Originally Posted by
jefnvk
They fined him because right or wrong, at the end of the day you can't have pro athletes battering fans, and you can't have race organizers looking like they condone the activity. If TdF the organization truly cared about his actions, he'd have been looking at a more substantial punishment than a 200 Franc ($203) fine.
Sure it was a token fine strictly for face saving purposes. And I will wager Froome did not pay the fine. Would not surprise me if his fellow riders took up a collection to pay it. More likely his team paid it. Does not change the fact the fan endangered the riders and their future livelihoods. If the organizers are going to play that game, they need to do a better job of crowd control to justify levying the fine. The organizers are equally at fault for allowing the situation to exist.