Froome run off the road

NervexProf
NervexProf Posts: 4,202
edited September 2017 in Pro race
https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/ ... 0430696448
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    He's lucky to have no injuries just from the look of his bike. Some real nutcases out there.
  • my_grandadʹs_bike
    my_grandadʹs_bike Posts: 1,300
    Apparently Wiggins' whereabouts are currently unknown
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39854961
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    Just came on here to post the same.
    my grandad's bike wrote:
    Apparently Wiggins' whereabouts are currently unknown

    :lol: Car understood to be a silver Skoda...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    We've all been there unfortunately.
    _
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,455
    Somewhere on Twitter people are analysing the photo to detect any anomalies in the story.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,601
    Some people just shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a vehicle.
    I chortled at the comment "If the driver was impatient behind you, what would he have been like behind the rest of us!"
  • onionmk
    onionmk Posts: 101
    Pro's need cameras on their bikes for this reason.

    And also so we can eventually see rider views in the peleton with on screen Power/RPM/HR etc like F1. That is the day Pro Road cycling will become cool.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    ... nice try FDJ...
    left the forum March 2023
  • Alex99
    Alex99 Posts: 1,407
    That's insane. The sooner we get past ape driven cars, the better.
  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 401
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Somewhere on Twitter people are analysing the photo to detect any anomalies in the story.


    IInKugE.jpg

    :roll:
  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    We've all been there unfortunately.


    I have never run Froome off the road
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    We've all been there unfortunately.
    I've never been near Beausoleil!
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    3F8DD50100000578-4439436-image-a-3_1493027254392.jpg

    It's bad enough to happen accidentally.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    fat daddy wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    We've all been there unfortunately.


    I have never run Froome off the road


    Nor me - just can't catch up with the bu66er ... ;)

    Joking aside ... glad it's just his bike that's damaged ... and just hoping it wasn't done on purpose.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Slowbike wrote:
    fat daddy wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    We've all been there unfortunately.


    I have never run Froome off the road


    Nor me - just can't catch up with the bu66er ... ;)

    Joking aside ... glad it's just his bike that's damaged ... and just hoping it wasn't done on purpose.

    The fact that they drove off without stopping suggests otherwise, unfortunately :evil:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • spam02
    spam02 Posts: 178
    hanshotfirst wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Somewhere on Twitter people are analysing the photo to detect any anomalies in the story.


    IInKugE.jpg

    :roll:

    If the saying 'a picture's worth a thousand words' was ever true, I think Oz's twitter photo proves the point :roll:
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Scary stuff.

    As cyclists we are pretty irritating but no need for this.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Common to find the French driving on the pavements after lunch. :P

    Seriously though, they have more than their fair share of manic drivers.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    ...
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,542
    That guy Oz would have been apoplectic if he'd been in Majorca today. I saw 3 guys cycling on the motorway!!!
  • tim000
    tim000 Posts: 718
    the first thing I though was what froome doing training in Britain .
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    It looked like the Daily Hate Mail, had a field day with this. I think today they ran four or five different versions of that story.

    I dont think those who comment utter hatred on the Daily Heil have the intelligence to comprehend that hitting a cyclist with 2 tonnes of metal is no different assault with a deadly weapon and its peoples lives we are talking about, that cyclist might be someones father, son or husband.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    ben@31 wrote:
    It looked like the Daily Hate Mail, had a field day with this. I think today they ran four or five different versions of that story.
    "After Le Pen defeat African immigrant wrecks French car. Will YOUR car be next?"
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,205
    "Tax Dodger rides bike on pavement"
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    "Foreign Born Brit In Cycle Accident Shame"

    Kenyan born, Olympic medalist Chris Froome hit by car driver while riding on the roads in the south of France


    d0471a988a741517c35478403de026f2.jpg


    *Story continued on page 54.
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  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Needs more alliteration. If you are going to make it into tabloid journalism you need to remember the five golden rules: alliteration; no big words; fabricate a race hate angle; don't worry about facts or truth; alliteration.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    edited May 2017
    Car driver SNAPS after road rage threat from immigrant 'cyclist'

    Harassed commuter gains revenge after provocation from African tax exile

    Gurgaon-traffic-jam-PTI.jpg
    Pictures from the scene today - frustrated drivers held up by the cyclist
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • tangled_metal
    tangled_metal Posts: 4,021
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Slowbike wrote:
    fat daddy wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    We've all been there unfortunately.


    I have never run Froome off the road


    Nor me - just can't catch up with the bu66er ... ;)

    Joking aside ... glad it's just his bike that's damaged ... and just hoping it wasn't done on purpose.

    The fact that they drove off without stopping suggests otherwise, unfortunately :evil:
    Or the driver made a mistake and didn't want to get caught. On a less dangerous version of that. Have you every hit another car in a carpark leaving a mark only to look around before moving your car to another space? No? Really just me? I mean this guy I used trio know!!!!
  • tangled_metal
    tangled_metal Posts: 4,021
    Does this mean we now call him Kenyan but British or does he have to lose the TdF to lose British status.

    Refer to early days when Andy Murray lost a lot more, especially at Wimbledon.

    BTW do you actually know any daily mail readers? If you do does that say anything about your standing in society, education or intelligence of your friends / associates?

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