For the second time during the 2025 Tour de France, Stéphane Boury, the general commissioner for race organisers ASO, has had to tackle someone at the finish line.
Last week at the finish of stage 11 in Toulouse, Boury pushed a protester out of the way just as stage winner Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) and breakaway companion Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) were arriving.
On Wednesday, Boury was on the finish line again in Valence for stage 17 when a man wearing a Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale team jersey - obviously not part of the race because he was wearing sneakers and ahead of the lead commissaire's car - infiltrated the final 100 metres.
Boury tried to grab the individual, but after he slowed the man, he tripped and fell. However, a member of the Compagnies Republicaines de Securite (CRS) was soon on the scene to apprehend the man.
The Tour de France finishes have barriers to keep crowds off the course in the last kilometre, but according to reports, the individual climbed over the barriers with his bike to cross the finish line.
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