Epic crash at Tour de France bike race caused by fan.

[Melensdad]

The woman is an idiot. Send her to jail!?! Somehow punish her. Full story at the link below:

Tour de France carnage as massive crash caused by fan wipes out half of peloton before Froome in second smash

THE TOUR DE FRANCE was thrown into chaos after a fan caused a massive crash that wiped out half of the peloton. Just minutes after Christian Prudhomme had set the 108th edition of the annual bike r…

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Tour de France carnage as massive crash caused by fan wipes out half of peloton before Froome in second smash​

THE TOUR DE FRANCE was thrown into chaos after a fan caused a massive crash that wiped out half of the peloton.​

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Just minutes after Christian Prudhomme had set the 108th edition of the annual bike race in motion, there was carnage on stage one.​

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A fan caused a massive crash during Stage One of the Tour de FranceCredit: discovery +​

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Tony Martin went down after ploughing into the spectator's signCredit: discovery +​

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The crash caused carnage with a massive pile-up just minutes after the race startedCredit: discovery +​

Tony Martin, 36, went down first after he was taken out by a member of the public.​

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The spectator was stood holding up a cardboard sign with ‘Allez Opi-Omi!’ written on it in black marker.​

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The fan was looking straight at the TV camera on the passing bike and failed to notice the riders rapidly approaching her spot.​

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Martin, on the right-hand side of the peleton, had no way to avoid her and went down after crashing into her arm taking the whole Jumbo Visma team with him.​

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Arnaud Demare, Julian Alaphilippe, Marc Hirschi and Sonny Colbrelli were all among the riders involved in the pile-up.​

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And fans on social media were quick to blame the supporter who caused the crash as one tweeted: "Absolutely terribe!"​

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Another joked: "Great to see spectators back involved in sports eh?" while a third added: "She needs some jail time!!!"​

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Four-time winner Chris Froome - who was returning to the Tour as a support rider - was later involved in a crash of his own.​

 

[Melensdad]

Just an update on this, the idiot woman, who was apparently trying to gain some sort of publicity, ran off after the crash and has not yet been found.

 

[Doc]

Oh yeah, she will gain some publicity for sure. As being a self centered dumb ass.

 

[Melensdad]

Well she has turned herself in.

So she is now under arrest. But she won't be sued by the international bicycle association. That said, according to the article there are serious safety issues with the Tour De France race.

French Woman Who Caused Tour de France Crash Is Arrested But Will No Longer Face Lawsuit

The 30-year-old woman turned herself into authorities and is in custody

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French Woman Who Caused Tour de France Crash Is Arrested But Will No Longer Face Lawsuit​

The 30-year-old woman turned herself into authorities and is in custody​

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The cycling fan who got the Tour de France off to a slow and painful start by causing a massive crash during Stage 1 of the epic bike race has been found and arrested by French authorities, per Reuters. ​

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The fan, an unidentified 30-year-old French woman, had been on the lam and it was believed she might’ve slipped the country. However, she turned herself into authorities, prosecutors said. “A suspect is in custody,” said Camille Miansoni, the state prosecutor for the city of Brest in Normandy.​

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She is accused of involuntarily causing injury and putting the life of others at risk after holding a cardboard sign honoring her grandparents in the path of competitors that German cyclist Tony Martin rode into, leading to a massive pile-up and creating chaos on the race route.​

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Although the Tour de France originally intended to sue the woman for causing the crash, Tour organizers said they had withdrawn their lawsuit against her and will not be pursuing legal action.​

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“We are withdrawing our complaint. This story has been blown out of proportion but we wish to remind everyone of the safety rules on the race,” Tour director Christian Prudhomme said. “If you come to the Tour, you hold your kid, you hold your pet and don’t cross the road carelessly. And above all, you respect the riders — they’re the ones worthy of live TV.”​

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Pierre-Yves Thouault of the Amaury Sport Organization, which runs the Tour de France, had had previously said: “We are doing this so that the tiny minority of people who do this don’t spoil the show for everyone.” ​

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Following another big pile-up earlier this week during the Tour de France’s fourth stage, riders stopped for a full minute in a silent protest for safer racing conditions.​

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“Since it takes place on public roads in France, the cycling race gives millions of spectators a chance for up-close views of the action year after year,” according to The New York Times. “But fans have often been overzealous in encroaching upon the race, and have at times interfered in the competition by running alongside the riders or blocking their path.”​

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This week, the riders’ union (CPA) also asked for more respect from the sport’s governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), and from organizers of the Tour.​

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“Following the crashes during the third stage of the Tour de France, the riders have been discussing how they wish to proceed to show their dissatisfaction with safety measures in place and demand their concerns are taken seriously,” the CPA said in a statement. “Their frustration about foreseeable and preventable action is enormous.”​

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