Video: Chris Froome spat at by spectator during today's Tour de France stage

Froome has a few minutes up his sleeve. He should've totally stopped and smacked him one. Being that close to the riders cuts both ways.

Karma

The Legend that is Sven Nys, knew how to sort out bad behavior.. 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxgEF-t44gc
But then again Cross riders are a tough breed !!

Yellow jersey group should get close protection/oversight from police outriders such that any asshole can be immediately and severely apprehended.

I remember there was one in a Olympic Marathon event; http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3610598.stm

But it is no good afterwards saying it shouldn't happen.

The athletes deserve protection.

And as for Nibali no standards, no honour. After throwing a bidon at Froome and not getting a sanction from the commissaire, he now claims that he didn't see Froome had a tech issue. Cheating lying arsewipe.

Hope it all goes well and we can just concentrate on the racing today.

absolute lunacy, they obviously dont realise the implications of this? there are few if any other events where you can get this close to your heros? this may well put a stop to it? i agree with a previous comment. win the whole event, hand back the trophy and boycott the event, will totally devalue anyone winning afterwards! mind you, thats probably what the french are hoping for......they might just have a chance at winning?

I'm really looking forward to Froome's victor's speech - assuming he isn't literally spat off the road today. That will be the perfect opportunity for him to make certain people look very small.

What really worries me is that with such an open and high profile event, then it may not be a cup of urine or a dockers omelette coming their way, but a round of ammunition or an explosive device, or even just someone prepared to throw themselves in front of the peloton to cause a massive crash.

Yes this is appalling. But what I want to know is, if Froomey is on something he needs to be on whatever Nibali took yesterday ! ?

No place for this behaviour in cycling, or anywhere for that matter. Disgusting.

In fairness, French TV should do that, it makes the whole country look bad. I assume if this was the Giro and that was Voeckler there would be an outcry.

Lucky the scum didn't spit at Cipolini as he definitely would have got off and whacked the cnut.

There was also the old retard making the obscene gesture right in Froome's face as he rode by! What a fuckwit.

These people need to be chain whipped.

Jalabert and Vasseur of course the have NEVER doped! They are as guilty as puppies sitting next to a couple of piles of merde.

Good jibe from Chris Boardman on itv suggesting the French TV could put out an appeal to find the offender...

What exactly is their beef? Froome has had a couple of stages where he blew his opponents away and the rest of the tour he has put in enough effort to retain that lead. Doesn't look like someone doping. Today Nibali blew them away, just a bit too late, is he a doper as well?

If anyone tries this on Alp D'Huez tomorrow all of Team Sky should dismount and kick the scum all the way down to Bourg.

Then remount and still win the Tour with a few seconds to spare, just to really wind the dope conspiracists up

In football, the host club or country where there is hooliganism gets landed with a massive fine. I think in this instance ASO should be fined by the UCI and the Gendarmes who are meant to police the event. I lost count of the amount of police outriders I saw on Monday - what do they actually do? Obviously not a lot.
UCI please step in and make the TdF organisers do something to protect the riders!

Hinault would've thrown that pr*ck off the Col.

It would be worth losing a few seconds to get off and smack the twat in the head.

Only scum spit at someone and hopefully the police can find this one and charge him with equilivant of ABH in French law.

would love to see the twat charged with assault or similar - might send a message to these idiots

low life scum, why? where do these fucktards come from. hopefully he's traced and shamed

What a prick. Great discipline from Froome...I would have dismounted and smacked the cnut.

if they dont find and bust up these goons he should win this year then tell them to stick the tdf up their arses.