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| First Protest Spotted At The Tour de France |
| 2022-07-12 |
| This happened about ten minutes ago; a couple of knuckleheads laying down in the road and set off some red smoke bombs. Race was temporarily stopped by race officials. If you get USA Network, check it out now; I'll post links as they become available. [CyclingNews] 'We must stop the mad dash to our annihilation' say Dernière Rénovation |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #15 And here it is. |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-07-12 20:49 |
| #14 When the NBC crew was covering this live, I spotted a picture from the 1980's of Bernard Hinault ('The Badger', five time TdF winner) punching a protestor hard in the face with an overhand right when they pulled that shit back then. To me, that's the right response. |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-07-12 19:16 |
| #12 I thought bikes were all green and favored? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-07-12 16:17 |
| #11 They should have a car go before the cyclists. If anyone is in the road the car will either squish them or force them to reconsider their protests. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-07-12 16:11 |
| #10 M. Murcek, no, because of all the extra CO2 the cyclists breathe out. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2022-07-12 14:24 |
| #9 Cyclist Daniel Oss withdraws from Tour de France after breaking neck in high-speed crash with fan |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-12 13:41 |
| #8 So, not even bicycles are "green" enough? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-07-12 11:56 |
| #7 Today's race was stopped for 20 minutes by ten |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-07-12 11:50 |
| #6 Years & years ago there was this Catalan separatist group (forget the name right now) that used to pull these stunts whenever they went through the Pyrenees mountain stages. Haven't seen those guys in ages now. |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-07-12 11:32 |
| #5 Doping or not, if you can complete the Tour de France, then "chapeau" to you. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-07-12 11:31 |
| #4 I wonder if Dernière Rénovation is yet another branch of the Black Bloc movement, like Antifa, BLM, ELF, and so forth... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-07-12 11:29 |
| #3 Darth - yes, quite a few cliffs in the Alps & Pyrenees mountains when they're coming down off of one; Fabio Casartelli went off one back in 1995 doing 50 MPH and was killed instantly. |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-07-12 11:15 |
| #2 Top Ten crashes at the Tour de France. |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-07-12 11:12 |
| #1 Aren't there some pretty high cliff along the race path? Might be able to solve this issue permanently. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-12 10:55 |