{"id":591912,"date":"2026-05-19T05:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/591912\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T05:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:54:14","slug":"riders-warned-not-to-urinate-in-bottles-and-discard-them-at-the-giro-ditalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/591912\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders warned not to urinate in bottles and discard them at the Giro d’Italia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The organisers of the Giro d\u2019Italia<\/a> have made an unusual plea to riders, reminding them that it is \u201cstrictly prohibited\u201d to urinate<\/a> in bottles and toss them to the roadside.<\/p>\n

The message came at the bottom of the jury report following Sunday\u2019s ninth stage, which was won by Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) in Corno alle Scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Simply titled \u2018statement\u2019, it read: \u201cTo respect the image of cycling and the Giro d\u2019Italia, the Organiser and the Commissaires\u2019 Panel inform all riders that urinating into a bottle and subsequently discarding it is strictly prohibited.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The jury did not name any riders guilty of the offence within the statement. They did, however, give a 200 CHF (\u00a3190 \/ $255) fine to Lotto<\/a> Intermarch\u00e9\u2019s Lennert Van Eetvelt for \u201curinating in front of the public during the race at km 33\u201d of the same stage.<\/p>\n

UCI<\/a> rule 8.6 prohibits riders from \u201cunseemly or inappropriate behaviour (in particular undressing or urinating in public at the start or finish or during the race) and damage to the image of the sport\u201d. This offence carries a fine of 200 CHF to 500 CHF (\u00a3475 \/ $637) in a WorldTour race like the Giro d\u2019Italia.<\/p>\n

There is no specific rule relating to urinating in a bottle and discarding it. On disposing of bottles<\/a>, the UCI rulebook says: \u201cThe rider must safely and exclusively deposit their waste on the sides of the road in the litter zones provided by the organiser. The rider may not jettison anything on the roadway itself. The rider may also dispose of bottles and clothing to team cars or organisation vehicles or with the team staff in charge of riders\u2019 feeding.\u201d<\/p>\n

If a rider is deemed to have disposed of waste \u201cin a careless or dangerous manner\u201d, they can receive a fine of 500 CHF and a penalty of 25 UCI points. As examples of what constitutes this behaviour, the UCI lists: \u201cbottle or other object remaining or bouncing back on the road, thrown directly or with excessive force at spectator, causing dangerous manoeuvre by other rider or vehicle, causing spectator to move onto the road.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jayco<\/a> AlUla\u2019s Christopher Juul Jensen received a 200 CHF fine and was docked 25 UCI points for \u201cdisposing of waste or other objects outside of litter zones\u201d on stage nine.<\/p>\n

Likewise, Pinarello<\/a> Q36.5<\/a> rider David de la Cruz was fined 500 CHF for \u201cunseemly or inappropriate behaviour and damage to the image of sport\u201d. The jury did not specify what this was in relation to. A team representative told Cycling Weekly they understood the sanction to come as a result of an in-race incident involving a bottle.<\/p>\n

It is common for riders to urinate at the side of the road in races. Grand Tour stages can sometimes last more than six hours, with riders required to drink litres of water to stay hydrated. As such, riders are typically forgiven for taking nature breaks on quieter stretches of the route, where there are little to no spectators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The organisers of the Giro d\u2019Italia have made an unusual plea to riders, reminding them that it is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-591912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}