Spectator triggers one of the worst recent cycling pile-ups | Tour de France 2021
Telegraph, 28 Jun 2021
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French police say they are searching for the female spectator who triggered one of the worst multi-rider crashes in recent cycling history on the opening stage of the 108th Tour de France on Saturday.
The unnamed fan faces possible legal action with French prosecutors confirming they have opened a criminal enquiry for “deliberately violating safety regulations and so causing injuries that might prevent someone working for up to three months”. This is an indictable offence in France punishable by up to a year in prison.
Tour organisers ASO said on Saturday that they would press charges. "We are suing this woman who behaved so badly," race deputy director Pierre-Yves Thouault told AFP. "We are doing this so that the tiny minority of people who do this don't spoil the show for everyone."
The spectator, who left the scene before the arrival of the police, was holding a cardboard sign with a message saying 'Allez Opi-Omi' ['Go Granny and Grandpa'] and leaning slightly into the road, looking in the opposite direction to the approaching peloton.
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French police say they are searching for the female spectator who triggered one of the worst multi-rider crashes in recent cycling history on the opening stage of the 108th Tour de France on Saturday.
The unnamed fan faces possible legal action with French prosecutors confirming they have opened a criminal enquiry for “deliberately violating safety regulations and so causing injuries that might prevent someone working for up to three months”. This is an indictable offence in France punishable by up to a year in prison.
Tour organisers ASO said on Saturday that they would press charges. "We are suing this woman who behaved so badly," race deputy director Pierre-Yves Thouault told AFP. "We are doing this so that the tiny minority of people who do this don't spoil the show for everyone."
The spectator, who left the scene before the arrival of the police, was holding a cardboard sign with a message saying 'Allez Opi-Omi' ['Go Granny and Grandpa'] and leaning slightly into the road, looking in the opposite direction to the approaching peloton.
Read in full here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2021/06/27/tour-de-france-2021-crash-french-police-searching-spectator/
#TourdeFrance #Spectator #Crash
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