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• Slovakian wins his third 2018 Tour de France stage in Valence
• Flare thrown into peloton despite Tour director’s appeal to fans
• Flare thrown into peloton despite Tour director’s appeal to fans
Christian Prudhomme’s appeal for calm before Friday’s 13th stage fell on deaf ears when a lit flare was lobbed into the peloton a few hours later.
The flare was thrown from the side of the road towards the end of the stage – which was won by Peter Sagan in a sprint finish – and added weight to the warning sounded by the Tour de France director.
Written by Jeremy Whittle in Valence
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/20/peter-sagan-sprints-third-tour-de-france-victory-stage-13 under the title “Peter Sagan wins stage as Prudhomme’s call for Tour calm goes up in smoke”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
