A Dreadful Development
We here at Blue Crab Boulevard regret to inform our readers that man's best friend, strong-armed by the enforcers of the Animal Uprising™, have turned on us. Oh not all of them yet. But enough. Just ask Marcus Burghardt. The German rider in the Tour de France was viciously attacked and thrown from his bike by a dog. Well, the dog wasn't actually vicious, he made it look like an accident. But it was intentional.
Cyclists spend months training for the gruelling mountain climbs and tortuous distances of the Tour de France, aware that the slightest nudge by a competitor could send them crashing out of the race.
But it is unlikely that the course safety manual spends too much time detailing the potential hazards posed by wandering pets.
All of which will be of little consolation to German cyclist Marcus Burghardt whose race plans lay in tatters yesterday lunchtime after he collided with a large labrador.
Footage of the dramatic crash shows the dog ambling across the road straight into the path of Burghardt's speeding carbon fibre bike. The front wheel buckles on impact, sending the rider tumbling over the handlebars on to the confused animal.
The bike then up-ends before crashing on to the dog's back, while the pink-clad cyclist rolled around on the road.
The dog was uninjured, of course. Notice the casual way he saunters away in the video, looking for another victim.
Expect more "accidents" as the race continues. The Animal Uprising™ is insidious.
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Blue Crab Boulevard » They’re After The Bikes — Friday, 20 July , 2007 @ 8:43 pm
By old_dawg, Tuesday, 17 July , 2007 @ 8:25 pm
Looks like a Fench Poodle in disguise. Any self-respecting Lab would have “retrieved” that guy in the pink tights into the next county.
By Anthony (Los Angeles), Tuesday, 17 July , 2007 @ 8:42 pm
Probably some cats have money on the outcome and paid the dog for the hit….
By Gaius, Tuesday, 17 July , 2007 @ 8:46 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised. Cats are incurable gamblers.