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Cudzoziemiec

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Froome down!
« on: 09 May, 2017, 11:25:29 am »
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Writing on Twitter, Froome wrote: “Just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement! Thankfully I'm okay. Bike totaled. Driver kept going!”

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/chris-froome-france-rammed-off-road-driver-car-beausoleil-tour-de-france-cyclist-impatient-driver-a7725591.html

Irate Bardet fan?
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

Re: Froome down!
« Reply #1 on: 09 May, 2017, 11:59:21 am »
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Writing on Twitter, Froome wrote: “Just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement! Thankfully I'm okay. Bike totaled. Driver kept going!”

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/chris-froome-france-rammed-off-road-driver-car-beausoleil-tour-de-france-cyclist-impatient-driver-a7725591.html

Irate Bardet fan?

Surely he should be irate at Bardet for being a useless descender. (or is that another French rider I am thinking of?)

Re: Froome down!
« Reply #2 on: 09 May, 2017, 12:07:05 pm »
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Writing on Twitter, Froome wrote: “Just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement! Thankfully I'm okay. Bike totaled. Driver kept going!”

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/chris-froome-france-rammed-off-road-driver-car-beausoleil-tour-de-france-cyclist-impatient-driver-a7725591.html

Irate Bardet fan?

Surely he should be irate at Bardet for being a useless descender. (or is that another French rider I am thinking of?)

Bardet is a bit of a demon downhill. Thibaut Pinot has the, possibly undeserved, reputation as a useless descender based on one particular TdF.

Re: Froome down!
« Reply #3 on: 09 May, 2017, 12:08:06 pm »
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Writing on Twitter, Froome wrote: “Just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement! Thankfully I'm okay. Bike totaled. Driver kept going!”

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/chris-froome-france-rammed-off-road-driver-car-beausoleil-tour-de-france-cyclist-impatient-driver-a7725591.html

Irate Bardet fan?

Surely he should be irate at Bardet for being a useless descender. (or is that another French rider I am thinking of?)

Bardet is a bit of a demon downhill. Thibaut Pinot has the, possibly undeserved, reputation as a useless descender based on one particular TdF.

Ah Pinot is the one I am thinking of. Kept falling off his bike for some reason. As you were!