Protesters interrupt Tour de France again

CAHORS, France: Protesters held up the Tour de France on Friday during its 19th stage run from the Pyrenees to Cahors. The race had been underway for around 30 minutes when a leading group of five escape riders encountered a protest blocking the route.

Organizers decided to stop the race, halting the main peloton when it was a couple of kilometers behind. The protesters were swiftly cleared from the road and the stage was able to continue, with the five front riders being allowed to set off one minute and 20 seconds before the main group.

French environmental campaigners briefly halted the race in the Alps on stage 10 in a protest that went viral. The same woman who had interrupted the French Open tennis tournament in June chained herself by the neck to another protester with the group’s name written at neck level.