# Cycling-Men’s world championships race interrupted by climate protesters Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2023-08-07 Category: NEWS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news Meta Title: Men's World Championships Road Race Interrupted by Climate Protesters Meta Description: Protesters halted elite men's road race at UCI World Championships, highlighting climate concerns. Organisers neutralised the race as protests were dealt URL: https://financedigest.com/cycling-mens-world-championships-race-interrupted-by-climate-protestershtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/2023-08-06t105123z1lynxmpej7503irtroptp4cycling-world-1736813693322-compressed.jpg) # Cycling-Men’s world championships race interrupted by climate protesters By Martyn Herman GLASGOW (Reuters) -Protesters halted the elite men’s road race at the UCI World Championships for almost an hour on Sunday, stopping the high-calibre peloton in its tracks after 80km. A nine-rider breakaway group, which was seven minutes ahead of the main bunch, was approaching the Crow Road climb on a narrow road on the route from Edinburgh to Glasgow when protesters reportedly glued themselves to the surface. Environmental [group This Is Rigged said on messaging platform](https://www.financedigest.com/italian-fashion-group-otb-joins-lvmh-led-blockchain-platform.html "Italian fashion group OTB joins LVMH-led blockchain platform") X, formerly known as Twitter, that they were responsible for the demonstration. Police Scotland said their Protest Removal Team had arrested five protesters. Organisers the UCI confirmed that the race had been ‘neutralised’ while the incident was dealt with. We are working closely with all relevant authorities to minimise disruption to the [race](https://www.financedigest.com/world-stocks-rally-nikkei-closes-at-33-year-peak.html "World stocks rally, Nikkei closes at 33-year peak") and also to ensure the safety of riders as our paramount concern,” cycling’s world governing body said in a statement. British Cycling is sponsored by [oil company](https://www.financedigest.com/hackers-hit-italian-oil-company-enis-computer-networks.html "Hackers hit Italian oil company Eni’s computer networks") Shell. Television pictures showed UCI president David Lappartient chatting to riders while others took the chance to sit in team cars or take on food and drink. One of the riders in the [lead group](https://www.financedigest.com/bicycle-chain-market-size-and-forecast-2020-2030-with-post-impact-of-covid-19-by-top-leading-players-sram-llc-renold-plc-taya-chain-co-ltd-kmc-group-shimano-inc-tien.html "Bicycle Chain Market Size And Forecast (2020-2030) | With Post Impact Of Covid-19 By Top Leading Players- SRAM LLC., Renold PLC., Taya Chain Co., Ltd., KMC Group, Shimano Inc., Tien") was Britain’s Owain Doull. “I don’t know what the protest was about, presumably it was climate-related, but it’s a cycling world championships and cycling is probably one of the best vehicles to help with that,” Welshman Doull said. “So from my side, no (I don’t agree with it). There’s also the safety element.” The race was eventually allowed to [continue towards](https://www.financedigest.com/seenthis-anz-announces-partnership-with-adform-apac-in-its-continuous-drive-towards-more-carbon-efficient-campaigns.html "SeenThis ANZ announces partnership with Adform APAC in its continuous drive towards more carbon-efficient campaigns") Glasgow at 12.16pm local time, with the leading group starting first in order to preserve their time advantage. “The race had also practised this as a scenario so it was pretty organised, pretty drilled,” Doull said. “Realistically with everything going on there was a fair chance it was going to happen and in fairness to the race organisers there’s not much they can do.” Several sporting events in Britain this year have been targeted by another climate group, Just Stop Oil, with protesters’ targets including the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and the [Ashes cricket](https://www.financedigest.com/cricket-stokes-added-to-englands-ashes-squad.html "Cricket-Stokes added to England’s Ashes squad") test at Lord’s. (Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Alex Richardson, editing by Ed Osmond and Clare Fallon) --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---