Dekker and Boogerd fined

According to Spanish media outlet Marca, Dutch pros Erik Dekker and Michael Boogerd have been fined after stage four of the Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana, each cyclist receiving a penalty of 100 Swiss Francs. The two had been seen urinating in the street leading up to the race start in Alzira on Friday. The race jury had issued a warning on Thursday, saying that urinating in the stage towns of the event was strictly forbidden.

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