The spectator suspected of being at the origin on Saturday in Brittany of a massive fall in the peloton of the Tour de France, which made several injuries among the riders, was still in police custody Thursday morning, we learned with the gendarmes.
“For now, she is still in custody,” said the commander of the Finistère gendarmerie group, Colonel Nicolas Duvinage, specifying that it was 24 hours maximum.
The organizers’ “concern for appeasement”
“The lady presented herself to the Landerneau gendarmerie”, he said, stressing, however, that she had been “formally identified yesterday (Wednesday) morning”. The gendarmes “were preparing to go and question her when she presented herself”, he assured. He specified that it was a 30-year-old woman of French nationality living in a conjugal relationship in North Finistère and that she had exercised her right to see a doctor before being auditioned in the evening. A search took place at his home, he added.
For their part, the organizers decided this Thursday morning to withdraw their complaint against him “for the sake of appeasement”, explained Pierre-Yves Thouault, assistant to Christian Prudhomme, at Parisian. “In front of the runaway on the networks. We do not want to give the impression of persisting. But we remind you of the safety rules, ”he added. The spectator should ultimately only receive a fine.