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Spectator who caused Tour de France crash arrested

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 spectator who caused a massive pile-up during the first stage of the Tour de France has been arrested after presenting herself at a police station, a source close to the investigation told Reuters.

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

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