A Tour de France staff member attempts to intercept an individual running at the finish line area as Uno-X Mobility team's Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen (C) cycles ahead of Team Jayco AlUla team's Swiss rider Mauro Schmid (R) to the finish line to win the 11th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 156.8 km starting and finishing in Toulouse, southwestern France, on July 16, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images).
A political protestor was tackled and pushed off the finish line area of stage 11 in Toulouse by a Tour de France staffer just seconds before the two race leaders pushed across the line in a furious sprint.
Most eyes were focused on a breakaway duo of Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) and Mauro Schmid (AlUla-Jayco) as they raced along the far left of Boulevard de Strasbourg, where Abrahamsen narrowly won the finale of the 156.8km stage.
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