The fan who caused a horrific crash at the Tour de France faces up to a year in jail for causing German Toni Martin to fall, causing a heavy crash involving more than 20 riders.
Fan who caused horrific crash at Tour de France faces up to a year in jail
The Tour de France plans to file a complaint against the female spectator who caused a hard crash during the first stage of this year’s edition.
The woman was holding a sign for the camera about 45 kilometers from the finish in Landerneau when she knocked down Germany’s Toni Martin, causing a heavy crash involving more than 20 riders.
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The Gendarmerie of Finistère, the department through which the stage was passing, appealed for the identification of the spectator, while announcing the opening of an investigation for unintentional injury resulting in a major casualty.
He added that the spectator left the scene before the arrival of the agents and recalled that she was wearing sunglasses, blue jeans, a blue and red striped T-shirt and a yellow raincoat.
The gendarmes asked for any information that could lead to his location and arrest.
The accident caused countless injuries to cyclists and led to at least four withdrawals, those of German Jasha Sutterlin, Lithuanian Ignatas Konovalovas, Frenchman Cyril Lemoine and Spaniard Marc Soler.
The director of the Tour, Christian Prudhomme, considered the behavior of the spectators “inadmissible” and appealed to the prudence of the followers of the race to avoid this type of incident.
