Bouhanni and Arkéa sue Tour of Turkey for €6.9 million over career-altering crash

Nacer Bouhanni at the 2023 Heistse Pijl
Nacer Bouhanni at the 2023 Heistse Pijl (Image credit: Getty Images)

Retired rider Nacer Bouhanni and his ex-team Arkéa-B&B Hotels are suing the Tour of Turkey for a combined total of €6.9 million in damages after the French sprinter's crash at the 2022 edition of the race.

Bouhanni fractured a vertebra in his neck after getting caught up in a multi-rider crash on stage 2 of the April race when a spectator walking on the road failed to get out of the way of the peloton.

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