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I've seen dogs cause carnage in the Tour before, most noticeably in the 2007 edition where there were two dramatic crashes caught by the broadcast pictures. However, I've never seen the aftermath where one of the riders confronted the owners. The differences between this crash and the ones from 2007 were that the dog was not struck, and it happened in the peloton, instead of a small breakaway, where the injuries and number of riders involved would have been more severe. This close to the end of the Tour, and with the Olympics starting next week, most riders are just worried about finishing and not getting any more hurt than they might be already.
What the heck?! It shouldn't be so difficult for people to keep their dogs from getting loose. Those people look more outraged that they're getting chewed out, than repentant for their carelessness.
ReplyDeleteIt was an awfully large Newfoundland, and with the leash attached only to a shoulder harness instead of a collar, it seems very easy for this dog slip out of it. Still, they should have been hugging this dog if they knew it had that bad habit. Some of the riders who fell initially thought a black pony had run across the road, that's how big this dog looked to them at 60 kph.
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