Harsh confrontation in TdF?

[david k]

Adrenalin flowing, reaching 40mph then you hit the wooley monster!Yet someone is surprised that he was very angry!

who is surprised he was angry?

 

[benb]

The humiliation of being seen on TV to be the day's number one muppet in France will be enough, it will stay with the man for the rest of his life.

Lovely dog though. I'd like one like that.

 

[byegad]

What kind of moron takes a dog along to watch a bike race then doesn't keep it under control? The idiot owner should have been publically flogged.

Disagree entirely. No need to be so lenient.

 

[screenman]

I remember being at a local road race in Lincolnshire and a guy deliberately drove his van at the riders as they crossed the finishing line causing a few to crash. He got carefully removed from the drivers seat and!!

 

[Red Light]

I can imagine that for really a lot of the local people who ........ don't perceive the tendancy for dogs to wonder into the path of this large pack of moving objects as if to join in, with the problem that can cause.

An everyday occurrence for many leisure and commuting cyclists

 

[Red Light]

The humiliation of being seen on TV to be the day's number one muppet in France will be enough, it will stay with the man for the rest of his life.

If attacked by an angry cyclist place your child, wife (and dog) between you and the cyclist and walk slowly backwards.....

 

[ComedyPilot]

A still picture like that freezes the action, and makes it look like more was going on. Watching the incident back on video shows it lasted about a second - not the rant-filled minute or so that you'd imagine.

Context and all that.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I would have fed the dog to the owner.. Or looking at the dog, maybe the other way around

Just as well it wasn't Jensie, he'd have eaten 'em all!

 

[Accy cyclist]

who is surprised he was angry?

Raging squirrel the originator of this thread.

 

[Fab Foodie]

That's a superb attack from the horse, totally splitting the field. Probably a bit enthusiastic though, I don't think it would be able to carry that speed through to the finish.

You are Phil Ligget AICMFP!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

If attacked by an angry cyclist place your child, wife (and dog) between you and the cyclist and walk slowly backwards.....

Don't run, it'll think you are playing a game and chase you....

 

[byegad]

I think we should run a caption competition. I'll go first.

The trainer is saying.

'Don't worry he won't bite you!'

 

[Russell Allen]

All I can say is - the dog owner was lucky that his lovely dog didn't cause Bernard Hinault to crash.

Russell