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Serpo
15th July 2012, 01:20 PM
Tacs very much...........


Sabotage strikes the Tour de France: THIRTY cyclists suffer punctures after spectator throws tacks on the road By Daily Mail Reporter (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter)
PUBLISHED: 17:19 GMT, 15 July 2012 | UPDATED: 18:14 GMT, 15 July 2012


Comments (46) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2173927/Tour-France-2012-Sabotage-strikes-Tour-France-spectator-throws-tacks-road.html#comments)








Sabotage struck the Tour de France on Sunday as around 30 riders, including defending champion Cadel Evans, suffered punctures.

Boxes of tacks had been strewn across the road near the summit of Mur de Peguero, causing chaos among the leading peloton.
Race leader Bradley Wiggins called for the peloton to wait for the Australian rider after Evans had to stop before the final descent and wait for a new bike.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/15/article-2173927-14132007000005DC-314_634x404.jpg Setback: Team mechanics help Cadel Evans of Australia after tacks on the road gave him a flat tyre on the Mur de Peguere
Tour technical director Jean-Francois Pescheux said they were 'the kind of tacks you use in mattresses or carpets' and confirmed they had been thrown by a spectator.


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'There were around 50 riders together in the front peloton at the top and about 30 of them ended up with punctures,' said Pescheux. 'Some of them had three or four nails in their tyres.'
The tacks were thrown on the road at the summit of the Mur de Peguere, the second of two category one climbs on the day's 191-kilometre route from Limoux to Foix.


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/15/article-2173927-1412966C000005DC-563_634x430.jpg France's Thomas Voeckler, right, helps his teammate Pierre Rolland to change his wheel after he suffered a puncture




It's the second time a spectator has caused problems during this year's race. Last Saturday Wiggins was struck by a flare let off by demonstrators on the side of the road, suffering minor burns to his arm.
The stage was won by Spaniard Leon-Luis Sanchez in 4hrs,50mins,29secs from Peter Sagan and Frenchman Sandy Casar.
Wiggins (15th) and Evans (16th) crossed the finish line side by side, 18mins,15secs behind Sanchez.



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/15/article-2173927-1412CC8F000005DC-511_634x413.jpg The glory of success : Luis-Leon Sanchez celebrates as he crosses the finishing line




It left the top of the general classification unchanged and with Wiggins facing six more days' racing to keep the maillot jaune on a permanent basis as the Tour's first British winner.
Pescheux, competitions director of Tour organisers Amaury Sports Organisation, said: 'We don't know who it was. No-one saw anything.'

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/15/article-2173927-1412A94C000005DC-555_634x373.jpg Before the punctures: The leading pack of riders climb the mountain roads



Wiggins said after the race, 'When 15 or 16 riders puncture at once, it becomes very apparent that something is wrong.'
'We were 17 or 18mins down. The stage is gone. I don't know why it (tacks on the road) happened, whether it was aimed at somebody or not.'


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/15/article-2173927-1412EFD7000005DC-597_634x422.jpg When 15 or 16 riders puncture at once, it becomes very apparent that something is wrong,' said Bradley Wi

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Dogman
15th July 2012, 01:25 PM
That was just tactless and downright RUDE of them! ;D
General of Darkness
15th July 2012, 01:37 PM
That was just tactless and downright RUDE of them! ;D

I'm sure the riders that train all year round for the tour find it real fucking funny also. You're a God Damn idiot.
Dogman
15th July 2012, 01:40 PM
I'm sure the riders that train all year round for the tour find it real fucking funny also. You're a God Damn idiot.

Hi general, your time of the month again? Oh can not take a joke, I see!
Serpo
15th July 2012, 01:41 PM
That was just tactless and downright RUDE of them! ;D


Very tacky doggy..................
Dogman
15th July 2012, 01:42 PM
Very tackless doggy.................. I do sometimes resemble that remark!
General of Darkness
15th July 2012, 01:43 PM
Hi general, your time of the month again? Oh can not take a joke, I see!

Let me be honest with you. I don't like you, you're a communist moron. And if my honesty warrants a ban, then make it permanent.
Serpo
15th July 2012, 01:43 PM
I do sometimes resemble that remark!

Too late Ive changed it.......
Dogman
15th July 2012, 01:50 PM
Let me be honest with you. I don't like you, you're a communist moron. And if my honesty warrants a ban, then make it permanent. Communist? Hell I do not have a socialist bone in me. Pragmatist yes, also I try not to dislike or hate anyone. You really need to work on your temper.
Hillbilly
15th July 2012, 02:09 PM
Those bike riders make me sick. Where I live we have tons of limp wristed wanna be Lance Armstrong types who ride around in their spandex running people over on the side walk and street and even brandishing clubs and breaking out side view mirrors of busses and cars that don't give them the right of way at all times. They do not stop at intersections they are total lawless rule breaks and I think that's why there is a back lash now on the real riders.
Rubberchicken
15th July 2012, 03:17 PM
Show some tact there GoD.
osoab
15th July 2012, 03:42 PM
Should have thrown caltrops and razor blades.

Tacks are for wimps.
milehi
15th July 2012, 03:54 PM
In other news, the entire peloton suffered puctures in their bodies from injecting EPO, testosterone and other banned substances. MOTHER FUCKING CHEATERS.
Skirnir_
15th July 2012, 04:04 PM
General, when men such as yourself get periods, do they stick tampons in their bottoms?
Old Herb Lady
15th July 2012, 04:44 PM
General, when men such as yourself get periods, do they stick tampons in their bottoms?


HA !! Stick it in his mouth to refrain his piehole from the never ending ranting and raving from his nonstop-never-ending menstrual cycle .
Skirnir_
15th July 2012, 04:55 PM
HA !! Stick it in his mouth to refrain his piehole from the never ending ranting and raving from his nonstop-never-ending menstrual cycle .

But milady, his mouth is not the reason that this vitriol spews forth, it is rather his hands.
General of Darkness
15th July 2012, 05:00 PM
But milady, his mouth is not the reason that this vitriol spews forth, it is rather his hands.

Who are you?
Serpo
15th July 2012, 05:22 PM
HA !! Stick it in his mouth to refrain his piehole from the never ending ranting and raving from his nonstop-never-ending menstrual cycle .


OHL deserves a good spanking for this.................:)sal
Skirnir_
15th July 2012, 05:59 PM
Who are you?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLIerfXuZ4
Horn
15th July 2012, 06:05 PM
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Glass
15th July 2012, 06:48 PM
Those bike riders make me sick. Where I live we have tons of limp wristed wanna be Lance Armstrong types who ride around in their spandex running people over on the side walk and street and even brandishing clubs and breaking out side view mirrors of busses and cars that don't give them the right of way at all times. They do not stop at intersections they are total lawless rule breaks and I think that's why there is a back lash now on the real riders.

Wow this could almost be Melbourne, Oz. The answer is bike paths. In most places push bikes have the same road rights as cars. Annoying as it is, bikes can take a lane if they want. They also are due the same courtesies. Of course when it all goes too far and no one is giving an inch you get that kind of bad behaviour and it paints all bike riders with the same brush.

I'll say again, the answer is bike paths but if you are in a city thats already built it's a bit hard to put the bike paths in after the fact. Still it should be in any cities plans..... even to lay them down over time as the city refreshes itselft, rebuilds old parts, redevelops old areas etc.

Some great cities I have been to that do this are: Vancouver, Amsterdam, Copenhagen. Trick is, they planned for cycling from the start so it works well. Every one has their own paths, cars, pedestrians and cyclists.

As for this tour shit..... hopefully someone will have some footage. Maybe social media can take care of it.