Who's Watching the Tour?

[Irulan]

VeloNews managed to catch up with Kona freeride pro Dave Watson who was just back from an eventful excursion to France. After being approached by a French cycling magazine a month and a half ago, Watson pulled off a monumental stunt, actually jumping over the back half of the peloton during the Alp d'Huez stage of the Tour de France. Watson estimated that the jump, a road gap, was about 45 feet in distance.

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Not all mountain bikers are free riders, or downhillers... in fact a lot of mountain bikers have real disdain for the "rad, dude, extreme...." attitude that the Mountain Dew marketing people would have you believe is the way to go. It's this kind of stunt, the in your face, tear it up attitude that give all mountain bikers a bad name.

I'd rather say it's a bad day for a brand that encourages their pros to do this kind of thing, than to slam a very general category of rider.

Irulan