Tour Tidbit du Jour - 7/14/2011

Cyclists in the Tour are known for battling for position, fighting for wheels, attacking each other, or wrestling with their machines. But actually fighting with each other? It's rather hard to start a fistfight while wearing awkward cleats and helmets, but those limitations can fall by the wayside if a cyclist is mad enough. Until Rui Costa won Stage 8 this year, he was best known for stealing another rider's musette bag in a feed zone in the 2010 Tour. Needless to say, Carlos Barredo was not happy about missing his food, and let Costa know about it at the end of the stage by trying to smack him with his front wheel.


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