Archive · 4 Sep 2025
Pro-Palestine Protest Halts Vuelta Stage 11 Cycling Race
Imagine a bike race where people cycle super fast.
During a race in Spain, some people showed up with flags to support Palestine.
They gathered on the road with banners, and later blocked the finish line.
The race organizers tried to get them to move, but the protest caused problems.
Because of the protest, the race was stopped, and the stage ended without a winner.
This means the cyclists' times were recorded before the finish line, but no one officially won that part of the race.
Pro-Palestine protestors disrupted Stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana.
The race ended without a winner due to the protest.
The protest occurred in Bilbao, Spain, near the finish line.
Protestors displayed banners and waved Palestinian flags.
Organizers decided to record times three kilometers before the finish line.
- Who
- Pro-Palestine protestors and cyclists
- What
- A protest disrupted the Vuelta a Espana Stage 11, leading to no winner being declared.
- When
- September 3
- Where
- Bilbao, Spain, during Vuelta a Espana Stage 11
- Why
- The protestors demonstrated their support for Palestine.
- Event
- Vuelta a Espana Stage 11
- Location
- Bilbao, Spain
- Date
- September 3
- Protest Cause
- Pro-Palestine
- Result
- No winner declared
- Stage Length
- 157.4 kilometers