The race ended 3km before the true finish line due to large number of protesters in Bilbao.
La Vuelta a España has become a hive for pro Palestine support. Spectators with Palestinian flags are ubiquitous at every stage, to complain about the participance of an Israeli team, Israel-Premier Tech, which is funded by a wealthy Israeli businessman and self-proclaimed „ambassador“, with continuos clompains of „sportswashing“.
The protests, which are coordinated by the platform for the Sports Boycott of Israel, are asked to be pacifists, but nevertheless have caused an abrupt end to stage 11 of La Vuelta, which has ended without a winner. Instead, La Vuelta took times for all cyclists at a 3km line before the finish line, and then the riders were diverted to a different route where they quickly entered into their buses.
