Tour de France Halted as Riders Are Accidentally Tear-Gassed by Police During Protests
Photo: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Tour de France riders were faced with an unexpected — and painful — obstacle on Tuesday when they were hit with pepper spray, which caused the iconic race to come to a halt. The incident caused a 15-minute delay to the iconic race, and photographs show riders wiping away tears, rubbing their noses and placing drops into their eyes. “With the headwind, the gas came back to the peloton,” French rider Pierre Latour told the AP....