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Chris Froome gets some stickVideo - Vuelta fan throws stick at Chris Froome
A fan took Chris Froome’s nickname 'Froomedog' a bit literally yesterday – throwing a stick at the Team Sky rider as he unsuccessfully tried to get away from Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador on the climb to Puerto de Ancares on Stage 20 of the Vuelta.
The episode does show one of the hazards pro cyclists face particularly when negotiating partisan crowds – Contador is hugely popular in Spain and some, unfortunately, will do whatever it takes to put off a rival rider.
It’s not often such incidents are picked up on TV cameras, but Froome himself has been on the receiving end of abuse before, being spat at by roadside spectators on his way to winning last year’s Tour de France.
A worse fate befell Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider Mark Cavendish during the time trial to Mont-St Michel during that race – he was soaked in urine after a fan threw it at him.
That incident caused the team’s sports director Brian Holm to reflect: “I hope it’s not a general situation he’s going to have. He’s going to have some long days in the Alps if people keep throwing piss on him.”
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Everyone is wrong. Clearly the rider in front of Froome was eating a packet of Twiglets, and in his haste to shove them down his gullet missed his mouth.
He didn't notice as he was doing 485.263 watts at the time.
When I saw this on the live coverage I thought the object was a chorizo, I was feeling peckish at the time.
This has been posted on twitter. It seems to show an over excited spectator banging a stick on the road, which breaks as Froome approaches.
Yep. Here is the video. http://youtu.be/WBJ5iYbVIMs
Great find!
Can the article maybe be updated, to show the truth!
I wonder if there is a similar explanation video out there for the Mark Cavendish urine episode!
Maybe there was a sudden change in wind direction?
Now to be known as Chris Broome.
Perhaps they thought Froome Dog would chase it....
Thank you: I'm hear all week.
Same gag was effectively made in the opening paragraph of the story.
You're not exactly Tommy Cooper.
That'll teach me to comment without reading. I'll get me coat.
You need to brush up on your English grammar as well as your humour, I assume you mean "here" all week and not "hear"?
Isn't that spelling rather than grammar?
My grammar gets criticised frequently but I'm going to stick my neck out and call the OP's mistake grammatical. He spelled 'hear' correctly but it was used in the wrong context.
I saw the incident live and had to rewind the Sky+ to confirm I wasn't seeing things. Moronic behaviour.
Shocking, it makes you wonder what state of mind these euro fans are to throw sticks and piss at riders who have dedicated much of their lives for the sport.
Probably the same "fans" (read morons) who make monkey noises at football matches.