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Tour de France drops lawsuit against fan who caused crash

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 3 - Lorient to Pontivy - France - June 28, 2021. Lotto–Soudal's Caleb Ewan and Bora–Hansgrohe's Peter Sagan crash. [REUTERS/Christophe Ena]

The Tour de France has withdrawn a lawsuit against a spectator who caused a massive pile-up during the first stage of the race, organisers told Reuters on Thursday.

The spectator, a 30-year-old French woman, was in custody at a police station in Landerneau, Brittany, the northwest French region where the world's biggest cycling event held its first four stages.

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