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Police accidentally use spray on peloton as farmers' protest halts Tour de France
Yellow jersey Geraint Thomas, team-mate Chris Froome and world champion Peter Sagan were among a number of Tour de France riders affected by a spray used by police to break up a farmers’ protest which caused stage 16 of the race to be stopped.
Farmers rolled large hay bales into the road 29 kilometres into Tuesday’s stage from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon.
Police then used a spray to tackle some of the protesters as the race approached, and it appeared to get into the eyes of a number of riders.
Team Sky’s Thomas was seen wiping his eyes while Sagan used his water bottles to wash his eyes.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/24/tour-de-france-protestors-peloton-farmers
Farmers rolled large hay bales into the road 29 kilometres into Tuesday’s stage from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon.
Police then used a spray to tackle some of the protesters as the race approached, and it appeared to get into the eyes of a number of riders.
Team Sky’s Thomas was seen wiping his eyes while Sagan used his water bottles to wash his eyes.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/24/tour-de-france-protestors-peloton-farmers
That's the guy wearing the yellow jersey for overall leader, the guy in second, and the guy wearing the green jersey (and the inevitable winner of it as long as he finishes the race) for best sprinter, all affected. It doesn't say of Tom Dumoulin, the oterh rider with a realistic chance of winning the yellow jersey, was affected.
