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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

The Tour is sure to have racing rules that will get you fined or disqualified if you break them.


71 posted on 07/02/2021 3:54:32 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily
The Tour is sure to have racing rules that will get you fined or disqualified if you break them.

True. But, this is racing. Stuff happens.

The latest development is that the woman turned herself into authorities on Wednesday. The Tour officials decided not to pursue any further legal action against her.

See: Tour de France organizers dropping suit against spectator who caused crash

The organizers for the Tour de France announced on Thursday that they would not seek charges against the spectator who was responsible for a multicyclist crash Saturday.

"We are withdrawing our complaint. This story has been blown out of proportion but we wish to remind everyone of the safety rules on the race," Tour director Christian Prudhomme said, according to Eurosport.

75 posted on 07/02/2021 5:28:48 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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