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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Or maybe, just maybe, it was the other way around, and the cyclists instigated it. You have absolutely no way of knowing.

This was a pro team, no? A bunch of dopers out on a training ride, free to shoot up on whatever performance enchancing cocktails they please, since the team doctor will take care of them (thanks, Lance, for lifting the veil on this little "sporting" charade known as "pro cycling"). An angry pack of roid-raging 20-somethings that think they own the road. Guys who are full of piss and vinegar anyway (and quite full of themselves as well, I'm sure), encouraged by agents, trainers, coaches, the media, and everyone else telling them how "awesome" they are. Little wonder that they are attacking innocent motorists.

Jeff,

You might be correct that the riders may have something to the driver first. As a person who spend years of my youth hanging around these training rides, most riders could careless and normally will say nothing to a driver unless he got too close or done something to bother them before they waste their breath. Keep in mind that it takes strength out of their breath to scream at a driver going 30+. Most people or drivers will never notice, but that was why I made that assumption because it doesn't make sense for the riders to through the first punch, if you will.