“I was busting for a pee – they did me a favour! They picked a really good part of the course, they must have done a recon” Mixed response from riders after climate protesters stop world road race championships for an hour cycling GlasgowScotland2023
While yesterday’s world road race championships belonged to Mathieu van der Poel, as the flying Dutchman overcame a late crash and a busted shoe to etch his name ever deeper into cycling history, much of the discussion in the aftermath of one of the greatest worlds in recent years focused on a protest that took place before the riders had even reached the tricky, rollercoaster streets of Glasgow.
In a statement, one of the protesters, 21-year-old Cat, said: “The fact that Ineos has been allowed to sponsor a team in the race around the Campsie Fells – which were engulfed in wildfires last month – is a disgrace and an insult to the both cycling community and the people of Scotland. British rider Owain Doull, who was in the breakaway that was seven minutes up the road at the time of the protest, and therefore the first to be stopped, said the neutralisation came at an opportune time for him.
He continued: “I think there was a fair chance a protest like this was going to happen. But in fairness to the race organisers, there’s not much you can do. Nielson Powless and George Bennett lean in to watch UCI President David Lappartient’s latest cat video on YouTube
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