“It’s a shame that this happened again,” said Vingegaard. “Everyone has the right to protest, but it is a shame that it should happen here and in this way and that we cannot finish the ride. This should not happen. The team worked well today and I would have liked to have rewarded their work in the final of the game. It is a shame that the Spanish cycling fans have not seen an exciting final.”
EGAN BERNAL
The stage victory went to the Colombian Egan Bernal, who beat his fellow refugee Mikel Landa in a sprint 8 kilometers before the intended finish. The eleventh stage was neutralized 3 kilometers before the finish after pro-Palestinian protests. The Vuelta has to deal with protests against the constant attacks of the Israeli army in Gaza almost daily, with tens of thousands of deaths. In the fifth stage, the team of Israel Premier Tech was blocked during a team time trial. The team is being monitored and adjusted the outfit on which the word Israel is now missing.
Egan Bernal has booked the first international victory since horror crash in by pro-Palestinian protests, Vuelta ride deceased
Team boss Richard Plugge from Visma – Lease A Bike is no longer calling for demonstrators on the Vuelta. “As long as the competition organizers and the UCI allow the Vuelta, I assume that they can also guarantee that this will happen to complete safety. But this is already the second time they have to come back to it during the competition and that has an influence on the price trend. I want to call for our riders and the course at the same time I drug it at the same time I drove at the same time I drove at the same time. To run, so that we can all enjoy an exciting battle in the last week of the Vuelta. ”
Vuelta wants to go to Madrid
The organization of the Vuelta hopes despite everything that the stage race through Spain ends on Sunday as planned in Madrid. “Of course it is terrible what happens in Palestine and we all want peace to come. But we also want to defend our sport,” said Javier Guillen, director of the Tour of Spain at a press conference. “You can’t keep hindering the cyclists. Out of respect for the riders, the public and our sport: just let us cycle. We don’t ask more.”
“The most important message I want to give is that we will continue with this Vuelta,” said Guillen. “We will start again on Wednesday and our intention is to reach the finish in Madrid on Sunday. That is not a question of discussion. We already have a lot of help from the police. But we are not cycling in a stadium. Our course is miles long. Unfortunately you cannot stop everything.”