs to do something about the inconsistent application of that \u2018forearm-as-support\u2019 rule,” said the Flemish podcaster.<\/p>\n

“In every race, someone rides in that position, and more than half the time it\u2019s overlooked. How are riders supposed to know what\u2019s allowed and what isn\u2019t when it\u2019s allowed for rider 1 but not for rider 2?” Naesen concluded.<\/p>\n

Himself no stranger to the wrath of the UCI, Naesen was recently sent a letter by the governing body<\/a>, reprimanding him for the use of critical language in their direction. Naesen has reportedly filed a formal complaint with the UCI Ethics Commission. The saga continues.