professionals in any sport don't voluntarily retire as often as amateurs due to sponsorship commitments

fact of life

if he's winning day stages on the the other days being cut from the race for 1 infringement on 1 day would seem excessive

would it be better to add a further 20 minutes penalty?

would that change anything?

would it be legal?

would it open up a huge can of worms for future events if race penalties were subject to appeal and then argued for increase and/or decrease?