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Johan Bruyneel<\/a> didn\u2019t take well to the UCI reminding him he\u2019s banned from the Tour de France<\/a>.<\/p>\n The controversial \u2013 and very, very banned \u2013 former sport director blasted UCI chief David Lappartient after the governing body warned him away from attending the Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems that the president of the UCI, David \u201cThe Selfie King\u201d Lappartient, didn\u2019t like the fact that I visited the Tour de France last week,\u201d Bruyneel posted Tuesday night to X.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve said already many times, also to him personally, that I find his attitude being one of hypocrisy. After receiving this press statement, I have contacted him personally again, but he hasn\u2019t responded (yet).\u201d<\/p>\n Bruyneel managed the U.S. Postal Service and Discovery Channel teams and worked with Lance Armstrong during the Texan\u2019s now-void Tour de France campaigns.<\/p>\n Bruyneel was banned for life from the sport in 2018 due to anti-doping rules violations.<\/p>\n Yet the 60-year-old was swanning around the Tour de France start village last Thursday wearing a race accreditation. The controversial Belgian was on the ground as part of his guest spot with the VRT broadcaster\u2019s Vive le V\u00e9lo show.<\/p>\n It prompted a terse warning Tuesday from the UCI toward Bruyneel and Tour de France organizer ASO \u2013 why was the Belgian allowed a pass?<\/p>\n It seems that the president of the UCI, David \u201cThe Selfie King\u201d Lappartient, @DLappartient<\/a> didn\u2019t like the fact that I visited the Tour de France last week. I\u2019ve said already many times, also to him personally, that I find his attitude being one of hypocrisy. After receiving this\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/Wq8yEpMTX6<\/a><\/p>\n