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George Hincapie Photo by Maryse Alberti, Courtesy of Sony Pictures ClassicsGeorge Hincapie says driver pulled gun on him and his son as they were cycling
Retired professional cyclist George Hincapie says a man driving a sports utility vehicle pulled a gun on him as he and his eight-year-old son rode their bikes in South Carolina, where the retired rider now lives.
The former US Postal, HTC Columbia and BMC Racing rider gave details of the incident, which is said to have happened several weeks ago, in a post on Facebook subsequently shared on Twitter by VeloNews journalist Dan Wuori.
Posting a picture of a Subaru SUV, the 43-year-old Hincapie wrote: “Feel like I need to notify this to our cycling community.
“This person tried running me off the road on Paris mt, stopped then pulled a gun on me after he tried to punch me.
“I was with my 8 year old son as well.
“He probably lives on this mountain.
“Please be aware of this vehicle. Brown Subaru SUV.
“Be careful out there!!”
It is understood that police have been made aware of the incident.
Hincapie’s career came to an end in October 2012 when he was banned for six months after admitting doping as part of his testimony in the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s investigation into Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service team.
Less than three months earlier, in a break with tradition, Hincapie had led Team Sky and race winner Bradley Wiggins onto the Champs-Elysees on the final stage of the Tour de France.
The honour was accorded to the American in recognition of his record-breaking 17th consecutive participation in the race – although he would subsequently be disqualified from four editions.
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Road rage, hatred of cyclists, guns, what could go wrong?
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Relax, it's just the well regulated militia ensuring the security of the free state.
Armstrong is serious about this omerta business!
Seems as though everything revolves around not everything revolving around Sky
Garuda, think you've misread/misunderstood the sentence/context. The fact that he 'WASN'T in Sky, but led them on to the Champs is what constitutes the break from tradition.
I did misunderstood. I was (mistakenly) thinking that the writer thought that George rode for sky and why it was important to mention that he lead his team in. My mistake was how I underestimated the writer's need to put George's small moment in the (setting) sun against the context of the Sky (pun intended) and wiggo. Do you believe that this little tidbit would have been mentioned had it been 2014 and it was Nibali winning?
Yes I do, it was quite a significant moment and a great honour no matter who the team leading in was. Don't get so hung up on Team Sky.
"Less than three months earlier, in a break with tradition, Hincapie had led Team Sky and race winner Bradley Wiggins onto the Champs-Elysees on the final stage of the Tour de France."
Might wanna factcheck before putting out these things. He was with BMC in 2012.
Not everything revolves around team Sky.
He led the peloton in, not that he was part of Team Sky, e.g.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/07/news/george-hincapie-leads-the-pe...
Fact check and all that.
Edit : sorry, missed your reply Donny whilst typing