The 10th stage of the Tour de France was halted for 10 minutes on Tuesday after half a dozen climate activists tried to stop riders on the road before being pulled out by police and a senior organisers' official.
The activists, one of them wearing a t-shirt saying "We have 989 days left", sat on the road some 36 kilometres from the finish in Megeve, a Reuters witness said.
The activists were pulled off the road by police, helped by Tour organisers' Amaury Sport Organisation general director Yann Le Moenner.ASO declined to comment on that specific incident when contacted by Reuters.Stage leader Alberto Bettiol rode through a cloud of pink from a flare before being asked by a race official to get off his bike just before organisers said the stage had been stopped.
"At first I saw some smoke and I thought it's not very smart because it's forbidden but then there was more and I thought the worst had happened, like someone, a kid, had been run over by a car. "It's a bit disappointing because there are other ways to protest. I hope they will be punished in proportion to their stupidity."
American Quinn Simmons said: "It's a bit of a shame. You would think that with so many police at a bike race they'd be able to keep the course clear for us.Simmons was suspended for six weeks by his Trek Segafredo team in 2020 after posting controversial comments in response to a tweet about former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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