She became in spite of herself one of the actresses of the Tour de France. By stupidly waving a cardboard sign in front of the Tour camera without looking at the peloton during the first stage of the Tour de France, last Saturday, a young woman had knocked down the German rider Tony Martin (Jumbo-Visma) who had himself trained about fifty runners on the ground. Faced with the damage, she immediately fled. To the fury of the organizers who immediately filed a complaint. Very motivated to find this woman, the gendarmes of Finistère had launched an appeal for witnesses for "involuntary injuries with incapacity not exceeding three months by unintentional violation of an obligation of safety or prudence".
On Wednesday, a woman presented herself to the Landerneau gendarmerie.
She was immediately taken into custody.
At first, the gendarmes wanted to make sure that she was not a mythomaniac as they often meet in the exercise of their profession.
They have since acquired the certainty that she was indeed responsible for the fall.
"She confirmed to us that her intention was to send a message to her relatives via television," we confirm.
According to our information, his police custody should be extended during the day.
This woman should, in the end, only receive a fine. But the gendarmes confirm to us that they want, by prolonging his custody, to set an example. “We have to show everyone who comes to the Tour just to watch the runners on TV that they risk a lot if they hinder the race,” explains a Gendarmerie officer. For example, fools in disguise who run alongside cyclists will not be able to say that they have not been warned. I can assure you that the gendarmes are furious about this story. There will be no tolerance. And this lady is going to be an example. "
