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Can you provide more evidence of a) him being violent towards other riders and b) being highly confrontational in his personal life.
Because all I think you’ve got is the odd run in with other teams after sprint finishes and a well publicised incident on the eve of the French national champs, where wedding guests were a bit rowdy, Bouhanni asked them to pipe down and it kicked off. No charges were ever brought against Bouhanni so one can only assume he didn’t instigate it.
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You mean apart from punching Jack Bauer, headbutting Katusha riders, being DQ'd twice in 2016 for forcing riders into the barriers?
Is not being charged for punching someone the new gold standard of professionalism for a rider that is being paid 1.5 million euros a year to keep his shit together? Is it not fair to describe someone who aspires to be a pro boxer after his cycling career, loved being a cop, does boxing moves in celebration of a sprint win, and has multiple instances of violent outbursts, as having a tendency towards confrontation? I don't see an issue with it personally.
It's also worth noting he's benefited from generous commissaire's decisions that have seen other (non french) riders dq'd for the same offence i.e Sagan 2017. You'd think as marked as he was by these racist attitudes he'd have had the boot stuck in him twice as hard?
This Cycling Tips article takes a pretty good, fair look at him and doesn't mention or infer any kind of racist alterior motives.
https://cyclingtips.com/2017/03/nacer-bouhanni-fighting-for-respect-in-the-pro-peloton/
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Can the people who think this give an example of an incident that's occurred where this is exemplified?
I see someone with a track record of unapologetic violence towards other riders, is highly confrontational in his personal life, and if you take the INRNG piece as an example, was passed over in favour of a more peaceable Demare because his performances simply didn't justify the negative PR he brought with him.
Will happily revise that opinion if it's all just a racially motivated construct designed to push him out the peloton.