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Officials, or rather, police should nick these idiots that run out or pat the rider--they're putting themselves, the rider, the other riders and other observers in danger.

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Originally Posted by NOS88 (Post 14519173)

I'd be happy if they were both absent. Think of the non-tack throwers who have injured riders over the years because the wanted to be part of the spectacle. I think the race would be better without the fans being allowed to be so close and sometimes out of control. It might not be as entertaining to some, but I watch it for the riders, not the circus around them. To me Didi is like the person who feels they need to run onto the field during a baseball game. But each to his own.

I agree with you. I have been at stages of the AToC and the idiot with the antlers almost knocked down a rider. These people don't do it for the riders, they do it for their 5 seconds of fame. Didi, however, is the least offensive of these guys.

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Originally Posted by JanMM (Post 14518973)

How about we get rid of the tack-throwers and let Didi come back?

Did anyone besides me notice on the following day's stage someone had painted/chalked several dozen big cartoon drawings of tacks on the pavement on a segment of one of the climbs?