Fallout from Le Tour
HAD THE THIS YEAR’S TOUR ended after a week it would have been known for all the wrong reasons. What was going on—or more precisely, wrong—en France and why, wonders Anthony Tan?
We saw some spectacular stuff at this year’s Tour. But for opening week, it was often spectacular in a bad way.
A massive pile-up during the first stage in the northwest French region of Brittany was caused by a spectator holding a cardboard sign—“ALLEZ OPI OMI!”, a blend of French and German which translates to “Go grandpa grandma”— who was looking at the TV camera rather than a pack of 180-odd riders hurtling towards her.
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