{"id":21184,"date":"2013-07-17T11:55:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T09:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/fuming-froome-lashes-out-at-rival-contador\/"},"modified":"2013-07-17T11:55:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T09:55:26","slug":"fuming-froome-lashes-out-at-rival-contador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/fuming-froome-lashes-out-at-rival-contador\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuming Froome lashes out at rival Contador"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Froome<\/a>\u00a0accused his biggest rival for the\u00a0Tour de France<\/a>,\u00a0Alberto Contador<\/a>, of taking \u2018unnecessary\u2019 and \u2018uncalculated\u2019 chances after both riders fell towards the end of Stage 16.<\/p>\n

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Over the line: Rui Costa celebrates as he wins the 16th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday. Photo: EPA<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally think he is, or teams are starting to get desperate now,\u201d said Froome, who was unhurt and finished behind the stage winner Rui Costa<\/a> with his overall lead intact.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old Briton had to respond to a series of attacks on the climb of the Col de Manse. But the aggressive tactics continued on the descent, with Contador and his team-mate Roman Kreuziger<\/a> taking turns at trying to escape.<\/p>\n

When Contador launched one attack, he went into a corner too fast and lost control, crashing in front of Froome, who had been shadowing him. It forced Froome wide, on to the grass verge, and he toppled over.<\/p>\n

Both were quickly back up and apparently unhurt \u2013 though Contador seemed to be troubled by an injury to his arm \u2013 and they were helped back to the group by Froome\u2019s team-mate, Richie Porte<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the wearer of the yellow jersey<\/a> was unhappy at the antics of his rivals, saying: \u201cIt seemed Kreuziger and Contador were taking it in turns to come from the back with a bit of acceleration and try to make a small gap on descent, hoping we\u2019d lay off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was aware the attacks would be coming but I didn\u2019t think guys were going to take unnecessary risks today.\u201d \u2013 Mail Online<\/a><\/p>\n

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