The tenth stage of the 109th Tour de France was suspended on Tuesday after protesters blocked the road.
The incident happened a good 36 kilometers from the finish in Megève. At that time, the Italian Alberto Bettiol was in front, who had broken away from a large breakaway group with the German professional cyclist Lennard Kämna. The peloton was a good seven minutes behind.
TV pictures showed up to 20 demonstrators on the street detonating pyrotechnics. On Twitter, climate activists took responsibility for the action. The tour organization announced that the stage should continue after the neutralization with the same time intervals. The race resumed about ten minutes later.