Spectator who invaded the stage 17 finale gets suspended prison sentence
The spectator-cum-prankster who invaded the finishing straight on stage 17 just before Jonathan Milan led home the reduced sprint has been handed a €500 fine and an eight-month suspended prison sentence.
The man, whose Decathlon-AG2R fan t-shirt was printed with his Instagram handle 'sosogalerian17' – where he's posted previous sport invasion antics – spent 36 hours in police custody after clambering over the barriers with his bike a few hundred metres from the finish line in a rain-soaked Valence. He was swiftly brought to hand by ASO employees and apprehended by police.
His exact motivations for doing so remain unclear. [Wielerflits]
