Lotta Henttala disqualified from Tour de France Femmes

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The race jury has disqualified Lotta Henttala for reportedly holding onto
the team car during stage 6 at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift into
Blagnac. AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep's director sportif Servais Knaven,
who was driving the team vehicle at the time, has also reportedly been
excluded from the race.

"Following an incident during today's stage Lotta Henttala has been
disqualified from the Tour de France Femmes. Our DS Servais Knaven has
also been disqualified," the team confirmed.

Henttala came into the Tour de France Femmes as one the favourites for the
sprint stages, while her teammate Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio is currently
second overall behind Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx).

The sixth stage at the Tour de France Femmes, 122.1km from Albi to
Blagnac, was marked as one for the sprinters.

Henttala was distanced from the peloton at the 71km-to-go mark on the Côte
de Puycelsi, a 1.9km climb with an average gradient of 6%, and continued
to lose time over the Côte du Clos Pourtié, a 2.8km climb at 4.8% at 64km
to go.

It has been reported on FranceTV that race officials disqualified Henttala
for hanging onto the team car, later confirmed by the organisers of the
Tour de France Femmes.

"Lotta Henttala (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step) was excluded from the
race," the organisers confirmed on the official event website and social
media.

The disqualification was just hours after the UCI announced that SD Worx
team manager Danny Stam was excluded from the Tour de France ahead of
stage 6.

In this incident, the UCI cited the dangerous nature of Stam's driving
when overtaking other cars and riders during stage 5 while bringing Demi
Vollering back to the field following a flat tire, for which she received
a 20-second time penalty.

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