Cancellara Behaving Badly

Californai road signs are good target practice for worlds fastest time trialer Fabian Cancellara. Out of overall contention, he's apparently bored with the race, which can happen in bike racing especially after you've won the biggest races of the spring. The days are long, as well as the miles, he's away from home, fans and media bug him constantly, he's surrounded by crashes and dangerous riders..... I have empathy you see.

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Sports

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• TOC1
• Boonen
• Armstrong
• Zabriske
• Cancellara

[alexl36]

He might have done it so that someone notices the bottle... and picks it up..

[WEEMMEEM]

@alexl36 You have a point!

[cocon57]

cancellara can do anything he wantss

[WEEMMEEM]

@cocon57 No he can't.

[JoelTGM]

oh I see it, at 0:16 watch the street sign, he throws a bottle at it. I think that's funny, not bad behavior.

[WEEMMEEM]

@JoelTGM Hi Joel. You are correct! It's not bad. The title just came to mind at the time. I do think that pros throwing garbage into streams and forests contradicts the spirit of the sport, and I see that all the time. My video here shows riders throwing bottles to spectators which is a great tradition in the sport. What I don't like is seeing bottles thrown into wildnerness, which they do all the time. Also, they throw food wrappers on road EVERY race. No spectators pick that up. Thanks!

Rob

[pinkysgrl]

Not quite understanding what he did here that was "behaving badly"? He threw out a used water bottle, like they always do in races.

[ronhaslam38]

@alexl36 Did what? Saw nothing as usual in these pathetic videos!

[CHUNK360x]

all the pro's throw their bottles away, they tend to only do it when there are spectators so they can pick them up and keep them as souvenirs if they wish. always happens, just watch the tour.

[RochesterCycling]

They ALL do that.

The smaller the sign, the more points it's worth.

[davidoffon]

@WEEMMEEM You're right, he is a busted flush, I saw his first scalp at Liege on first day of TDF 04, Fabian who? Times very much changed this last 18 months!!

[davidoffon]

@WEEMMEEM no he hasn't, it could bounce straight back out and into the group, whoosh and you're gone

[LorentJalabert]

That is the famous Del Puerto Canyon, near Mines Road. Very remote area southeast of Livermore, Ca. The Tour of Cali goes through here almost every year. In CycleSport Mag, Jan 2012 issue, Fabain said he wasn't impressed when Tony Martin beat him for the World TT win last fall. I hope Fabian doesn't ride the ToC in 2012.

[hpcyclingfan]

@WEEMMEEM Do you know how many peaple throw there cigarette on the street?

and no one is picking that up!

[yenrodtheoriginal]

@18secs...!

[jcc2150]

cool vid. considering how much litter is thrown on the streets these days, i dont think it impacts the environment any more than normal pedestrians. of cos, i think its bad etiquette for a sport, so i get ur point. if its a bottle, just pick it up and keep it (wish i could do that!) its as simple as putting it back in the cage or stuffing trash back in the jersey. they might fuse that its the weight :P

[davepaff]

At least FabiCan didn't throw a beer bottle at that street sign.