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Alasdair Fotheringham

'An enormous lack of respect' - fans standing on cemetery graves to watch Tour de France stage 2 finale sparks indignation

Tour de France stage 2: spectators mass on gravestones close to the finish.

The Tour de France fans who stood on cemetery graves to get a better view of the finale of stage 2 have been criticised by the families whose relatives are buried there.

Dozens of spectators gathered in the cemetery of the village of Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, close to the stage 2 finish at Boulogne-sur-Mer, to get a better view of the race speeding past on an adjacent road.

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