Cyclist Julian Bernard fined for kissing wife during Tour de France

French bike owner Julien Bernard has issued a light-hearted apology after being fined for kissing his spouse throughout the Tour de France time trial.

The Lidl-Trek rider was fined 200 Swiss francs ($223; £174) by the Worldwide Biking Union (ICU) for briefly stopping on stage seven of the race.

The governing physique stated the wonderful was because of “disgraceful or inappropriate conduct throughout matches and injury to the picture of the game”.

Writing on social media, Bernard apologized to the UCI for “damaging the picture of sport” however stated he was prepared to “pay the wonderful every single day and relive this second.”

Stage 7 of the Tour de France is a brief 23.3 km (14.5 mi) stage that’s one in all two time trials within the race – the place cyclists should race towards time to attain the very best time.

This climb takes place within the well-known wine area of Burgundy. In keeping with Biking Information, Bernard met along with his supporters simply half-hour away from the place he lives.

When he reached the highest, buddies ran towards him holding indicators, and his spouse stepped ahead, hugged her son, who was carrying reproduction biking gear, and gave him a fast kiss.

Italian bike owner Davide Ballerini stopped earlier within the race to observe Britain’s Mark Cavendish dash to a record-breaking thirty fifth Tour de France victory Duan Shengli was subsequently fined the identical quantity for violating the identical guidelines.

In a tv interview after the stage, Bernard stated that assembly his family members was a singular second in his profession and that he pushed arduous early on within the stage in order that he would have sufficient time to take action.

“It is unbelievable. My spouse has been organizing this occasion with some buddies for a couple of weeks now and she or he’s doing a extremely, actually good job,” he stated.

“In a time trial you’ve time to get pleasure from your self. It is moments like these that maintain me on the bike.”