More significant crashes today.
Meanwhile, they still seek the woman who held the sign that caused Saturday's crash.
Spectator to be sued after Tour de France crash
Issued on: 26/06/2021 - 19:54Modified: 26/06/2021 - 19:52
Landerneau (France) (AFP)
The roadside fan who caused a giant crash at the Tour de France on Saturday is to be sued by the organisers.
The woman concerned held up a banner slightly into the road and was looking straight at the television motorbike cameras with her back turned on the speeding peloton.
German rider Tony Martin brushed past her and was knocked off balance racing near the head of the peloton, and when he fell it caused a horrifying domino effect ending in a tangle of bikes and bodies.
DSM's German rider Jasha Sutterlin was the only one who had to pull out at that moment but several people were hurt, including spectators. ... More at France24