Riders threaten to quit Vuelta if more pro-Palestine protests disrupt race
Vuelta a España riders voted to neutralise Wednesday’s stage 17 if protests disrupt the stage rather than race to an “undefined finish line”, which has been a feature in stages disrupted by pro-Palestine supporters. They could even quit the race, a riders’ union (CPA) senior official said.
After a group of protesters holding Palestinian flags stopped the Israel-Premier Tech team in the stage five team time trial, more stages – including stage 16 – ended before the scheduled finish due to protests.
Tuesday’s stage 16 ended eight kilometres before the scheduled finish at Castro de Herville after a large group of protesters, waving Palestinian flags, blocked the road on the ascent to the line.
“The riders voted by a majority to stop in case of a new problem. They will then decide whether to continue or to end the event,” the CPA’s vice-president, Pascal Chanteur, said.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/10/riders-threaten-to-quit-vuelta-if-more-pro-palestine-protests-disrupt-cycling-race
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Please explain how ruining a premiere international cycling event helps save babies in Gaza?
All it does is alienate people.
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Netanyahu is an absolute fucking monster who is reducing Palestine to rubble and getting away with it. In a just world, the United States and allies would be showing him what we used to do to terrorists. Putin too. I will never wrap my head around how people are going complicit with Netanyahu's genocide. He is a war criminal, and deserves to be treated as such. 
