Dressed in a jersey of the Decathlon-Ag2r La Mondiale team, the individual was screened on the ground by a CRS.
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Did he want to have his moment of glory? Had he made a bet? Anyway, his adventure ended on the bitumen. A real-false cyclist tried to cross the finish line of the 17th stage of the Tour de France in Valence (Drôme), just before the runners, Wednesday July 23. Dressed in a black helmet and a jersey of the Decathlon-Ag2r La Mondiale team, the individual was screened on the ground by a CRS which then fell.
The incident, which was not broadcast on television, intervened just a few minutes before arriving at the peloton sprint, launched at full speed, and the victory of Italian Jonathan Milan. No comments could be obtained immediately from ASO.
In the photos of AFP, we can also recognize the one in charge of stopover arrivals for ASO, the organizing company of the Tour de France. The same who had already placed a pro-Palestinian activist when the 11th stage arrived on Wednesday in Toulouse.
This one wore a t-shirt with a slogan “Israël out of the Tour” and shouted “Israel on the Tour, the Tour makes himself an accomplice”, When he was brought back by the police to a vehicle, once apprehended and handcuffed. Earlier in the day, the Occitan public had responded en masse on the Pech David coast.
