Crazy Climate Change Protestors Cause 15-Minute Delay At Tour De France
A 15-minute delay occurred at the Tour de France after a group of crazed climate change protestors blocked off a portion of the trail: halting a large group of cyclists at the 10th stage of the race.
On Tuesday, nine protestors arrived at the Tour for an exhibition highlighting supposed dangers from the climate crisis, which they claim — under current circumstances — will exterminate the planet in "989 days."
The group lit flares that sent colored smoke across the track, obscuring the view of oncoming cyclists, and attempted to glue themselves onto the road. The activists were also reportedly chained together and wore shirts that read, "Only 989 days left to save our future."
According to Politico, one of the protestors delivered a press release encouraging supporters to "act and enter into civil resistance today to save what remains to be saved."
French gendarmes remove environmental protestors from the race route as their protest action temporarily immobilized the pack of riders during the 10th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 148,1 km between Morzine and Megeve, in the French Alps, on July 12, 2022. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
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The protestor, named Alice, said, “The reality is that the world towards which politicians are sending us is a world in which the Tour de France can no longer exist.”
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French authorities intervened at the location — 148,1 km between Morzine and Megeve — and the peloton halted all cyclists in order to remove the activists. The protestors were promptly arrested — some of them were reportedly maced.
The activist group, Derniere Renovation, released a statement on Twitter.
"Our goal is to force legislation to drastically reduce France's emissions, starting with energy reform, the area most likely to bring together social and climate justice today.
"This is our last chance to avoid catastrophic and irreversible consequences: deadly heat, extreme weather events, famines, mass migrations, armed conflicts... and this is for all the next generations of humans."
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