I will watch football and get some of the tribalism in that but spitting at anyone is low. Spitting at someone pedalling their lungs out up a mountainside is beyond me. It can't be "team" loyalty as teams change regularly. Can it be "rival rider" loyalty? Nationalism? Or contempt for (believed) doping ? - which given things like the Astana DS is a bloody joke.
Can it be "rival rider" loyalty? Nationalism? Or contempt for (believed) doping ?
I think you are reading too much in to it. They - the spitting, piss throwing - are just pricks who are perceiving a weakness and using it to justify their disgraceful actions
I will watch football and get some of the tribalism in that but spitting at anyone is low. Spitting at someone pedalling their lungs out up a mountainside is beyond me. It can't be "team" loyalty as teams change regularly. Can it be "rival rider" loyalty? Nationalism? Or contempt for (believed) doping ? - which given things like the Astana DS is a bloody joke.
Sorry, beyond me...