# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOmNBCrgTxP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34573433-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-14T20:59:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

The final stage of the Vuelta a Espana was abandoned on Sunday because of huge pro-Palestinian protests in Madrid.⁣
Thousands of protestors gathered in the Spanish capital, invading the course where the race was due to pass in the center of Madrid.⁣
On Gran Via, where cyclists were due to pass multiple times, protesters knocked down barriers and marched into the road, some chanting for a boycott of Israel as green and red smoke filled the air.⁣
Near Atocha, Madrid's central train station, police charged demonstrators and fired tear gas, before letting them walk into the road.⁣
Riders, around 56km from the finish of the race, came to a halt before the Vuelta was abandoned.⁣
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said before racing began on Sunday that the protests have filled him with "pride".⁣
#vuelta #spain #bikes #protests

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spain, vuelta, protests, bikes

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