'Tour de France' Rider Punished For Kissing Woman During Race

Julien Bernard, a 32-year-old French cyclist, has been punished for stopping to kiss his wife and say hello to his young child during the middle of a stage of the Tour de France on Friday...

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Per CNN...

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The individual time trial on Stage 7 of this year’s race traversed 25.3 kilometers (roughly 15.7 miles) of Bernard’s home roads from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin in Burgundy, and so his family and friends had flocked to the roadside to cheer him on, waving homemade posters that said “Allez JB!” and jumping in the middle of the road.

At one point, Bernard stopped briefly to kiss his wife, who was holding their child in her arms, as others on the roadside converged on them before parting to let Bernard through again.

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(The Spun)