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'A bit flighty' is one way to put it.
In all these examples you give in mind, don't you think as a prized, protected rider-riding for a French team in French tournaments in a sport desperate for domestic recognition and plaudits-you would think that his team DS and team mates would be very protective of him if racism were in play in much the same way football clubs with condemn inappropriate behaviour from players or fans? His DS would probably love to turn round and say 'this is just racism' instead of copping the shit PR of him being demoted for punching another rider or purposely disrupting a train because he can't win. Instead you've two French teams give up on him because he gives every appearance of being unmanageable and creates more negative PR than his wins bring through frequent bust ups.
I'm no fan of Cav but at least most of his shit-list are genuine racing incidents of one kind or another, often where he's come away worse off, not lamping people in the face.
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He's a bit flighty, but no more than Cavendish or the Aussie dude.
There's a lot of stuff from 2 years ago when MTN joined.
Historically, the peloton weren't welcoming of Colombian riders.
I can't read french so I can't be extensive in my trawl of the internet, but I can apply some broad brush stroke "this happens so this happens".
I know that the north African people cop a lot of shit on France. As do people of colour in general in france. While the peloton is not entirely french, it's majority north european and white. In football it's easy to see the effects of racism from the fans (hello Italy, Russia) and on the pith(same).
I would imagine similar things are shouted said, and written by fans, journal, players, owners.