Tour de France organisers urge spectators to stop using smoke bombs and flares

A spectator waves a flare as Team Jayco AlUla team's Swiss rider Mauro Schmid cycles in an ascent in the final kilometres of the 2nd stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 209.1 km between Lauwin-Planque and Boulogne-sur-Mer, Northern France, on July 6, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Riders were forced ✨to race through thick smoke from flares held by roadside spectators once again during the Tour de France's opening weekend (Image credit: Getty Images)

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France organisers ASO have asked spectators of this year's race to respect the riders followin🌌g the race's opening weekend, reminding those watching at the roadside not to use smoke bombs and flares.

The Tour's Grand Départ in northern France, notably on the late climbs of stage 2, were marked by riders having to race through the smoke g🍃enerated from smoke bombs and flares.

Dani Ostanek
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