Froome found himself in the last group of six on the road and had lost his cool with TV cameras coming too close. While some of his team mates were clearly ordered to wait, Nicolas Roche was not among that group.
Chris Froome crashed in the opening kilometres of today’s 11th stage of the Vuelta, falling on the first climb of what was expected to be the hardest day of the race.
The two-time Tour de France winner came down on a wooden road barrier inside five kilometres and lost touch with the peloton.
He remounted and was working his way back up through the groups, but with such a lightning fast start it took him a while to get back to the peloton.
The 138-kilometre stage today features six categorised climbs and Froome said it would be the hardest of all the stages he’s ever done in Grand Tours.
There were two category one ascents inside 30 kilometres.
Under pressure to get back on, Froome gave a TV cameraman a piece of his mind when he felt the moto got to close; see second clip below.
Some of Froome's team mates were clearly ordered to wait, though Nicolas Roche was not among that group.
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