Giro Jot del Giorno - 5/10/2012

If you ever look at official notices for the stage in a Grand Tour, you will see, along with the medical reports, abandons, and non-starts, the list of infractions assigned to the riders and team staffers, plus the monetary amounts. The fines are always assessed in swiss francs, not euros, and before the creation of the European Union, not in the currency of the race's host country. The reason: the UCI, professional cycling's governing body, has its headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland. Switzerland is not part of the EU, so it still maintains its own currency.