Video: Chris Froome smacks spectator on stage 8 climb

Well aimed, the end result justifies the means of removing the 'idiot' obstruction.....what a d_ck!!!

Sean Kelly would have left him for dead!

I love the look of surprise on that utter bell-end's face

Chris Froome - legend. 

I have always admired the role of the "puncheur" in cycling teams.....

I'll get my coat

And only a small fine for the 'unseemingly conduct'.  Wonder if he's thinking "Worth it."

What a great descent from Froome to snatch the stage victory and the Yellow Jersey

First he punches someone, then he actually attacks on the descent ... that seems like quite a personality change for the man. 

Typical road cc article. It's like reading the daily mail only with bikes...

Bernard Hainault would have got off the bike, nutted him then kicked his teeth in while he lay on the ground.

Love it. Well deserved punch in the face. 

If you look,  you can see the 'fan' had a bloody great flag flapping around at wheel level.   He's lucky he didn't bring the entire group down. 

I suspect that all the publicity given to 'Didi the Devil' in the past has encouraged a lot of these pillocks. 

Brilliant. Let's see riders stand up for themselves. Go on Froome, hope the ASO give you the Combativity Award for the day. Yellow Jersey with a red number. Look out for it!

I appear to have been selecting an entirely different tiny prematurely aged Colombian. 

I do hope Froome doesn't get any hassle about this. Go to the race. Watch the race. Don't affect the results. Is it so hard?

Thank god for that, I thought I was going mental.

"I appear to have been following some other diminutive Colombian"

It's time health and safety of the riders and spectators was addressed. As we have seen crashes have serious consequences on the race and the well being of the riders. Idiots should be curtailed. 

"Colombian Nairo Quintana's absence from this year's Tour de France put to rest any speculation that the Colombian fan might have been planning on sabotaging Froome's race."

I know Quintana is pretty low-key, but I don't think he's vanished entirely!

Good. I hate people who get in the way of the race. My father was professional cyclist and it was the worst feeling when you loose seconds or a race due to idiots running on the road. Sometimes they think that a small pat on the back is good encouragement for you, but when 10 fans do that to you, you end up with a bruised back. One of the worst incidents my father has experienced was when he was racing in town in the hottest summer ever recorded. One grandma thought that spilling a bucket of water on the heads of cyclists will help them cooldown. She knocked them off the bikes...