Tour de France organizers withdraw lawsuit against spectator who caused mass crash

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Tour de France organizers are reported to have withdrawn their lawsuit against the woman who caused the mass accident in the first stage of the race.

The woman, who was arrested by police in Brittany on Wednesday, stood on the road holding a cardboard sign near the end of Saturday’s opening match from Brest to Landerneau.

With jumbo-visma rider Tony Martin unable to avoid any action, the German rushed toward the woman, creating a mass stack.

Deputy Race Director, Pierre-Yves Thou, stated after the stage that the ASO would sue the woman, saying, “We are suing this woman who behaved very badly. We are doing this so that the small minority of people who do this don’t spoil the show for everyone.”

However, Reuters reported before the sixth stage on Thursday that the ASO will not take legal action against the 30-year-old woman.

She faces charges of ‘involuntary injury’ and a fine of €1,500 for her role in causing the accident, which resulted in DSM contestant Joscha Sutterlin withdrawing from the race with a hand injury and Movistar’s Mark Soler leaving the race later after suffering fractures in both elbows. and wrist. The race doctor saw eight other runners and many suffered minor injuries.

Soler said Wednesday that he is considering taking legal action against the woman. “I don’t know what to do. I’m thinking of bringing the spectator to court because this is a full tour and I’m so angry,” he told Vanguardia.

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