The woman was arrested on Wednesday to clarify what happened on the initial day.
The spectator who caused with a banner the massive fall of several cyclists in the first stage of the Tour of Francia, disputed between Brest and Landerneau over 197.8 kilometers, has been stopped by the French police to clarify the facts. According to the RTL, the suspect had been arrested and placed at the disposal of the authorities in Landerneau, and faces a formal investigation for a possible crime of damage, indictable in France with one year in prison and a fine of about 15,000 euros.
However, the Tour withdrew its complaint against her on Thursday, informed its director Christian Prudhomme at the start of the sixth stage in the city of Tours. “This took insane proportions,” he told AFP. “We want to calm things down and, above all, that the message reaches the public. It is about remembering the precautionary measures on the Tour route,” he said.
“It is necessary for everyone to calm down,” Prudhomme added at the meditative dimension that the subject raised in recent days. The spectator, a 30-year-old French woman, was arrested on Wednesday and continued to be this Thursday, according to the Finistre gerdarmera.
On Saturday June 26, during the first stage of the Tour, a spectator waving a banner with her back to the peloton, inside the road, was hit by cyclists and caused the fall of many runners 45 kilometers from the end.
An investigation was then opened for unintentional injuries with disability not exceeding three months for a manifestly intentional violation of a safety or precautionary obligation. After being searched and captured, the woman has already been detained to testify before the authorities. As a result of his action, several cyclists suffered injuries and some, like the Catalan Marc soler (Movistar Team), they had to withdraw and are considering reporting it.
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