Police in Lancashire are searching for a rider wearing Team Sky kit who allegedly assaulted another cyclist in Preston.
Lancashire Constabulary say that last Tuesday 3 June at around 6pm, there was a collision between two cyclists on Preston’s Guild Wheel route.
One of the riders, on what is described as a carbon fibre road bike that is dark grey in colour [which rules out a team issue Pinarello Dogma – Ed] then assaulted the other, police say.
The 20-year-old victim is said to have been sworn at then put in a headlock and punched twice in the head, causing him to fall to the ground.
He got back to his feet, but as he tried to ride away, the other man – described as “white, around 20 years old, six feet tall, of stocky build and clean shaven with blond hair” and speaking with a local accent – pushed him to the ground, resulting in a broken collarbone.
Police say the alleged assailant was wearing a dark grey cycle helmet, a Team Sky jersey, and black shorts.
PC Nicola Jackson said: “This was a nasty assault which has caused the victim serious injury.
“If anybody has any information about this incident or thinks they recognise the description of the man involved then please contact us.”
It was not reported whether the Team Sky jersey in question is the current Rapha version, or its adidas predecessor.
Police can be contacted on 101 or anonymously via the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Earlier this year, we reported how Peter Ward, the man who helped devise the Guild Wheel cycle route, had criticised “poser” cyclists who use it to try and set fastest times on Strava segments.
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35 thoughts on “Police hunt rider in Team Sky kit who assaulted fellow cyclist in Lancashire”
It can’t be Brad, he’s out of
It can’t be Brad, he’s out of the country at the moment isn’t he?
*comment about how all
*comment about how all cyclists who wear Team Sky jerseys are violent thugs and should be locked up*
aslongasicycle wrote:*comment
I’m feeling generous today, so if you send me a bundle of Vulpine gear (Medium size. The clothes that is, not the bundle) I’ll endeavour to cycle round in it doing good deeds for people to counter balance the negativity of this Adidas/Rapha wearer.
full kit w@nker
full kit w@nker
Scoob_84 wrote:full kit
yeah maybe it’s my age but I’m with Rule #17 on this.
Rule #17 // Team kit is for members of the team.
Wearing Pro team kit is also questionable if you’re not paid to wear it. If you must fly the colors of Pro teams, all garments should match perfectly, i.e no Mapei jersey with Kelme shorts and Telekom socks.
Though I have to say I’d end at the first full stop.
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Rule #17 // Pro Team kit is for members of the team.
oozaveared wrote:Scoob_84
You pay for it, you wear it, it supports the team, so if you wanna follow the rules, fuck off back to golf, they have shitloads.
Rule of Cycling: STFU and ride your bike…
madonepro wrote:oozaveared
You pay for it, you wear it, it supports the team, so if you wanna follow the rules, fuck off back to golf, they have shitloads.
Rule of Cycling: STFU and ride your bike…— Scoob_84
Spot on.
There’s a lot more idiots
There’s a lot more idiots riding bikes these days.
madonepro wrote:oozaveared
You pay for it, you wear it, it supports the team, so if you wanna follow the rules, fuck off back to golf, they have shitloads.
Rule of Cycling: STFU and ride your bike…— Scoob_84
You sound like another angry type we can do without in our sport!
festival wrote:madonepro
You pay for it, you wear it, it supports the team, so if you wanna follow the rules, fuck off back to golf, they have shitloads.
Rule of Cycling: STFU and ride your bike…— oozaveared
You sound like another angry type we can do without in our sport!— Scoob_84
This is how arguments start. Be an adult, make a comment and stop watching this forum.
madonepro wrote:
You pay for
Touchy! Shelled out on Sky kit recently have you?
Was the victim wearing full
Was the victim wearing full Tinkoff Saxo kit?
‘kin ‘ell.
Some days you just
‘kin ‘ell.
Some days you just can’t help but think ‘we’re doomed’.
Has a sport become too
Has a sport become too popular when the thugs start joining in?
This can be useful for tracking people – if both on Strava
http://labs.strava.com/flyby/
mudshark wrote:Has a sport
Definitely.
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http://marathonmtb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ofs_hinault_fights_03_12038.jpg
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farrell wrote:mudshark
the badger forever!
mudshark wrote:Has a sport
I wonder what title he gave that ride on Strava.
Not very keen on the
Not very keen on the expression “fellow cyclist”. That’s the kind of talk used by those who deduce that because one cyclist ignores red lights all cyclists do so.
It was not reported whether
Come on, victim, this really matters to us at road.cc – why weren’t you paying attention?
Bernard … What bloke
Bernard … What bloke 🙂
“It was not reported whether
“It was not reported whether the Team Sky jersey in question is the current Rapha version, or its adidas predecessor.”
And of course without that vitally-important information there’s not much that can be done to investigate further. 😕
A cyclist in the UK wearing
A cyclist in the UK wearing Sky kit, wow, that narrows it down a bit :B
Did the rider have a inhaler
Did the rider have a inhaler too? got to complete the look….
Imagine if the seriousness of
Imagine if the seriousness of open aggression against riders by motorists was taken as seriously as this seems to be….oh wait.
Angry young man, channel your
Angry young man, channel your energy into just riding your bike if you must but don’t allow that energy to become negative aggression or you’ll regret it.
I hope you are thinking about your actions now and how bad for cycling they were.
In every sport you find thugs
In every sport you find thugs and wankers. The description isn’t much to go on really (grey carbon bike and Sky kit) but surely the guy that was assaulted can help come up with an e-fit that can be circulated.
Some nobbers drive cars, some
Some nobbers drive cars, some nobbers ride bikes…
many nobbers do both.
I doubt he will be caught,
I doubt he will be caught, too many people wear the sky team kit these days for him to ever be discovered.
Although it does now give us all the right to go up to anybody wearing team Sky Kit and say ” Where were you on the evening of the 3rd June around 6pm ?” “Do have proof ? ”
I wonder if the fight went
I wonder if the fight went something like this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDFQQseeslg
Ahem:
“Police say the alleged
Ahem:
“Police say the alleged assailant was wearing a dark grey cycle helmet, a Team Sky jersey, and black shorts”
That wouldn’t be full kit then. Rather, a Sky jersey And Other Stuff.
This is what happens when you
This is what happens when you take too many PEDs.
it’s interesting that the
it’s interesting that the brand of clothing the alleged attacker was wearing is referred to in the headline; I’ve never seen ‘bank robbbed by man in marks and spencer jumper’ or ‘old lady mugged by youth in nike trainers’ for instance
lol i think bank robbers get
lol i think bank robbers get their kit from top man…or is that just for the court appearance.. :))
Finally a good reason to wear
Finally a good reason to wear Sky kit, total anonymity. Though this guy wasn’t a Full Kit W***er as he only had the jersey. I must remember not to assault anyone whilst wearing my sky blue Gerolsteiner kit with immaculately matching bibs, socks and mitts (narrows it down to one of 65 million.)
You don’t have to wear team
You don’t have to wear team kit to be a wanker – plenty of those everywhere these days – and wearing it doesn’t transform you into one either.
Perhaps the people who make up pathetic rules about who is allowed to wear team kit have forgotten that they don’t own the sport.
To all the team/world champ kit wearers I say: just enjoy it, and ignore the petty moaning by a miserable few.
😀