UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  9.8 False start more than 3 seconds  during a mixed relay event  Equipe : Elimination or disqualification  Equipe : Elimination or disqualification  Equipe : Elimination or disqualification  * When there is a scale of sanctions, the commissaire must take into account any extenuating or aggravating circumstances, including:  -  The level of the team of the licence holder involved (club team, UCI WorldTeam, etc.);  -  Whether the sanction follows a warning; -  Whether the licence holder has already been sanctioned for the same infringement during the same event;  -  Whether the infringement afforded the licence holder an advantage;  -  Whether the infringement led to a dangerous situation for the licence holder or others;  -  Whether the infringement happened at a key moment of the race (final kilometres of the race, feed zone, intermediate sprint, etc.);  -  Any other extenuating or aggravating circumstances according to the commissaire’s judgement.  ** When concerning a “penalty in the points classification”, the number of points deducted is a percentage of the points allocated to the winner of the  stage in question. When concerning a “penalty in the mountains classification”, the number of points deducted is a percentage of the points allocated  to the first rider to reach the summit of a climb of the highest category in the stage in question. The penalties are rounded up to the nearest whole  number.  (text modified on 1.07.19; 24.09.19; 23.10.19; 1.04.21; 17.04.21).  E170421  ROAD RACES 124 