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Wasn’t climate change protesters tho was it (Catalan separatists?) and it would have been potentially fatal.
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Yes it was independence protestors. We were talking about the stop oil protest at worlds on the way to the start and after we walked round a bit we all said how insanely car and fuel heavy the bike race is. Including the team buses sitting with their engines and generators running at the finish, and 4 helicopters overhead.
Tallboy
I can’t find it but I read an article that essentially argued that the extreme protest for tackling climate change helps bring the more moderate action into the acceptable window.
Personally I’m all for it. I love bike racing but love not dying in a forest fire more, and it isn’t like road cycling has done much to tackle it’s carbon footprint.
And anyway, the intended action wasn’t going to endanger the peloton more than the shite organisation of the last few stages.