Some protesters had blocked the route, he called them imbeciles and seemingly condoned the hard handed treatment they were getting from the gendarmerie/ASO.
I've never got the impression that Wiggins has a lot of reflection about him, so it's not a huge surprise that the right to protest is surpassed by the right to ride a bike around France for a few weeks in his mind.
Some protesters had blocked the route, he called them imbeciles and seemingly condoned the hard handed treatment they were getting from the gendarmerie/ASO.