Protests over China's crackdown on Tibet forced organisers in Paris to put the Olympic torch on a bus on Monday to protect it from demonstrators.
A police source said the torch was placed aboard a bus shortly after setting off from the Eiffel Tower.
A member of the French Greens party had earlier been restrained by police when trying to grab the torch from the first of 80 torch bearers, former world 400 metres hurdles champion Stephane Diagana.
Escorted by security, Diagana was wearing a badge reading "For a better world", an initiative decided by the athletes' commission of the French Olympic committee.
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