By wishing to send a message of support to her grandparents, she caused the fall of several Tour de France riders, one of whom, of German nationality, now suffers from a broken wrist.
Aged 31, the young woman implicated in the accident during the first round presented herself to the Landerneau gendarmerie on Wednesday with her companion, Brest prosecutor Camille Miansoni announced on Thursday.
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Placed in police custody on Wednesday, the latter told investigators to experience a "
feeling of shame
" and "
fear
" in the face of the consequences of her act, "
anxious by the media coverage of what she calls 'her stupidity'
", said the prosecution.
A complaint had been lodged by the organizing company of the Tour de France, which finally announced Thursday that it had withdrawn to "calm things down".
Another complaint was lodged by the “Associate Professional Cyclists” headquartered in Aigle, Switzerland.
The young woman is heard within the framework of an investigation opened for "involuntary injuries with incapacity not exceeding three months by clearly deliberate violation of an obligation of safety or prudence", entrusted to the brigade of gendarmerie of Landerneau.
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"
The images show that this fall was caused by the display of a sign bearing the inscription 'Go OPI OMI'
", meaning in German "
Go Grandpa Grandma
", said the prosecutor.
The investigation carried out by the Landerneau gendarmes made it possible to find the one who exhibited the sign: a French woman living a few kilometers from the scene of the accident. "
While an arrest was scheduled, before it is carried out, the person presented himself in the company of his spouse
", reported the prosecutor. The latter were heard, and both stressed to the investigators that it was for the questioning to "
transmit an affectionate message to his grandparents, regular spectators of the Tour de France
".
During the press conference, Colonel Nicolas Duvinage, commander of the Brest group, for his part stressed that it was "
important to keep a cool head on this affair
", calling to avoid "
lynching on social networks
" , even though the call for witnesses on behalf of the gendarmerie had elicited more than 4,000 comments.