{"id":817621,"date":"2026-07-22T02:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T02:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817621\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T02:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T02:04:12","slug":"raging-driver-confronts-american-rider-brandon-mcnulty-before-tour-de-france-time-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817621\/","title":{"rendered":"Raging driver confronts American rider Brandon McNulty before Tour de France time trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/2KI7VGZSGBDD7PGOOGKZ3CSCXA.JPG?auth=4a871d4e7c3b0e1531ca35edac58c580e7f9a2c4cbbcd79aeef8bb72c6304b69&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">UAE Team Emirates XRG&#8217;s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the yellow jersey, and UAE Team Emirates XRG&#8217;s Brandon McNulty before the start of stage 8 of the Tour de France, earlier this month.Stephanie Lecocq\/Reuters<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">American rider Brandon McNulty was apparently the subject of a road rage incident before Tuesday\u2019s time trial at the Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">McNulty, a teammate of overall race leader Tadej Pogacar, was confronted by an angry motorist who overtook him on his way to the start of stage 16, Mauro Gianetti, the CEO of UAE Emirates XRG, told broadcaster Eurosport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Gianetti said the driver of the car was furious and that he stopped his vehicle after overtaking McNulty, who then collided with the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text mv-16 l-inset text-pb-8\" data-sophi-feature=\"interstitial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/sports\/article-evenepoel-wins-time-trial-for-back-to-back-tour-de-france-stage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evenepoel wins time trial for back-to-back Tour de France stage victories<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cNothing so big, but it was not nice,\u201d said Gianetti, who said the driver was a member of the public and not affiliated with the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">McNulty was unhurt and scheduled to race later Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Pogacar had his 5-minute lead over Remco Evenepoel trimmed down to 4 minutes, 32 seconds after Tuesday\u2019s technical 26.1-kilometre time trial beside Lake Geneva on the boarder with Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Evenepoel won stage 16 Tuesday and claimed stage 15 on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The race ends July 26 in Paris. 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