MountainBiker wrote:Actually, thats the way the fans always are particullarly up the mountains. There have been a few incedents though...Lance got knocked off his bike a number of years ago...got his Handle bars caught in a womens purse strap, I think, and Thor hit a camera ( or something else) in a sprint at the end of one stage.
It takes a little getting used to....
those were accidents. at times the fans.. actually try to hinder.. Instead of pouring water over a suffering racer.. they use vinegar. Eddy Merckx was once punched severely in the kidney.. hampering his race.