A symbolic four-month suspended prison sentence was requested on October 14 against the 31-year-old, prosecuted for "endangering others" and "unintentional injuries".

The judgment, put under advisement, is expected in the early afternoon.

She "spontaneously recognized the facts" as well as "the dangerousness of her behavior" and "presented her regrets", had noted the representative of the public prosecutor Solenn Briand during her requisitions.

"It was really so not voluntary", had whispered at the beginning of the hearing the young woman with the slender figure, presented as fragile but expressing herself with ease.

On June 26, in the town of Sizun (Finistère), 45 km from the finish of the first stage of the Tour, part of Brest, this resident of Finistère brandished a sign while encroaching on the road, her back to the peloton.

Opening hearing of the trial of the young woman who had caused a massive fall of runners during the Tour de France last June, October 14, 2021 in Brest JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER AFP / Archives

"Go opi-omi!"

--papy-mamy in German, her grandmother being of German origin - had she written in large letters on a piece of cardboard to the address of her grandparents, living in Paris and unconditional fans of the Grande Boucle .

Several runners, launched at high speed, could not avoid it.

The German Tony Martin, the first to fall, had involved in his fall many other cyclists.

Several riders had been forced to retire, including the German Jasha Sütterlin (DSM) and the Spaniard Marc Soler (Movistar).

The images of this woman, dressed in a yellow raincoat, wearing a green cap and holding up her sign with a broad smile on her lips before being struck by the peloton, had been around the world, unleashing strong media interest as she could not be found.

A van leaves the Landerneau gendarmerie, where the spectator who had caused a massive fall of Tour de France riders, is in custody on July 1, 2021 in Finistère JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER AFP / Archives

It was only four days after the events that she went to the Landerneau gendarmerie, responsible for the investigation, no longer supporting the media pressure.

She was immediately taken into custody.

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