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Chris Froome attacked in Road Rage Incident

Chris Froome was out training when he was driven off the road onto the pavement and rammed by a driver, who the drove off. F10 Pinarello written off. Froome unhurt.

Three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome was the victim of an apparent road rage on Tuesday morning.

Froome, clearly shaken, but unhurt by the incident turned to twitter this morning and tweeted "Just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement! Thankfully I'm okay Bike totaled. Driver kept going!"

This news come after a series of high profile deaths of cyclists around the world, with governments and criminal justice systems failing to provide adequate protection for cyclists and then failing to prosecute drivers.

Froome was training in the Beausoleil vicinity of his place of residence in Monaco ,on his build up to the next Tour de France in July.

Froome's Pinarello Dogma F10 is worth around 10,000 pounds. Pictures suggest the driver deliberately ran over the bike in the attack.

Chris Froome tweeted later "Pretty scary experience today. The French police have been brilliant, I have given them all the details. Just grateful I wasn't hurt!"

"Thank you for all the messages of support. New bike flying in tonight. Back to training tomorrow"

Cyclists React with Disbelief on Social Media

“It's clearly assault, if you ran a car off the road they'd be police everywhere.”

And another added: “Hope you got his car reg number and reported him.

"Drivers like that universally should face stricter punishments."

Sources close to the cyclist said today Froome would be reporting the incident to police.

A source said: “The incident happened this morning but he’s fine and is now out training as normal. He’ll be reporting the incident.

“The important thing is obviously that Chris is unhurt.”

A spokesman for the French national police said: “Incidents like this are investigated as a matter of course, and everything will be done to find the driver involved.”

He said such road rage attacks were disturbingly common on busy roads which cyclists share with cars and lorries.

There is not thought to be any CCTV footage of the incident, although Froome or his colleagues may have captured images, or got the number place of the car. Police will also be searching for any witnesses.

It follows the horrific death of Italian professional cyclist Michele Scarponi during a collision with a van during a training ride in his home country in April. 

Reports coming in that Froome was Chased down an Alley

Rumours are now ciculating the Froome was chased down an alley, such was the severity of the attack.

Chris Froome attacked in Road Rage Incident

 
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