You may want to be a smidge more careful next time you\u2019re getting a nice little keepsake from a bike race. Well, don\u2019t worry, the UCI is on that.<\/p>\n
At the Giro d\u2019Italia\u2013like many big races, it\u2019s sometimes tricky for the lads to take a little whizz off the bike. Why? Because there are people everywhere. But when you\u2019ve gotta go, you\u2019ve gotta go, especially when you are constantly hydrating. So what\u2019s a boy to do? Well, seems like some of the ragazzi in Italy have decided to do the old tried-and-true method of peeing into a bottle. (Hey, no one said pro cycling would be easy, fellas.)<\/p>\n
Beware the bidon<\/p>\n
In the post-race UCI Communiqu\u00e9, a few got the usual fines, you know like a sticky bottle, but some got it for an icky bottle.<\/p>\n
-Mirco Maestri fined 200 CHF for sticky bottle; DS Ellena Giovani fined 500 CHF
-Christopher Juul-Jensen fined 500 CHF and -25 UCI points for disposing of waste outside litter zones
-Lennert Van Eetvelt fined 200 CHF for urinating in public during the race and damaging the image of the sport
-David De La Cruz fined 500 CHF for inappropriate behaviour and damaging the image of the sport<\/p>\n
\u201cCommissaires\u2019 statement: riders are explicitly warned that urinating into a bottle and then discarding it is strictly prohibited to protect cycling\u2019s image,\u201d as La Flamme Rouge reported.<\/a><\/p>\n