Everyday on the Tour, somebody gets caught doing something against the rules. Most of the time, these are very minor things, and the penalties show that: 30 euros for drafting too long from the team car, or for each instance of an illegal feed (you can't get food or drinks from the team car within the first 50 km of each stage, or the last 20 km, for example). On especially long stages, like the alpine stages, the list of fines and penalties can get pretty long. But sometimes you have to wonder just what were the circumstances for some of these infractions. Like this one:
Pineau (Bouyges-Telecom) fined 60 euros for inappropriate urination
Riders usually take "nature breaks" along the side of the road, or on long flat stages, will go to the back of the peloton, and whip it out while rolling along. I'm pretty sure women cyclists don't have that option. But to be fined for "innapropriate urination," hmmm...
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