Stephen Roche shoots messenger over Chris Froome suspicions

Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche says if Chris Froome didn’t have such good self-control there’d be a lot of journalists with broken noses at this Tour de France.

The 1987 winner of the race believes the media have been way too harsh on the race leader and his Team Sky squad, one of whom is his own son Nicolas Roche Jnr. Has been the victim of taunts and insults from spectators at the Tour ever since Froome took the yellow jersey a week ago, with many observers questioning whether the latter is clean or not.

“Irrespective of my own son being involved the abuse is totally uncalled for,” blasted Roche Snr.