Simon Yates (Orica-Scott) has called Fabio Aru’s controversial attack on stage 9 of the Tour de France a ‘dirty move’ and claimed that it’s ‘absolute bullshit’ that the Italian rider did not see that Chris Froome (Team Sky) had a mechanical just seconds before the Astana rider accelerated on the Mont du Chat.
“I think it’s a dirty move. I don’t like what he did but it’s a bike race and he can do what he wants,” Yates said after a dramatic day’s race at the Tour.
“I’m not going to have any grudges but maybe some of the other guys will. I don’t really know what to say. From what I saw it wasn’t the correct thing to do."
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When told that Aru had claimed not to have seen Froome’s call for mechanical assistance, Yates provided a short but definitive response: “[That’s] Absolute bullshit.”
“I can’t find the words. It’s not something that you do. We should have respect for each other. Chris had a problem there, he wasn’t getting dropped and there was still a long way to go in the stage.”
Aru’s attack split the group of GC contenders, but he was eventually caught and the yellow jersey group appeared to slow in order for Team Sky to pace Froome back into contention. Race hostilities were restarted once the Team Sky rider made contact, and Yates was forced on the defensive under the relentless pressure from his rivals.
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