World cycling godfather Brian Cookson has warned Tour de France delinquents who spat and threw urine over Chris Froom their “hooliganism” must stop.
As further video footage emerged of Team Sky staff running the gauntlet of hostile fans, Cookson admitted he was worried about behaviour at the roadside spiralling out of control.
Cookson, president of world governing body UCI (Union Cycliste International), condemned the spate of incidents in which Va Va Froome was pelted with beer, sputum and urine on the way to his second Yellow Jersey triumph.
Froome's team-mate Richie Porte revealed he was also punched on stage 10 of Le Tour.
And new video evidence, filmed within a support vehicle on the way up the Alpe d'Huez last Saturday, shows the hostile attitude of fans in the prevailing anti-Team Sky agenda.
Cookson admitted he was disturbed by the catalogue of misbehaviour, saying: “I am worried about the beginnings of an element of hooliganism coming towards our sport which we have largely been able to avoid in recent years.
“I think Chris was subjected to a fairly nasty form of antagonism from a small number of people.
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