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Fan with massive sign who caused Tour de France crash found, arrested

McBell

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The fan who caused a massive pileup during the opening stage of the Tour de France was arrested on Wednesday, the Associated Press and local media reported.

On the annual event's first day, a fan standing just off the pavement of the road posed for a camera while holding a sign. She was not watching the race and a bike ridden by Tony Martin clipped the sign, sending the race into chaos in a domino effect of downed cyclists.

The fan was tracked down based on "solid" accounts and questioned this week, France's Bleu Finistere radio station reported. Investigators had spoken with dozens of people since the accident, per reports, after officials east of Brest put out a call for witnesses. The fan has not been publicly identified.

The fan got on a flight after the accident and was untraceable, local media reported over the weekend. Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France, said that ASO, the organizer of the race, filed a complaint against the fan that day.

Deputy director Pierre-Yves Thouault said the organization planned to sue "so that the tiny minority of people who do this don't spoil the show for everyone."

The fan held out a sign reading “Allez Opi-Omi.” It's a mix of French and German terms that roughly equate to "Go Grandpa-Grandma."
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Wow.
Watching the video shows she was all about getting on camera.
Then to flee like she did...
Makes her look even more guilty than she probably is.

Though I can not help but wonder how much she is going to owe when it is all over....
 
Dan From Smithville

Dan From Smithville

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Sometimes little mistakes can have tremendous costs. One misstep along a trail and you can suddenly be plummeting down a cliff.

I feel mixed about her. She wasn't out to do the damage she did, but she did not put much thought into it either.
 
Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

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Dan From Smithville said:
Sometimes little mistakes can have tremendous costs. One misstep along a trail and you can suddenly be plummeting down a cliff.

I feel mixed about her. She wasn't out to do the damage she did, but she did not put much thought into it either.
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Based on what I read it appears she just wanted a selfy and panicked when she realized what she had done.

It dosent sound like it was intentional. Ditzy woman, but not a saboteur of the race.
 
Lyndon

Lyndon

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Tour de France already said they're not pressing charges, your link is a little outdated
 
Dan From Smithville

Dan From Smithville

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Twilight Hue said:
Based on what I read it appears she just wanted a selfy and panicked when she realized what she had done.

It dosent sound like it was intentional. Ditzy woman, but not a saboteur of the race.
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That was my take on it. I know it was a lot of damage, but I wonder if her life should be ruined as a result. I think that is where this is going. But who knows, the way the world works, she could end up rich and famous for it too.
 
McBell

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Dan From Smithville said:
That was my take on it. I know it was a lot of damage, but I wonder if her life should be ruined as a result. I think that is where this is going. But who knows, the way the world works, she could end up rich and famous for it too.
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She caused a lot of damage.
Broken bikes, injuries...

Perhaps a GoFundMe page to help cover the costs?
 
Shadow Wolf

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Dan From Smithville said:
She wasn't out to do the damage she did, but she did not put much thought into it either.
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That's actually many accidental injuries and a good chunk of murders. Her lack of situational and environmental awareness became gross negligence that caused a nasty problem for what looked like dozens of people.
 
Dan From Smithville

Dan From Smithville

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Shadow Wolf said:
That's actually many accidental injuries and a good chunk of murders. Her lack of situational and environmental awareness became gross negligence that caused a nasty problem for what looked like dozens of people.
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I agree. It does not take much to separate a person from just being there to being the cause of.
 
Mock Turtle

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Silly of her to be so casual with the sign but there was another pile-up later on the same day that was almost as bad. Seems that the very nature of being in such fast tight groups will always produce these, and it always has. Probably not worth prosecuting her but some fans are just so stupid or just ignorant and perhaps not realising how fast the cyclists are travelling.
 
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