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The 10th stage of the Tour de France was interrupted by protesters who managed to halt the 119-year-old cycling race briefly on Tuesday.
With about 21 miles left to go in the 92-mile-long stage, a small group of climate change activists with the French group Derniere Renovation sat on the roadway and lit pink flares, forcing riders to stop for 12 minutes. The protesters donned T-shirts that read, “989 days left.” According to the group’s website, Derniere Renovation advocates a “campaign of civil resistance that aims to achieve a political victory over energy renovation, through non-violent disruption actions repeated over time.”
“The reality is that the world to which the politicians are sending us is a world in which the Tour de France will no longer be able to exist,” a 32-year-old female protester identified as “Alice” said in a press release posted by the group.
“In this world, we will be busy fighting to feed ourselves and to save our families. Under these conditions we will face mass wars and famines. We must act and enter into civil resistance today to save what remains to be saved,” Alice said.
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French authorities eventually dragged the eco-activists out of the roadway and detained them in the rural Alps section of the legendary race.
Tour officials pledged this year to reduce the event’s pollution and committed “to being an increasingly eco-responsible organization.”
Danish cyclist Magnus Cort finished first in Tuesday’s chaotic stage. The final stage to decide the victor of the tour will take place Sunday, July 24.
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Last month, a Derniere Renovation activist interrupted a French Open tennis match in Paris by tying her neck to the net of the tennis court.
The group did not say whether it plans on protesting more stages of the race.
