Van Vleuten was fined 210 euros for wearing inappropriate socks at the World Cup

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There are three details that the great fans of cycling did not notice in the last exhibition given by the Dutchwoman. Annemiek Van Vleuten to get the gold medal in cycling world championship online debate Australia. One is the bandage worn by the runner from Movistar at the elbow, another display of strength and cunning that he displayed and, thirdly, the extra high socks he was wearing.

The length of the socks is not allowed in terms of International Cycling Union (UCI), the highest international body governing cycling, which ultimately decided to fine him 200 Swiss francs (just over 210 euros), as revealed by ‘Cyclingtips’, for not complying with UCI regulations, which specifies that the length of “socks should not exceed half the distance between the center of the rider’s malleolus and the center of the fibular head”; that is, they cannot exceed halfway between the ankle and the knee.

That’s a regulation Van Vleuten did not comply and where he was allowed.

Source: La Verdad

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