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Simone Giuliani

'Do everything possible to secure the event' – Visma-Lease a Bike call on Vuelta a España to act and public not to interfere

Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags and shout as the peloton rides by in Poio at the start of the 16th stage of the Vuelta a Espana, a 172 km race between Poio and Castro de Herville, on September 9, 2025. (Photo by Miguel RIOPA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images).

After stage 16 of the Vuelta a España was shortened due to protests, Visma-Lease a Bike CEO Richard Plugge has called on the race organisers to 'do everything possible' to secure the race as it heads towards its final days,

Race leader and Visma-Lease a Bike team leader Jonas Vingegaard said it was 'a shame that it has to happen here and in this way and that we can’t finish the race."

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