Snapparazzi cause Tour de France crashes

The Sun reports that Tour de France organisers want a crackdown on fans taking photos with mobile phones after three crashes in the first five days of this year’s race.

... "Sandy Casar's Casar's fall was the result of a collision with a drunken spectator trying to film the action with his mobile phone, according to eurosport reports. "

... "Tour director Christian Prudhomme warned: “There is a new phenomenon which is worrying us — arms stretched over the safety barriers and often at the end of those arms a mobile phone used as a camera".

emily | 2:03 PM | Paparazzi |
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