A spectator at last year’s Tour Cycliste Antenne Réunion who caused a crash at the sprint finish when he dragged the finish line barriers across the road as the riders were sprinting for the win has been sentenced to prison for ten months according to Francetvinfo.fr.
Bernard Boyer, the father of cyclist Jonathan Boyer, said that he was angry after his son crashed and the race was not neutralised.
Several cyclists were injured as a result of Boyer’s actions including South African rider Bradley Potgieter who broke his collarbone. In addition, one child who was spectating, was reported to have had his finger severed.
“I did not want to hurt anybody and I apologise for that, and I told the riders who fell and their loved ones,” Boyer told the Journal de l’Île.
“When I saw my son in this state, with blood coming out of my mouth and nose, I was very angry. Not to stop the race meant that the riders were going to be in full sprint at the place where he was being taken care of. I wanted to protect him from the danger. The only solution I found was to pull that barrier. But it was to divert the riders, not to make them fall,” he claimed.
Boyer has ten days to appeal his sentence.
Comportement scandaleux d'un spectateur qui provoque la chute de coureurs avec les barrières de sécurité ! #TCAR pic.twitter.com/u8umFpvABb
— Antoine Forestier (@a_forestier) September 4, 2016
Selfish idiot.
Good!
Asshat.
Proper order
Wow, in the US you don’t get that much jail time for killing cyclists. I guess if you interfere with an important race in France. You’ll Pay!
Too bad he isn’t gonna face an assault charge or something to that nature.
What a POS liar! I hope the cylist who were injured all file civil suits against him.
Kevin Georgy Cooney
Lekker man – send the idiot to jail.We need to start taking the fight back for all cyclists whether recreational or sporty cyclist.We fight for our place on the roads !!.
You need to read the whole story.
In Australia you can run a cyclist over from behind and kill him or her and you don’t get jail time!
That’s why Australia is Australia…
Sounds like the US
And Canada
What a TOOL!
Good
That is crazy.