Idiotic spectator causes huge crash at Tour de France as fans demand ‘it’s time they start getting prosecuted’

An idiotic fan caused a huge crash in the Tour de France. Now there are calls for more action to be taken against disruptive spectators.

An idiotic fan caused a huge crash in the Tour de France.

The fan can be seen holding out their phone to take a photograph as a pack of cyclists goes past.

Belgium’s Nathan van Hooydonck, who was on the edge of the road, hit the fan’s extended arm.

Nathan van Hooydonck started the pileup after losing his balance at the front of the pack.

This then saw him lose his balance and fall to the floor, proceeding to cause a huge pileup of an estimated 20 riders during the 15th stage of the tour.

A fan can be seen holding out their phone to take a photo as a pack of cyclists goes past.

For goodness sake 🤬

A fan holding their phone out causes a mass pile-up 📱#TDF2023#ITVCyclingpic.twitter.com/xsQEf6XtTe

— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 16, 2023

Watching fans rushed to social media to condemn the fan’s careless attitude to the event.

One furious fan exclaimed: “I swore out loud.”

A second demanded: “It’s about time they started getting prosecuted.”

“When will spectators ever learn?!,” asked a third.

A number of cyclists crashed in the incident.

A fourth typed: “Idiot. Why on earth did they think that it was OK to dangle their arm in the peloton WHILE IT WAS GOING PAST?!”

Meanwhile, a fifth added: “Another idiot so-called cycling fan causes a crash taking a photo.”

Fortunately, every rider who was down in the crash – which even included former Ineos champ Egan Bernal – is now back on their bike and underway.

It comes after another huge crash in yesterday’s stage 14 of the tour, where a number of riders at the back of the peloton were left strewn across the roadside grass following a horrifying pileup.

Fans hoping for some kind of punishment for the fan may be in luck after the fan who caused a huge crash on stage one of the tour in 2021 stood trial after injuring dozens of riders.

This article originally appeared on the The Sun and was reproduced with permission.