A 20-year-old who robbed former professional bicycle owner Philippe Gilbert has been handed a six-month suspended sentence and can lose his license for eight months.
The incident occurred only some months into his retirement from the game on February 5 when Gilbert was driving between Manosque and Villeneuve in Provence, France, along with his household, in line with the Dauphiné Libéré.
The opposite driver got here up from behind the Belgian former world champion earlier than aggressively overtaking them. The assailant threatened Gilbert with an air pistol, robbed him after which sped off.
Gilbert had the presence of thoughts to file the driving force’s license plate and movie a few of the incident to assist the authorities establish the person.
In accordance with stories, the perpetrator didn’t seem on the prison proceedings, however Gilbert was capable of establish the attacker, and the air pistol police recovered from the glove field of the suspect’s car.
The accused was lastly 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 driver’s license.
In 2016, Gilbert was assaulted by two intoxicated males whereas on a coaching journey in Belgium, struggling a damaged finger that required surgical procedure, costing him on the Amstel Gold Race that got here 9 days later.