I know the rider couldn’t swerve out the way but at the same time I can understand why the woman might not have been aware the bikes were coming. It was reckless but not sure she’s deserved the witch hunt tbh.
Um, OK….given we now understand the lady was a local it’s even harder to believe she won’t have had at least some insight into how it all works, on the day, but we are and there she is.
As for a “witch-hunt”, well if your actions, seen live on TV,mean a pro-tour team lose the services of one of their core employees for several weeks or months you can at the very least expect questions to be asked..(and I’m not even going guess at the cost of that accident in terms of bikes and components ).
FWIW were certainly rumours (French media) that if the Tour organisers didn’t take action then individual teams might decide to pursue this independently.
Personally I kind of hope the s**storm and publicity that has surrounded all this will be enough to get the message across and the spectator doesn’t take a hammering in the courts, but the French legal system being what it is I wouldn’t bet against a fairly substantial penalty being handed out.