Dean and Freire shot at on stage 13
07-17-09, 02:34 PM
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Dean and Freire shot at on stage 13
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07-17-09, 02:54 PM
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Freire, Dean shot at during Tour stage
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Julien Dean (Garmin-Slipstream) were hit by lead pellets fired from an air rifle during Friday's stage 13 at the Tour de France. Neither rider was seriously injured and both plan to start in Saturday's fourteenth stage.
Three shots were heard as the peloton were descending, 165km into Friday's stage. Freire and Dean were hit, with the third shot luckily missing any member of the peloton.
Both teams confirmed the incident. “Oscar [Freire] was shot in the leg but he is okay,” Rabobank spokesman Luuc Eisenga told Cyclingnews. “Just the thought of it is very frightening.”
Eisenga said that the team was reporting the incident to the French gendarmerie.
After the stage, Rabobank team doctor Dion van Bommel removed a lead pellet from the three-time former World Champion's thigh. “He was very cool, but that is Oscar,” van Bommel said. “In the femur, such a pellet can cause little damage, but if it had hit Oscar in the eye, he would be blinded. I think this is outrageous, and I've never experienced anything like it in my career.”
Garmin team manager, Jonathan Vaughters, told Cyclingnews: “[Julien] Dean was hit in the index finger. I think this is an issue for the police. It's a bit sad that this happened. The tour has remained open to the public because we trust them. It would be horrible to erode that trust.”
Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Julien Dean (Garmin-Slipstream) were hit by lead pellets fired from an air rifle during Friday's stage 13 at the Tour de France. Neither rider was seriously injured and both plan to start in Saturday's fourteenth stage.
Three shots were heard as the peloton were descending, 165km into Friday's stage. Freire and Dean were hit, with the third shot luckily missing any member of the peloton.
Both teams confirmed the incident. “Oscar [Freire] was shot in the leg but he is okay,” Rabobank spokesman Luuc Eisenga told Cyclingnews. “Just the thought of it is very frightening.”
Eisenga said that the team was reporting the incident to the French gendarmerie.
After the stage, Rabobank team doctor Dion van Bommel removed a lead pellet from the three-time former World Champion's thigh. “He was very cool, but that is Oscar,” van Bommel said. “In the femur, such a pellet can cause little damage, but if it had hit Oscar in the eye, he would be blinded. I think this is outrageous, and I've never experienced anything like it in my career.”
Garmin team manager, Jonathan Vaughters, told Cyclingnews: “[Julien] Dean was hit in the index finger. I think this is an issue for the police. It's a bit sad that this happened. The tour has remained open to the public because we trust them. It would be horrible to erode that trust.”
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On a descent no less. Glad they didn't end up biting it.
07-17-09, 03:08 PM
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If they catch the ahole that did this...put him atop Ventoux on a bike with no brakes and push him down...after duct taping his hands and feet to the bike.
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Wow! That is f-ing terrible. There is no place for this senseless violence in sport. I hope they catch the guy and lock his ass up for a long time.
07-17-09, 11:20 PM
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Great... A three-time World Champion and one of Tyler Farrar's leadout men are shot, yet that annoying doofus in the antler / longhorn helmet is still running around freely. Sometimes there's no justice in the world! 
Hey, Greg LeMond's brother-in-law wasn't around, was he?
Hey, Greg LeMond's brother-in-law wasn't around, was he?
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From the video it appears to be a BB, not a lead pellet as some reports have said. No less painful though.
The roadside will never be closed to spectators, otherwise you won't have a TDF. The hint of closing the route to spectators is over-reaction . . . typically American. Yes, I'm American, so I know of what I speak.
Oscars reaction on the video is rather matter-of-fact.
The roadside will never be closed to spectators, otherwise you won't have a TDF. The hint of closing the route to spectators is over-reaction . . . typically American. Yes, I'm American, so I know of what I speak.
Oscars reaction on the video is rather matter-of-fact.
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07-18-09, 11:19 AM
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An incident like that in a U.S. tour, and the lawsuits would fly, so fear of liability drives the rider/fan security pretty quickly.
07-18-09, 01:41 PM
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What are you going to do? Put fencing up for 200 K every day?
The fact is these spectator incidents are relatively rare.
The fact is these spectator incidents are relatively rare.
07-18-09, 02:23 PM
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And what about the dog? Maybe it was an animal-rights activist?
The French police report that they've arrested some kids ("enfants" - which could be anything up to 18, I think). If that is true, it's probably the last we'll ever here of it.
The French police report that they've arrested some kids ("enfants" - which could be anything up to 18, I think). If that is true, it's probably the last we'll ever here of it.
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Combining fencing with cycling has been done. I just found that China's national cycling and fencing programs are a combined organization. Cool fencers on wheels.
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