Bert
10/14/2025 (Tue) 16:37
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>Burgos Burpellet BH, Aparicio's team, has since responded to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo about their rider's disqualification. "His pig emoji was just a joke aimed at his teammate (Raul García Pierna, ed.) who won the stage. It was certainly not malicious and had nothing to do with the Chinese people."
>"It's just an unfortunate coincidence, but the post was noticed and then misinterpreted and taken out of context. Numerous comments followed on his Strava profile and on Chinese social media, insulting him and even sending death threats. It's a very bizarre situation. After that, the organizers decided to disqualify Mario."
>"We've spoken with the organizers to explain what happened and to make it clear that it was certainly not an insult to China. Again, it was an unfortunate coincidence. Mario has since left the country, and everything has been resolved."
>Burgos Burpellet BH, Aparicio's team, has since responded to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo about their rider's disqualification. "His pig emoji was just a joke aimed at his teammate (Raul García Pierna, ed.) who won the stage. It was certainly not malicious and had nothing to do with the Chinese people."
>"It's just an unfortunate coincidence, but the post was noticed and then misinterpreted and taken out of context. Numerous comments followed on his Strava profile and on Chinese social media, insulting him and even sending death threats. It's a very bizarre situation. After that, the organizers decided to disqualify Mario."
>"We've spoken with the organizers to explain what happened and to make it clear that it was certainly not an insult to China. Again, it was an unfortunate coincidence. Mario has since left the country, and everything has been resolved."