Cyclist Julien Bernard fined for kissing wife during Tour de France
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Cycling's governing body says the fine is for "unseemly or inappropriate behaviour".

The governing body said the fine was for “unseemly or inappropriate behaviour during the race and damage to the image of the sport”.

  • @Bonesince1997
    252•3 months ago

    Damage to the image of the sport?! The one that constantly has people cheating and being stripped of their medals? Oh yeah, wouldn’t want to ruin that!

    • themeatbridge
      122•3 months ago

      Remember when they stripped Lance of his win, and they were going to award it to the next place finisher who didn’t also cheat, but they didn’t have one?

      • @rdyoung
        24•3 months ago

        Pepperidge farm remembers.

    • Flying Squid
      98•3 months ago

      They have no imagination when it comes to cheating in the Tour de France these days. Now, it’s all performance enhancing drugs. But back in the good old days-

      “They would trail a thin piece of wire right behind a motor car, which, at one end, had a cork fixed on to the end of it,” Cossins explains. “And the rider would wedge the cork between his teeth. And then get towed along with this thing, this wire, pulling him along.”

      https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2017/06/30/tour-de-france-maurice-garin-peter-cossins