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   From: smharding@verizon.net   
      
   On 9/9/25 11:14 AM, Baxter wrote:   
   > Stephen Harding  wrote in   
   > news:109p29d$uqi8$1@dont-email.me:   
   >   
   >> On 9/8/25 11:15 AM, Baxter wrote:   
   >>> a425couple  wrote in   
   >>> news:w5CvQ.415197$gVwb.85435@fx48.iad:   
   >>>   
   >>>>     ...   
   >>>> A pro-Palestine protester, carrying a flag, ran onto the road from a   
   >>>> wooded area during stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on September 7,   
   >>>> 2025, causing Javier Romo and another rider to crash when they   
   >>>> swerved to avoid him. The protester stumbled but created a dangerous   
   >>>> situation, leading to the fall, though Romo was able to continue the   
   >>>> race. This incident is part of a series of disruptions by   
   >>>> pro-Palestine protesters at the race, including one that caused a   
   >>>> previous crash on stage 10 and another that led to no winner being   
   >>>> declared on stage 11. Details of the Incident   
   >>>> Who:   
   >>>> A pro-Palestine protester ran onto the road.   
   >>>> What:   
   >>>> The protester emerged from a wooded area, stumbled, and created a   
   >>>> situation where riders had to swerve.   
   >>>> When:   
   >>>> The crash occurred during Stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on   
   >>>> September 7, 2025.   
   >>>> Where:   
   >>>> The incident took place near Castroverde during the 167.8 km stage   
   >>>> from A Veiga to Monforte de Lemos.   
   >>>> Outcome:   
   >>>> Javier Romo was the most affected by the fall, although he continued   
   >>>> the race. Another rider, Edward Planckaert, also fell but was able   
   >>>> to continue. Context of Protests at the Vuelta a España   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> So why are we supposed to be hair-on-fire over a bicyle race in a   
   >>> foreign country?  In every one of those cross-country races there   
   >>> occurs some incident where riders take a fall.   
   >>   
   >> Not for political reasons.   
   >>   
   > Hardly the first time politics have been involved.  And the race itself   
   > is political - a counter to the Tour de France.   
      
      
   Is the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Austria, Tour of Switzerland among a host   
   of other bicycle races in Europe, the US and Asia all represent   
   political opposition to the TdF or each other?   
      
   Nonsense!   
      
   There are all sorts of races in this world: running, auto, air, water   
   and bicycle among a host of others.   
      
   Multiple races of a given type don't mean political opposition between   
   races.   
      
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