US EditionLa Vuelta a España Cuts Thursday's Time Trial in Half for Safety Reasons
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The organization takes the decision "with the aim of providing greater protection to the development of the stage"
The initial route of this Thursday's stage was 27.2 kilometers and will now be 12.2 kilometers.
The organization of the Vuelta a España has announced a cut in the route of the 18th stage counter-clock, which is disputed this Thursday by the streets of Valladolid, and which will go from the 27.2 kilometers initially planned, to only 12,2.The objective is no other than to better control the passage area of the corridors to avoid further incidents with the pro-Palestinian protesters, according to the announcement of the Vuelta in a statement …
La Vuelta a España cuts Thursday's time trial in half for safety reasons
La Vuelta a España continued on Wednesday without major incidents: there weren't many protests, likely because it was a mountainous stage in a less populated area, at the Morredero mountain, in León, a land ravaged by fire last August. The Italian Giulio Pellizzari won the stage, with barely any changed in the General Classification (Jonas Vingegaard still leads with 50 seconds ahead of Joao Almeida). Thursday's stage, however, will be very dif…
The organizers of the Tour of Spain cycling race have decided to significantly shorten Thursday's 27.2 km time trial in Valladolid for safety reasons.
The 18th stage of the Vuelta, a 27.2 km time trial scheduled for Thursday in Valladolid, has finally been reduced by more than half for "security reasons" related to the very important pro-Palestinian demonstrations since the beginning of this 2025 edition.
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