Chris Froome claims urine thrown at him during race

Updated 18/07/2015 at 17:18 GMT

Tour de France leader Chris Froome had urine thrown at him during stage 14 of the race, the Team Sky rider has revealed in a post-race interview.

A fan encourages Chris Froome - but not everyone was supportive

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British journeyman Stephen Cummings earned South African team MTN-Qhubeka a landmark victory on Mandela Day as he took a surprise win.

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Froome extended his overall lead to three minutes 10 seconds but revealed after the 198.5-km ride from Rodez that he had urine thrown at him early in the race.

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"Unfortunately, someone threw a cup of urine into my face and shouted 'doper' which is extremely wrong on so many different levels," he said.

"That for me is disgusting, absolutely disgusting. You don't do that - for someone to do that that is extremely disrespectful. I was really disappointed; it's not in the name of sport."

"I don't think anyone deserves that," he added.

Froome faced a barrage of doping questions when he won the Tour in 2013 and his impressive attack in the ascent to the Mont Ventoux during stage 10 also caused a furore.

But Froome countered by saying he was willing to undergo physiological tests after this year's race to put to rest any suspicion of doping.

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Team Sky’s director of business operations Fran Millar took to Twitter

"A lot of the reporting on the race has been very irresponsible - the individuals know who they are," added Froome.

"We have had some fantastic support, we've seen a great number of fans in the race and a lot of the media has been fantastic."

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