Man arrested at Tour de France for throwing CRISPS at race leaders Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard
A FAN who threw a bag of crisps at Tour de France riders Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard has been arrested.
In Saturday’s 14th stage, Pogacar widened his lead at the top of the general classification to nearly two minutes ahead of his Danish rival Jonas Vingegaard.
Pogacar faced an unusual obstacle during stage 14 as a shirtless fan in a yellow hat stepped onto the road with 2km of the race remaining.
The fan threw a bag of crisps at the Slovenian rider who was stunned for a moment and then shaked his head as he was cycling at 31km/h.
Then just moments later the fan targeted two-time defending champion Vingegaard with another crisp toss.
Fortunately, the fan was arrested for “aggravated violence”, according to French outlet Le Parisien, as both riders continued with the race.
A witness who spoke to the newspaper said the man was arrested shortly after his stunt, and taken away in a police car.
The official Tour de France account on X shared the footage, stating: “In a world where you can be anything, don’t be this stupid guy.”
Lucky for Pogacar the crisp crisis did not matter as he was able to secure a victory by 39 seconds strengthening his grip on the yellow jersey.
Meanwhile, Vinegaard said after the race: “There was quite a bit of booing and someone was throwing chips, I heard also they threw the chips at Tadej and that’s strange to do.
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“Just stay off the road and don’t boo anyone. I don’t understand why you go to a bike race and boo at people.”
The Professional Cyclists’ Association (CPA) said it would take legal action against the spectator.
CPA president Adam Hansen posted on X: “The CPA will take legal action against this guy with pleasure due to what he did to both Pogacar and Vingegaard.
“This is disrespectful and will not be tolerated.”