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Yoann Offredo fined 700 euros after motorist attack

Judges decide to punish both parties with fines, after Offredo was found to be a fault too

In April,Yoann Offredo trained as usual in the valley of the Chevreuse, in France with two friends, Guillaume Judas and Alexis Iserable. The Wanty-Groupe Gobert rider had a an arguement with a driver who had brushed against him and two of his friends.

What happened next was unbelievable, the car stopped the occupants got out and a fight broke out. Offredo suffered a broken nose, deep cuts, broken ribs and hematomas after being hit with a baseball bat and cut with a knife, causing the Wanty-Groupe Gobert rider to be out of action for several weeks.

The police were called and Offredo filed a complaint and pressed charges against the occupants of the car.

However, this week, the court at Evry considered that Yoann Offredo was also at fault. The judges found that Offredo punched the driver and his passenger. For this, a fine of 400 euros suspended and he was ordered to pay 300 euros in damages. 

The driver of the car and the passenger who accompanied him were fined he same amount, 700 euros, which was suspended.

One of the other cyclist's was fined 200 euros suspended. 

The legal case is now closed.

Yoann Offredo fined 700 euros after motorist attack