Tour de France stage finish infiltrator handed suspended eight-month prison sentence

The man who tried to ride through the finish line of a Tour de France stage minutes before the arrival of the sprinters on stage 17 has been handed an eight-month suspended prison sentence.

AFP confirmed the news on Friday, two days after the infiltrator created a dramatic scene in a rainy Valence, as the man born in 1994 was taken to the ground following attempts by Tour de France organiser ASO and French riot police.