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Attention au Chien YouTube stillVideo: Beware of the Dog! On-bike footage from Tour Down Under
We're going to be seeing a lot more on-bike footage from the pro peloton in 2015, and in the first WorldTour race of the year, a camera captured the moment a dog almost brought down a rider.
It happened just after the finish of Stage 1 of the Santos Tour Down Under this morning. The dog in question is a miniature poodle, the rider Jeremy Roy of FDJ.fr - luckily, the owner yanked the pooch back just in the nick of time.
Even before that, the video shows at times the nervousness of the peloton as it shakes off the winter's cobwebs.
If Velon, the joint venture formed by some of the sport's leading teams last year, has its way, on-board footage will eventually find its way into TV broadcasts - no bad thing, we reckon.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Aww have you not seen the lil' dog in the sky top ? He loves his cycling he does.
'Its dogs off the lead that are a real nuisance'.....its dogs should not be at cycle races!
But dogs LOVE cycling so its hard to keep them away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJ28V4xGG8
Its great footage, bike cams are awesome.
I think the little doggie was interested in something on the other side of the road, maybe a cyclists leg perhaps. Thankfully the owner had it on a lead and can yank the little blighter back.
Its dogs off the lead that are a real nuisance.
Never going to get that 3 minuite back! Cheers
Suspect that if Roy had connected with the dog, the dog would be forming part of a chinese takeaway tonight and all Roy may have noticed is what would feel like a small speed bump.
Dogs that size need stilts.
the on board footage is great and it shows the skills needed to ride in a peloton.
Shit that was close!! Do these spectators have no common sense at all?
By all means go and watch, but to almost cripple a rider because you selfishly think that the little poochy wants to watch some cycling.
I also noticed that some cars were parked in a cycle lane (1.03) during a cycle race.
Are they all muppets down under?
I'm dying every time I watch these on-board videos! Such intense situations, with fellow riders inches away blasting around a corner. It is really amazing for an amateur solo rider like me to get to feel the vibe in the peloton during a race.
I deeply respect the courage it takes to ride like that.
The dog was a) after the finish line and b) nowhere near the rider.
Good footage though - live onbike footage, when it comes, will be great.
Dog-Gate! It was not... I'm liking the 'inside the peloton' this footage brings to bike racing though.
Dog-Gate! It was not... I'm liking the 'inside the peloton' this footage brings to bike racing though.
"almost took out" is stretching it a bit; more like "brushed against"
Pff, "almost brought down a rider", what a load of rubbish. A blind granny in a mobility scooter would have avoided that and Jeremy Roy was probably going even slower.
C'mon road.cc, your readers aren't stupid, so it's probably not wise to treat them as though they are with stupid clickbaiting headlines like that.