Thibaut Simon, Media365, published on Wednesday July 16, 2025 at 6:39 p.m.
While Jonas Abrahamsen and Mauro Schmid competed for the final victory, a demonstrator burst into the runners.
If the public had their eyes riveted on the two men at the top of the race, launched in an intense sprint, he could also see a protester interfere near the finish line. Bearing a t-shirt with the mention “Israel Out of the Tour” (Israel out of the Tour), the individual ran out with Keffieh in hand while Schmid and Abrahamsen passed the finish line at the same time. Stéphane BOURY, general commissioner responsible for arrivals intervened quickly to neutralize the demonstrator and to place him on the protective barrier. According to the latest information from Parisianthe individual shouted “Israel on the Tour, the Tour made himself an accomplice” at the time of his act. He was arrested by the police and placed in a van.
Other planned events
As a reminder, the Israel-Prime Tech training is present on this 2025 Tour de France with Michael Woods as a leader and the French Mathis Louvel. However, no runner of Israeli origin is part of the team. The training was founded in 2014 by the initiative of an Israeli businessman (Ron Baron) and the former cyclist Ran Margaliot. Israel-Prime Tech obtained his UCI World Tour license in 2020. Chris Froome is notably part of this team, he who won the Grande Boucle four times (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017). According to Reutersseveral events of this type are planned during this Tour de France 2025.