Throw a snack bag in the face of a player named Tour de France

Jul 15, 2024

Throw a snack bag in the face of a player named Tour de France
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Amid the race for the world's largest cycling competition, the Tour de France, a spectator was caught throwing a bag of snacks in the face of a player, causing outrage.

According to local media such as Le Parisien, a man who threw a bag of snacks at Tadej Fogachar (Slovenia) and Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) who were running in the 14th section of the 2024 Tour de France (197.7km).

Pogachar quickly turned to avoid the man who was about to throw the bag of snacks, but Binghegar, who followed, was hit in the face by the bag of snacks thrown by the man.

The man was drunk at the time and had to be arrested and spent a day in a police detention center.

CPA (Procycling Association) Chairman Adam Hansen said on social media that `I will file a legal complaint against this man.'

Binghegar said in a postgame interview that `As soon as I heard the audience booing, I saw the snacks and bags in front of my eyesHe pointed out that "This is a very dangerous behavior".

Netizens said "It was almost an accident", "We must be punished severely.", The reaction is "The gap between the competition course and the people is too narrow."

Meanwhile, the 2024 Tour de France, which opened on the 29th of last month, will leave Florence, Italy, and run 21 sections and 3,498 kilometers until the 11th of next month.





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