Mix of calm and concern as cycling’s Tour heads into riot-hit France FMTNews FMTSports
The Tour heads to France tomorrow with visits to Bayonne, Dax, Pau and Bordeaux during the week.
Rioting across France appeared to be less intense yesterday, but tens of thousands of police have been deployed in cities across the country after the funeral of a teenager of North African descent, whose shooting by police sparked nationwide unrest. A senior source with direct knowledge of the matter said that none of the officers would be pulled out of the race to be redeployed across the country for anti-rioting duty.“We are in constant liaison with the state services and we are following the situation and how it has been evolving,” Prudhomme told reporters on Friday.
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