Remember when Richard Groenendael shoved our own Steven Hunter? It reminded me heavily of this clip I saw of Richard punching a spectator in the face at a Gazet van Antwerpen race in 2001.
Well, I finally stumbled across the clip today while being sick and eating healthy portion of garbanzos con espinacas, and watching old cross videos. I can’t really speak to his situation or what the fans may have been yelling, but damn:
Since most all of the spectators at cross races here in Oregon are also racers themselves, I don’t think we see much of this. There isn’t a ton of abusive spectating and mean spirited heckling. Mostly shit talkin’ and encouragement amongst a community of friends. I’ve been trying to imagine what it could have been that the spectator shouted that caused Groenendael to stop racing, run over, and punch the guy square in the face. I’ve got some ideas, but maybe you could help me out in the comments.
dog4aday on 
Probably some bizarre BeNeLux slam that would sound completely innocuous to us