It almost became a habit on The return 2025. This Sunday, the 15th stage was marked by a new pro-Palestine protest action which gave rise to a dangerous situation for the runners of this 80th edition. The incident occurred 56 km from the finish, within the river escape which was competed in the victory on the road leading to Monforte de Lemos, where Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) then won. Un demonstrator burst on the road with the flag of Palestine at the time of the passage of the group of counter and was then arrestedcausing the fall of Spanish Javier Romo (Movistar), embarrassed by the policeman trying to intercept the individual. In the evening, the director of Tour of Spain, Javier Guillénfirmly condemned this incident, which follows many others in recent days in a climate of tension around in particular the presence of the team Israel-Premier Techand took the opportunity to deny rumors of a possible cancellation of the 21st stage in Madrid next Sunday.
“The organization of the Vuelta denies the information suggesting a possible cancellation of step 21”
“During the stage of today, a person was arrested after bursting on the road after cyclists. This even forced a civil guard agent to intervene to try to prevent this incident, which caused the fall of Javier Romo“Explained Guillén Regarding the incident. The director general of the race expressed his concern about the consequences of these disturbances: “It is obvious that this type of actions is intolerable; We already see it. They cause physical damage to runners and endanger the safety of cyclists, the public and the person who causes them“.
Guillén called for responsibility: “This can no longer happen again. We recognize everyone's right to demonstrate peacefully during the Vuelta, but we cannot tolerate any intrusion or any action endangering security. All cyclists want is running in absolutely normal conditions“Finally, he thanked the police for their collaboration.”We are making important efforts to ensure the smooth running of the race, and we benefit from the help of the police, which we thank for all the services they provide, exclusively intended for the protection of runners.
In a final written message following these declarations, the organization finally denied rumors of a possible cancellation of the 21st stage in Madrid next Sunday, as mentioned for a moment by The team Faced with the great mobilization announced and the numerous demonstrators expected in the capital. “We also want to specify that the organization of the Vuelta denies the information suggesting a possible cancellation of step 21”.
