French rider Julien Bernard was fined on Saturday for stopping to kiss his spouse in the course of the Tour de France.
The penalty from the Worldwide Biking Union (UCI) quantities to 200 Swiss francs (€205, $222).
What was Julien Bernard fined for?
Fifteen minutes into the time trial seventh stage of the Tour de France on Friday, Bernard stopped to kiss his spouse and younger son amid a bunch of household and associates.
The leg of the race was within the rider’s house area of Burgundy in japanese France.
The UCI stated that the conduct was inappropriate and broken the game’s picture.
In a TV interview, Bernard stated the second was “unimaginable.”
“It was actually unimaginable. My spouse has been organising this with some associates for just a few weeks now and he or she did a extremely, actually good job,” he stated.
“On a time trial, you could have time to get pleasure from your self. It is these moments that maintain me going and biking.”
Bernard additionally defended the encounter along with his spouse and son on the platform X, previously Twitter.
“I am sorry UCI for damaging the picture of the game,” Bernard stated. “However I am prepared to pay 200 Swiss francs every single day and expertise this second once more.”
In response to Bernard’s X put up, Danish bike owner Magnus Cort shared a video of him stopping to kiss his spouse in the course of the Tour de France with the caption: “What a joke. I assume I used to be fortunate once they missed me a few days in the past.”
Bernard took 61st place out of 174 riders.
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