Angry Spectator Causes Crash at Tour Cycliste Antenne Reunion

[biker jk]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/angry-s ... e-reunion/

http://www.smh.com.au/video/video-news/ ... 4k874.html

[find_bruce]

Scarcely a "spectator" - father of a rider injured in a crash with the barriers decided the race should be stopped & dragged the barriers across the road

[biker jk]

Scarcely a "spectator" - father of a rider injured in a crash with the barriers decided the race should be stopped & dragged the barriers across the road

Too bad Hinault wasn't around to deal with that angry father.

[DavidS]

Scarcely a "spectator" - father of a rider injured in a crash with the barriers decided the race should be stopped & dragged the barriers across the road

Too bad Hinault wasn't around to deal with that angry father.

Geez, makes Froome's little elbow incident in Le Tour look very tame. Was Hinault fined . . . or applauded?

DS

[AUbicycles]

What a ludicrous thing to do - bet the kid is ashamed at his fathers actions.

According to local news website linfo.re, the incident was a protest against something that had happened earlier in the race. Three laps prior, Enzo Bernard and Jonathan Boyer had been contesting an intermediate sprint when the two collided spectacularly with the barriers. Both riders were injured badly as were several spectators. Bernard was eventually disqualified from the race for dangerous sprinting. However, the rider protested on Twitter that Boyer had become entangled in his handlebars during the sprint.

Linfo.re reported that at least one spectator, a 10-year-old boy, suffered a severed thumb as a result of the crash, while Boyer was left with head trauma and broken ribs.

Following the crash, Boyer's father Jean-Bernard requested that the race be stopped, but organisers decided to continue. In what was described as a 'fit of anger' Boyer's father can be seen grabbing the end of the barriers and moving them across the width of the road.

He was fined 300 euros by the organisation and police took him for questioning, although he was later released. An investigation into the incident is still ongoing.

[Mulger bill]

What a ludicrous thing to do - bet the kid is ashamed at his fathers actions.

According to local news website linfo.re, the incident was a protest against something that had happened earlier in the race. Three laps prior, Enzo Bernard and Jonathan Boyer had been contesting an intermediate sprint when the two collided spectacularly with the barriers. Both riders were injured badly as were several spectators. Bernard was eventually disqualified from the race for dangerous sprinting. However, the rider protested on Twitter that Boyer had become entangled in his handlebars during the sprint.

Linfo.re reported that at least one spectator, a 10-year-old boy, suffered a severed thumb as a result of the crash, while Boyer was left with head trauma and broken ribs.

Following the crash, Boyer's father Jean-Bernard requested that the race be stopped, but organisers decided to continue. In what was described as a 'fit of anger' Boyer's father can be seen grabbing the end of the barriers and moving them across the width of the road.

He was fined 300 euros by the organisation and police took him for questioning, although he was later released. An investigation into the incident is still ongoing.

Yeah, that's not protest, that's drooling, beat your chest crazy. No result but harm to innocents.

A fine is garbage