{"id":2078884,"date":"2026-08-05T07:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2078884"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:31:13","slug":"video-the-cheating-at-this-bike-race-is-so-blatant-its-hilarious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2078884","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: The Cheating at This Bike Race Is So Blatant It&#8217;s Hilarious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-2400-x-1600-px.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-wrap fp-contentTarget\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\"><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-remove flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">Jim Cotton<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Updated August 5, 2026 02:55AM<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-base-loose\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When cyclists cheat at Tour de Guadeloupe, they don\u2019t take half measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aspect-video\">\n<p>Two riders were caught clinging to a speeding team car as they attempted to regain contact with the peloton on stage 4 of the Caribbean stage race.<\/p>\n<p>Images captured by the <em>X<\/em> user \u201cWhatsapp Antillaise\u201d show Nicholas Narraway and Jacquet Cretides riders taking a very long, very fast tow from a Competitive Edge team car on Monday\u2019s stage to Lamentin.<\/p>\n<p>And the funny thing is, Cretides doesn\u2019t even ride for Competitive Edge, a U.S. Conti team. The French rider races with Uni Sport Lamentinois.<\/p>\n<p>Narraway maybe has some excuse \u2013 at least it was his own team car. The Bermudan rider joined team Competitive Edge this season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">C\u2019est quoi ce cyclisme-l\u00e0 ?! \ud83d\udeb4\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83d\ude97<br \/>Franchement, \u00e0 quoi \u00e7a sert de s\u2019entra\u00eener toute l\u2019ann\u00e9e, de bouffer des kilom\u00e8tres de d\u00e9nivel\u00e9 et de souffrir sur la selle quand on voit \u00c7 A en pleine course ?<br \/>Regardez bien la vid\u00e9o : un coureur accroch\u00e9 par la voiture d&#8217;assistance,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/k2G4XZsIE1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whatsapp Antillaise (@WAntillaise) August 3, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cretides did not make it to the finish of Monday\u2019s stage in Guadeloupe, but was officially DQ\u2019d by commissaires.<\/p>\n<p>Narraway finished the stage but was also booted from the race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placeholder-wrapper relative w-full border-t border-b border-border-light col-span-full my-3 md:col-span-10 md:col-start-2\">\n<div class=\"mb-[30px] min-h-[30px] text-center\"><span class=\"font-utility-4 font-medium tracking-[1px] text-neutral-500 uppercase\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-placeholder -mt-[30px] mb-[30px] flex min-h-[250px] w-full items-center justify-center\">\n<div class=\"w-full \">\n<div id=\"in-content-leaderboard-in-content-leaderboard-I0-P0-CMI0\" class=\"flex justify-center text-left\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The official UCI communique from the stage also reveals both riders were fined 100 CHF and docked 25 UCI points.<\/p>\n<p>The DS of the Competitive Edge team car, Christopher Drummond, was also sanctioned 100 CHF. The team car was excluded from the race in the following fifth stage.<\/p>\n<h2>Two years, two audacious attempts to cheat<\/h2>\n<p>It seems like Tour de Guadeloupe and cheating controversies go hand in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Two Dutch riders were caught making an even more audacious attempt to circumvent the rules in the 2025 edition.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Niels Tenniglo and Huub Van Kapel were caught hiding behind a parked car before they attempted to sneak into the peloton when the race zoomed back through.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-day, 2.2-ranked Tour de Guadeloupe features a mix of regional and club-level squads.<\/p>\n<p>Competitive Edge Racing is based out of Massachusetts. The squad includes a men\u2019s, women\u2019s, and CX team.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate response from the teams or riders involved in Monday\u2019s incident.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><span hidden aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\"><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-remove flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">Jim Cotton<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Updated August 5, 2026 02:55AM<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-base-loose\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/video-the-cheating-at-this-bike-race-is-so-blatant-its-hilarious\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-2400-x-1600-px.jpg&#8221;] Jim Cotton Updated August 5, 2026 02:55AM When cyclists cheat at Tour de Guadeloupe, they don\u2019t take half measures. Two riders were caught clinging to a speeding team car as they attempted to regain contact with the peloton on stage 4 of the Caribbean stage race. 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