2024-07-14 05:32:36
“It was a beautiful Tour de France afternoon, with parties, meetings, cycling enthusiasts until this crazy stunt.” Alexis, thirty years old from Brittany, is close to the basket showing the completion of two kilometers to the middle of this Saturday’s stage that reaches Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet (Hautes-Pyrénées).
Except that his party day with his two friends was slightly spoiled by the gesture of the spectator in front of him, on the other side of the street. Another young man, with whom he had made friends during the day, deliberately threw chips in the face of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease a bike), when they passed in front of him.
A picture which was taken by the television cameras which followed the two champions and quickly circulated on social networks, disappointing many Internet users. CPA, the riders’ association, announced, through its leader, Adam Hamsem, that it will take legal action against the author of this guide. In the end, Vingegaard, double title holder, said that “he doesn’t understand those who go to the bike race to throw chips”.
Arrested by a gendarme who saw the suit
A knowledge is also shared by Alexis who knows after the champions have passed that he has become impure this time in many photos. Before you see anger on social networks.
“He was with a group of very good friends, cycling enthusiasts, like us. We got to know each other well, talked about everything, cycling, Brittany and played shuffleboard, said the children. But he was drunk during the day.” However according to Alexis, a gendarme who was nearby and who saw the incident intervened immediately after the gesture against the director of Visma. Bob on your head, bare chest and Brittany Flag, you will have only seen these two runners in the most.
The witness continued: “She suddenly pushed him back, and a car came behind the barrier to take him away less than five minutes later,” who “does not understand why he did it.” so.” When asked, ASO, the organizer of the Tour, did not respond.
According to him, alcohol can be a major reason for this behavior that can have serious consequences on athletes. “The character is not like the person we’ve been before. After the runners passed, his friends were surprised. Obviously they weren’t on their first Tour but it was the first time they did something stupid like that. ” A group of friends wondering how to get their lover back with inappropriate behavior.
At this time, Alexis and his two friends, impressed by Pogacar’s work, must return to the Rennes area (Ille-et-Vilaine), where there are still disrespectful spectators. “We are cycling tourists, we were able to ride a few routes in the Pyrenees in recent days, it’s good,” he concluded. More than happy to witness this unfortunate gesture.
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