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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tour de France crash: Organisers withdraw lawsuit against woman who brought down peloton with a sign

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Tour de France organisers have withdrawn their threat to sue the spectator who caused a shocking crash on stage one of this year’s race, according to Reuters.

A woman was posing for cameras with a cardboard sign with a message for her grandparents in a mix of French and German when she blocked the path of rider Tony Martin, whose fall created a domino effect and left most of the field in a pile of bodies and bikes on the road.

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