France Tour Armstrong | Spectator killed in cycling’s Tour de France

July 19, 2009 by frankls
Filed under: Sport, Top Stories, US 

George Hincapie, front, upstaged his compatriot and former teammate Lance Armstrong to take second place overall.Spectator killed in cycling’s Tour de France
The death of a spectator overshadowed an intriguing 14th stage of the Tour de France which saw Rinaldo Nocentini desperately cling on to the leader’s yellow jersey in cycling’s premier event.

A woman died after being hit by a police motorcycle on Saturday afternoon in Wittelsheim, a village in Alsace in northeastern France which is 40 kilometers from the start of the race’s leg from Colmar to Besancon.
French police told CNN that two other people were injured and taken to hospital.

Original post Spectator killed in cycling’s Tour de France – CNN.com


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