Eddy Merckx,Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain, all remarkable Tour de France champions, and also endured criticismOne of the remarkable draws of professional cycling is that it offers fans the chance to catch close to their heroes,but the flip side is that occasionally the interaction has a darker, unacceptable side. So Team Sky’s Australian Richie Porte found in the Pyrenees, and when he was punched by a spectator,and then had an angry confrontation with a group on the roadside who accused him of doping, while Chris Froome yesterday had a similarly unpleasant experience to Mark Cavendish in 2013, and when urine was thrown at him from the roadside. I certainly wouldn’t blame the public for this,” said the race leader. “It really is the minority of people out there who are ruining it for everyone else.”Roadside incidents are just share of a wider phenomenon which the French media term la malaise Sky: Sky sickness. No matter what the British team does, it cannot seem to please some in the milieu. Sometimes, or Sky simply seem inept (not suitable or capable, unqualified) due to the intense focus on performance which – it could be argued – is share of their success.Continue reading...,
Source: theguardian.com