Chris Froome bike totalled after road rage incident.

[Globalti]

There's a comment further down that page: "Faut pas habiter en côte d'Azur, les gens sont trop cons" - "Don't live on the Côte d'Azur; the people are too crazy."

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Road rage?

Certainly not. It's a clear case of road love.

 

[overmind]

Looks like Karma ran over his Dogma.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Road rage? Surely Le Rage du Road, followed with a shrug?

Le rage du rue

 

[Dogtrousers]

It's la rage au volant

 

[Ajax Bay]

Monaco

In France when this occurred: "the French commune of Beausoleil near Monaco"
I think "impatient" is a generous/diplomatic? adjective to use for a vehicle driver who follows a cyclist up onto the pavement, with presumably a clear purpose to cause material and personal damage.

 

[Mugshot]

"Don't live on the Côte d'Azur; the people are too crazy."

The worst overtake I think I have witnessed was whilst on a bus travelling from Nice to Monaco, the bus driver was so close I could have checked the time on the cyclists watch.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

And the fact that a clean Englishman beats their drugged to the eyeballs cyclists.

ROFL he's as English as the flag of convenience he sails under

 

[Dogtrousers]

ROFL he's as English as the flag of convenience he sails under

He competes as British. I don't think he's got anything to do with England.

 

[TissoT]

Being a favourite for the TDF ... could this be a ploy

 

[gaijintendo]

Being a favourite for the TDF ... could this be a ploy

I'm a big fan of conspiracy theories.

 

[ColinJ]

He has faired pretty to well to walk away from that incident without a serious injury. From the 'alleged' actions of the motorist, it seems they were intent on causing serious harm to Chris.

He certainly IS lucky - a motorist did (what appears to be) the same thing to a cyclist near where I used to live. That cyclist died at the scene from multiple injuries ... (For once, the driver was given a stiff jail sentence - done for murder.)

At the very least, Froome could have had his TdF chances wrecked. In fact, I wonder if there could be something sinister behind this, like a betting syndicate with an interest in him not winning this year?

 

[fossyant]

How much would that bike be worth / cost to replace?

To us mortals, about £10k. Free to a team.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I'm a big fan of conspiracy theories.

Do you like the one where there isn't such a thing but everybody thinks there is?

 

[gaijintendo]

Do you like the one where there isn't such a thing but everybody thinks there is?

Who do you work for?