A 20-year-old who robbed former professional bicycle owner Philippe Gilbert has been passed a six-month suspended sentence and can lose his license for 8 months.
The incident took place only some months into his retirement from the game on February 5 when Gilbert used to be riding between Manosque and Villeneuve in Provence, France, along with his circle of relatives, consistent with the Dauphiné Libéré.
The opposite motive force got here up from in the back of the Belgian former global champion prior to aggressively overtaking them. The assailant threatened Gilbert with an air pistol, robbed him after which sped off.
Gilbert had the presence of thoughts to report the motive force’s registration code and movie one of the incident to lend a hand the government determine the person.
In keeping with studies, the wrongdoer didn’t seem on the felony court cases, however Gilbert used to be in a position to spot the attacker, and the air pistol police recovered from the glove field of the suspect’s car.
The accused used to be in any case sentenced this week to 6 months in jail together with a five-year suspended sentence, a ban on possessing a weapon, and an eight-month suspension of his motive force’s license.
In 2016, Gilbert used to be assaulted via two intoxicated males whilst on a coaching journey in Belgium, struggling a damaged finger that required surgical operation, costing him on the Amstel Gold Race that got here 9 days later.