Originally Posted by RED*ARMY
I sometimes worry that a crazed fan will pull a knife or something and attack a rider, (eg: Tennis star Monica Seles in '93)
Just what the media wants to see.
There are how many spectators at a TDF? Compare that to how many incidents? I'm thinking we are close to .00001% bad apple ratio here. There are however how many bad-luck incidents at a tour? (flats, getting clipped by a team car, crashes, going over a cliff, etc)
There are WAY more folks that slip and fall in the shower vs get hacked up like a pysco movie, the media would love you to think it was the other way-round.