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Tour de France organizers say two riders hurt in shooting

sportsillustrated.cnn.com — Two Tour de France riders were slightly injured by shots from what their teams suspect was an air rifle during Friday's 13th stage.

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  • DaDrake, on 07/18/2009, -0/+23In other news... apparently a-holes exist everywhere.
  • gamepr0, on 07/18/2009, -0/+13Yeah indeed, people, it's NOT cool if you can run along with the riders and annoy them, it's NOT cool if you can jump away the last second before the come by, it's NOT cool to wave your flags so close to the riders that they can get stuck in the wheels.
    And of course it's NOT cool to shoot riders.

    I can't believe you actually have to tell people to not do those things.
  • 1hrSleep, on 07/18/2009, -0/+12What I really hate are the people who stand in front of riders until the very last second.
  • malcolmlo, on 07/18/2009, -0/+12***** idiot kids. Or sick twisted adults trying to affect the outcome of the race. These ***** should go to jail, this really pisses me off. Im so mad i could throw someone over a bridge. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcu5Bfsx5Pk
  • inactive, on 07/18/2009, -0/+9Damn Tusken Raiders
  • Rudegar, on 07/18/2009, -2/+8this is what happen when they ban the riders from having guns then only snot nosed kids have guns
    and riders can't protect themselves and their families :O :P
  • DaviDTC, on 07/18/2009, -2/+8Probably some people trying to shoot Lance with some steroid pellets.
  • SkateorDie, on 07/18/2009, -1/+5I wouldn't doubt that actually. They had an anti-doping test at the end of stage 13.
  • CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -0/+4You'll shoot your eye out!
  • Myonosken, on 07/18/2009, -0/+4I'd like to thing it's just the media highlighting it more, but the more that random attacks happen the more I start to think it could be that the modern, developed world is getting more violent.
  • malcolmlo, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3I agree, they should get a beatdown right there.
  • Wormwoods, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3I'm so mad I could shoot someone with an air rifle.
  • dienaked, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2Worse is the spectator accidentally killed by a police motorbike.
    http://digg.com/d1xGVa
  • 3tcp, on 07/18/2009, -1/+3Friday the 13th (stage)!!11
  • potamkin, on 07/18/2009, -0/+1I hunt and shoot targets with high-power air rifles, and these idiots give us a bad name
  • 4NDr01D, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1you havent been to algeria have you...

    a few years back, there was that napolean dude too...

    I do hope they severely prosecute the shooters
  • BottledViolence, on 07/18/2009, -0/+1Only in Ameri... oh wait...
  • Wareznuke, on 07/18/2009, -1/+2What a lack of respect towards these riders. This is the equivalent of someone shining a powerful laser in the eyes of a football player... during the Super Bowl.
  • smbrower, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1terrorism against cyclists? i didn't realize france had pissed anybody off...
  • inactive, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1No next weeks mega bucks numbers are not "genius".

    Lern 2 use commas ,,,
  • Tales, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Yup
  • Hangingtree, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1yeah it would have, thanks for reading the future you ***** nit wit. I was waiting for some moron to tell us what "would have happened" in America, as if that makes the original point somehow invalid.

    What are next weeks mega bucks numbers, genius?
  • partrow, on 07/18/2009, -0/+1This is clearly a dangerous sport, considering the latest news today about a death there.
    All from watching or driving bicycles.
    Is it really that interesting?
  • inactive, on 07/18/2009, -1/+1In america it would have been armour piercing cyanide tipped bullets.
  • inactive, on 07/18/2009, -2/+0Buried for redirecting me to ads.
  • DonAlfred, on 07/18/2009, -5/+1LOL that's pretty funny idea. I think i will try this next year.
  • FlyingCaveman, on 07/18/2009, -8/+2Did they overhear anyone muttering the phrase. "When I say ride, you best ride. Mother *****!!!" I'm going to be late for work because all these cyclist in the road.
  • ryeno, on 07/18/2009, -7/+1who needs squirrels as targets when you have cyclists.

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