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Van Schip Retires, Priced Out by UCI Fines
Jan-Willem van Schip is retiring, effective after the Six Days of Rotterdam. He isn't walking away from cycling—he's being fined out of it: team manager Johan Berghmans says every race Van Schip starts costs Azerion / Villa Valkenburg 1,000 Swiss Francs in penalties, a bill he calls unsustainable.
Three disqualifications in under a year did it: a seatpost at Tour of Holland 2025, a forearm position at Tour of Hellas 2026, a water bottle under his jersey at Ronde de l'Oise 2026. Van Schip holds two UCI Track World titles and once said, plainly, "I don't really feel welcome in cycling." A rider who built a following by testing the rulebook's edges has been priced out by the same rulebook.
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'The situation is becoming a bit untenable' – Jan-Willem van Schip's team manager says fines for repeated disqualifications are 'unsustainable''Time to look somewhere else' – Boundary-pushing Dutch rider Jan-Willem van Schip is done with cyclingColourful Dutch maverick Jan-Willem van Schip calls time on cycling career
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