Pro-Palestine demonstrators have ended up winning on this Vuelta… The 11th stage offered a demanding course of 167 kilometers around Bilbao similar to a classic Basque mini, in the heart of the steep hills of the Basque Country. On a route that recalled the 1st stage of Tour de France 2023with the famous Pike viola (2.1km at 9.2%) in justice of the peace within 10 km from the finish, the Visma | Lease a Bike controlled all day and seemed to have ideas behind the head for this very punchy finish … but his plans fell into the water following the decision to The race management to freeze time and stop the race 3 km from the line to avoid a drama, with no winner for this stage! An inevitable decision that follows incidents with many pro-Palestine demonstrators, present by thousands on the finish line in Bilbao and already not far from Force the barriers during a first passage from the runners.
VIDEO – Jonas Vingegaard, red jersey of this Vuelta
? ♂️‼ ️ This is the goal line of stage 11 of #LaVuelta25!
⚠️ There will be no winner and the times will be taken three kilometers from the finish line after a new pro-palestinian protest in Bilbao!
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– Carousel Deportivo (@Carrusel) September 3, 2025
Pidcock and Vingegaard are racing and taking a few seconds
Perhaps the episode of too much in this “soap opera” which permeates the Tour of Spain And has been gaining momentum for several days. Measures will have to be taken to ensure the race and the safety of the runners to Madrid, with as probable only viable solution the withdrawal of the team Israel-Premier Tech From the peloton, the participation of the Israeli training being at the origin of all these events that the organization can no longer ignore …
The race car for Vingegaard and Pidcock. The stage in Bilbao concludes without winner.#LaVuelta25 pic.twitter.com/D6IYShbYih
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If the sporting aspect seems very derisory this Wednesday in view of the situation, some runners still wanted to compete in the race to the end and to the fictitious finish line drawn 3 terminals from that initially planned. In the Pike Alto, Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) notably placed a lightning acceleration that only the red jersey Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike) was able to follow at the top, where 6, 4 and 2 seconds of bonus were allocated to the first three. The two men then collaborated up to the 3 km, where the times were therefore frozen. The duo resumed a few seconds to the favorite group with JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), even if it will be necessary to wait a certain time before having the classification of the day and the new general formalized classification.
Tour of Spain – Classification of the 11th stage
Tour of Spain – Provisional general classification after the 11th stage
