Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Worst driving I saw on the mainland was Norway by a mile. Gobsmackingly wreckless. Drivers booting it past queues into tunnels with oncoming traffic coming. Swerving around bends at insane speeds. Seems normal all over the country. Reckon the low population density has allowed them to get away with utter stupidity.
The driver was mad at Froome for distracting him from his mobile phone.
Hey, guys! We're all cyclists here. Please drop the vitriol and politics! The guy was just hit by a cager, let's show some sympathy. I hope the jerk that did it gets found. Ideally his wife would have to bail him out!
Err, you might want to reread the comments. There's a lot of sarcasm, not a lot of vitriol, and only one political dig, which was also sarcastic.
whilst I do get that I don't think its appropriate someone attempts GBH/murder using a car and no we are not shocked and dismayed, no we play along with the haters by using humour. Like the van driver earlier in the week this driver needs to be caught and incarcerated for a LONG time.
what is gong on in the world that anyone thinks it is acceptable to attack another human with a massive weapon just because it is also a bit of transport?
Hope French law is much tougher and effective than ours
This is very sad, he must have saved up for months to afford a Dogma. What ever is he going to ride now? I would be gutted if my pride and joy was destroyed by some burk with a hard on for being at the next lights two seconds sooner.
At least a couple of times a year I get asked if I am in the Tour de France. Maybe I can take Chris's slot.
Or it could have been a law abiding citizen who was driving a French car which are so bad that he couldn't keep it in a straight line.
The driver didn't stop?!! How could he check for damage to his/her car without stopping? Madness...
Who's to blame eh ?
Brexit.
Ronnie Pickering, that's who!
There was no car or third party interference. Froome was just too busy staring at his stem to note where he was going...
Pinarello with Shimano? I'll get road rage too
Jiffy bagged team mates, getting covered in urine and now this. What a life eh?
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a targeted attack rather than just a random idiot motorist. We heard all about the abuse team sky riders have suffered at the last couple of tours, and all the revelations about the jiffy bag can hardly have improved the perception of them. Given that it's close to where he lives and probably roads he rides regularly it could conceivably be a disgruntled French cycling fan trying to put him out of the tour.
Was it this driver?
https://youtu.be/S1RMtVWItNo
For sale: Rare Pinarello Dogma, slightly used. Some restoration required to return it to its former glory.
You forgot to add "fully functional"
Unbelievable.. Glad no injury. I'm waiting/hoping for the day when bikes come supplied fitted with some form of built in/removable cameras..or at least have the option for it. If it was done across the board it would send a powerful message to f*cktard drivers like this.
I'm telling you it's a fake accident. This is a Sky Team conspiracy. He's in crap form with no chance of winning the Tour this year. So they've found a nice quiet road with no witnesses said "Right Chris off the bike and lay it down in the road". They've then run it over with the team car. "Chris get a photo on Twitter quick".
You see the next thing will be a Sky statement. "Chris was involved in an accident today and as a precaution we took him to hospital and it turns out he's got a bit of a poorly back and we don't think we'll be able to get a TUE for enough drugs to win him the Tour this year so he's not going to bother doing it".
Expert more of this sort of thing after Brexit, innit.
Vidette?
As we are missing all our trolls, I'll give it a stab:
There was plenty of space on that footpath for a bike to be overtaken by a car if only the cyclist wasn't trying to police the space by inconsiderately riding more than 10cm from the edge.
If I was the car driver in that situation I would of worried him like a terrier shaking a rat, plenty of horn followed up with a close pass to remind him to get off the pavement and onto the grass when a faster vehicle is clearly attempting to overtake.
Pavements are by extension a part of the road and I have paid for that with my car tax. I also own a bicycle, but only use it round the garden because I am a considerate cyclist.
You win Cyclist bashing bingo! congratulations - a full house
Well done for adopting the position of a troll, you have succeeded. Why should any cyclist not use the road?
I am unfamiliar with French law, are cyclists allowed to cycle on footpaths?
Unless your 8 years old and under, it'll cost you 90€
Ride on the grass?? That be the domain of the lawnmower. Ride in the air, that's where bicycles should be.
Nope. I pay for the air with my drone tax.
Well done! Made me laugh whilst having a mouthful of chiken tikka pastie (apologies to the west country for this fusion cuisine abomination). Managed to avoid spraying it all over my desk, but got blowback up my nostrils.
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Hear hear. The cyclist was obviously a middle-class, middle-aged man and not even wearing a helmet. The car that rammed him could have been an ambulance trying to get to the scene of an emergency royal birth brought on by the stress of seeing foreigners throwing donkeys off towers.
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