Cycling Tough: Tour de France Rider Gets Potato Chips Thrown In His Face, Still Continues to Race
Imagine how LeBron would react if he got a bag of kettle cooked salt & vinegar chips chucked in his face in the 4th quarter of a game. Not only would he roll around on the ground for 17 minutes like he was shot by a .50 caliber, but he and the league would put out full blown statements by the end of the night. He'd have the entire league wearing "BronStrong" shirts during warmups for the rest of the season. Hell, he might even force that team to relocate just so he never has to play in that arena again.
But not Slovenia cyclist Tadej Pogačar, who is currently wearing the yellow jersey after stage 15 of the Tour de France. The man is leading the most important race in cycling, took a bag of cool ranch to the dome, and just kept on riding like it was nothing. You can tell this menace must have played hockey in a previous life. Shit didn't even phase him in the slightest.
Unfortunately for buddy who threw the "crisps" at Pogačar, that chip donation ended up costing him a quick trip to the police station. If I were that fan, that would be my only defense--that you know those dudes have to be starving after doing all that riding. Like fans who hand off cups of water to marathon runners, he was just trying to hook the riders up with a little snack. Since when is sharing a snack with someone against the law?
Sidenote: I feel like the Tour de France pretty consistently has the biggest shithead fans out of any major sporting event. Seems like every year there's at least 2 or 3 jackasses like this who end up doing something stupid.