Sports & Politics Intersect: Protestors attempt to detour Tour de France
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“It just seems to be a French cultural thing." - David Brailsford, Team Sky general manager We're mere days away from the conclusion of the 2018 Tour de France, and you better believe the race has been fraught with calamities. Aside from crashes and injSports & Politics Intersect: Protestors attempt to detour Tour de France
“It just seems to be a French cultural thing." - David Brailsford, Team Sky general manager We're mere days away from the conclusion of the 2018 Tour de France, and you better believe the race has been fraught with calamities. Aside from crashes and injuries, the biggest storyline to emerge from the famed race has been the tear gassing of protesting farmers — and inadvertently, the tear gassing of several cyclists — and whether police crossed a line in their approach. The general consensus appears to be yes. That the farmers were protesting itself is not unusual. In fact, demonstrations are considered to be as much part of the Tour de France as the yellow jersey. As the Washington Post notes, the visibility of the race gives would-be demonstrators a big audience. In this case, the farmers were protesting a reduction of funding for farm subsidies by the European Union as a result of Brexit by placing bails of hay on the road. The police's decision to use tear gas did not go over well. At least one journalist Read more