Tour de France 2022: ‘Riders stopping left & right’ – Stage 19 halted as protestors target race again
The Tour de France has again been targeted by protesters — this time on Stage 19. The race was brought to a halt after roughly 30km of the 188.3km ride from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors. Ad/> However, footage of the actual protest was not aired but, the incident was reminiscent of scenes on Stage 10, with red smoke from flares billowing over the peloton as it was brought to a halt.
Paris — RoubaixParis-Roubaix — As it happened — Colbrelli reigns supreme as Hell of the North lives up to billing02/10/2021 AT 21:08 “Now then there's a protest on the road,” began Rob Hatch on commentary. “There is a protest on the road. Here we go.
It is not the first time this has happened at this Tour de France. “Riders are stopping left and right, and, unfortunately for the riders, this is something they've had to account for two or three times in this Tour. “Now the breakaway is being slowed — they must have got past [the protest] before the peloton.” Mas drops out of Stage 19 after returning positive Covid-19 test Thomas says Ineos 'lacked belief’ in him before Tour Tour de France Stage 19 LIVE — Strong breakaway with slender lead after protest halts race A five-man break of Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo), Mikkel Honore (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert), by Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) and Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe) were called to a halt by Tour director Christian Prudhomme.
The race was back up and running in a matter of moments and Dan Lloyd confirmed on commentary that the time gap ahead of the interruption would be reinstated. “The breakaway must have got through it,” added Lloyd. “They are now being stopped and they will be given exactly the same time gap that they had once the main
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