A truck of equipment of the Tour de France was burned in the night from Wednesday to Thursday near the course of the 6th stage, in Alsace. The fire occurred at Linthal, in the Haut-Rhin, where the intermediate sprint of the stage was judged, before the rise of the first pass of the day, the Markstein. Various tags, relating to "yellow vests" and the anarchist movement, were found nearby.
Investigation opened by the parquet of Colmar
The intermediate sprint of the 6th stage, which is 160.5 kilometers between Mulhouse and La Planche des Belles Filles, took place under normal conditions and the classification was carried out at Km 29. An investigation was opened by the public prosecutor's office. of Colmar, AFP learned from an official source, confirming the information of France Info.