Fans stand on graves at the Tour de France to see more

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• The Tour de France started last Saturday.
• The tour attracts hundreds of thousands of people to the roadside. To get a place with a view of the peloton, some fans stand on gravestones during stage 2.
• There are also incidents involving smoke bombs during the second race. After the race, the Tour de France wrote on social media: "Don't use smoke bombs."

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The Tour de France has been underway since Saturday and the behavior of some fans on the roadside is already causing a stir. The second stage of the Tour leads to Boulogne-sur-Mer. 8.5 kilometers before the finish, the Peleton passes through the village of Saint-Etienne-au-Mont. A treat from a sporting point of view, but the behavior of certain fans raises questions.

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are the first to cross the highest point a few kilometers before the finish. To get the best view of the spectacle, spectators climb onto gravestones at a roadside cemetery.

The irreverent action is unlikely to have influenced the riders. It was a different story on the Cote du Haut-Pichot climb. Fans set off smoke bombs, although these are forbidden. Smoke bombs were also used on the last climb at the Cote d'Outreau.

Obscured view: fans set off smoke bombs on the roadside of the Tour de France.

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2018 Tour director Christian Prudhomme said (via "focus"): "Smoke bombs have no place in cycling races. We make the Tour riders breathe in a disgusting stench and blind them to boot."

The Tour de France released a statement following the incidents surrounding the smoke bombs. "For your own safety and that of the riders: refrain from using smoke bombs and do not run alongside the riders," writes the organizer on X.

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