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Toronto Star
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Toronto Star
Pro-Palestinian protester takes issue with Israeli team at Tour de France
TOULOUSE, France (AP) — A man protesting the participation of an Israel-based team in the Tour de France ran onto the course as the leaders raced for the finish line on Wednesday. Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen won the 11th stage in a photo finish just ahead of Swiss rider Mauro Schmid, but their final sprint was accompanied by a man running alongside who wore a T-shirt saying, 'Israel out of the Tour,' and who waved a keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf that has become a potent symbol of the Palestinian cause.
Newsweek
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Newsweek
How to Watch Tour de France 2025 Stage 12: Live Stream Cycling, TV Channel
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The 2025 Tour de France continues on Thursday as Stage 12 returns to the grueling terrain of the mountains, serving as the second of six scheduled mountain stages in this year's race. Set against the stunning backdrop of the French Alps, Stage 12 is expected to separate the contenders from the pretenders. Stage winner Jonas Abrahamsen of Norway and Team Uno-X Mobility and Mauro Schmid of Switzerland and Team Jayco AlUla sprint at finish line during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 11 a 156.8km stage... Stage winner Jonas Abrahamsen of Norway and Team Uno-X Mobility and Mauro Schmid of Switzerland and Team Jayco AlUla sprint at finish line during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 11 a 156.8km stage from Toulouse to Toulouse / #UCIWT / on July 16, 2025 in Toulouse, France. More Photo byHow to Watch Tour de France 2025 Stage 12 When: Thursday, July 17, 2025 Time: 6:30 AM ET Where: Auch, France Live Stream: Peacock (STREAM LIVE) As Stage 12 gets underway, fans can expect several categorized climbs, including at least one Category 1 ascent that could ignite breakaways or GC attacks. Riders like Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel, and Ben Healy will need to dig deep once again. The real intrigue may come from the second tier of GC hopefuls looking to claw back time lost earlier in the Tour. Expect some action from the likes of Richard Carapaz, David Gaudu, and possibly a bold move from Thymen Arensman, who's been lurking just outside the podium positions. Fans can catch all the action live on NBC and stream it via Peacock, which has exclusive coverage of every stage from start to finish. Live stream Tour de France 2025 Stage 12 on Peacock: Start your subscription now! Regional restrictions may apply. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
The Guardian
a day ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Tour de France 2025: Abrahamsen wins fast and furious stage 11 as Pogacar falls in Toulouse
Update: Date: 2025-07-16T17:00:11.000Z Title: Stage 11 race report: Content: Chaos reigned on stage 11 as Tadej Pogacar crashed and an anti-Israel protester ran on to the final straight. Jonas Abrahamsen claimed the stage win ahead of Mauro Schmid Amy Sedghi Wed 16 Jul 2025 17.58 BST First published on Wed 16 Jul 2025 11.30 BST 5.58pm BST 17:58 What a day! 4.56pm BST 16:56 Such a dramatic end to a speedy and tense stage. It had breakaways, attacks, big names and chaotic scenes. Of stage 11, Ben Healy said: 'I think I've lost a few years of my life on that stage.' That probably sums up how the peloton found today's unrelenting stage. For today's winner though, it was a dream come true, with Jonas Abrahamsen having broken his collarbone only four weeks ago and not even knowing whether he would make the Tour or not. Now, he has an epic stage win under his belt. Kudos to Mauro Schmid who spent much of the day in the breakaway and was pipped on the finish line, and hopefully Tadej Pogačar isn't feeling too sore after his crash at the end of today's stage. As always, thank you so much for reading the blog and for all your messages. Apologies if I didn't get round to answering your TdF questions. I'll try to get to them when I'm next on the Tour blog on Friday, so come join me then. Tomorrow, tune in for another Guardian Tour de France blog from my sports colleagues. Updated at 5.09pm BST 4.48pm BST 16:48 Here are the pictures from today's podium in Toulouse: 4.39pm BST 16:39 Jonas Abrahamsen of Uno-X Mobility has spoken to reporters after winning stage 11. The Norwegian rider said: I broke my collarbone four weeks ago at the Baloise Belgium Tour and I cried in the hospital thinking I wouldn't make the Tour. The next day, Abrahamsen was on the turbo trainer. Asked what was going through his mind, Abrahamsen answered: I was thinking 'I have to win this stage, I have to win this stage' … It was my dream to win a stage of the Tour de France. Abrahamsen added: I know I have a pretty good sprint and we had been out for a long time, so I had to be smart and not go over the limit. We were working so hard to get the gap all day so it's great to get the vcitory. I'm so, so happy. Seperately, one of Abrahamsen's team in the Uno-X Mobility car screamed in joy and said 'its a new level of emotion wining a stage of the Tour'. Updated at 4.40pm BST 4.31pm BST 16:31 Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), 27pts Ben Healy (EF Education-Easypost), 16pts Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), 11pts Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates XRG), 8pts Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers), 8pts 4.29pm BST 16:29 Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), 231pts Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG), 163pts Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), 156pts Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), 154pts Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), 150pts Updated at 4.29pm BST 4.27pm BST 16:27 As mentioned previously, there was someone on the course as the leaders headed towards the finish line. You can see in the below image that it was a protester wearing a T-shirt with the message 'Israel out of the Tour' that ran on to the final strait, before being restrained by security. 4.20pm BST 16:20 Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) 41hrs 1mins 13secs Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG), +29secs Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), +1min 29secs Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), +1min 46secs Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), +2mins 6secs Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), +2min 26secs Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNL), +3mins 24secs Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +3mins 34secs Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +3mins 41secs Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), +5mins 3secs 4.14pm BST 16:14 1. Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) 2. Mauro Schmid (Jayco Alula) 3. Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), +7secs 4. Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Caps), +53secs 5. Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), +53secs 4.11pm BST 16:11 The GC group have crossed the line. They finish with a gap of 3mins 28secs. Tadej Pogačar is there and he thanks the others for waiting for him. Ben Healy keeps the yellow jersey for another day! Updated at 5.03pm BST 4.08pm BST 16:08 Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-Alula) sprint for line but Abrahamsen gets there first. Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) wasn't able to catch them. There was a member of the public on that final finish straight but they were tackled into the barriers by one of the race organisers. What drama! Updated at 4.18pm BST 4.06pm BST 16:06 1.5km to go: Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-Alula) have to work together to stay away from Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) before they can think about racing each other. Updated at 5.04pm BST 4.04pm BST 16:04 3km to go: The other riders are sitting up and allowing Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) to get back. Van der Poel is powering towards Abrahamsen and Schmid – he's got the gap down to below 10secs. 4.02pm BST 16:02 4km to go: Tadej Pogačar crashes. He's OK but could lose time as he's outside the safe zone. He's back on his bike and trying to get towed back. Updated at 5.04pm BST 4.01pm BST 16:01 5km to go: With 5km to go, Van der Poel is shrinking the gap between him and Abrahamsen and Schmid. They only have a 14sec gap now. 4.00pm BST 16:00 6km to go: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) attacks! Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) follow. It's chaos out there. 3.59pm BST 15:59 7km to go: Now the peloton are climbing. Kévin Vauquelin attacks and Ben Healy tries to follow. Van der Poel is 24secs behind the breakaway. 3.56pm BST 15:56 9km to go: The crowds lining this climb are amazing. Such big groups of spectators, what we love to see on the climbs. Burgaudeau drops Simmons and Wright. Van der Poel overtakes and attacks. He's off and away! Updated at 5.02pm BST 3.54pm BST 15:54 10km to go: Abrahamsen and Schmid start the final climb of today – it's the category three Côte de Pech David (8oom at 12.4%). Updated at 3.54pm BST 3.53pm BST 15:53 12.7km to go: So there's been a lot of change in the last few minutes. Abrahamsen and Schmid attacked and are 19 secs ahead of a chasing group that now consists of Simmons, Wright and Burgaudeau. Then trailing behind them are: Van der Poel, Van Aert, Laurance, De Lie and Ballerini. 3.49pm BST 15:49 14km to go: It's all coming apart for the breakaway! Ballerini is dropped and caught by the chasers. Abrahamsen leads the way to the summit and Schmid is on his wheel. Wright gets distanced. 3.48pm BST 15:48 15km to go: The breakaway are on the penultimate climb of the day: Côte de Vieille-Toulouse (1.3km at 6.8%). The chasing group follow and Quinn Simmons attacks! He gets away from Van der Poel. 3.46pm BST 15:46 Paul asks: I'm interested to know how many of the new yellow cards have been handed out so far in the Tour- and to who and for what reason ? The UCI lists all the yellow cards issued and you can filter by competition here. According to the UCI's data, there have been seven sanctions in the Tour de France 2025 so far (four for riders and three for team members). It lists them as: Davide Ballerini (XDS Astana) on stage three. Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) on stage three. Edward Theuns (Lidl-Trek) on stage three. Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) on stage three. Eric Vanderaerden (Alpecin-Deceuninck) on stage 10. Pablo Ordorica Martínez (Movistar) on stage 10. Iván Velasco Murillo (Movistar) on stage 10. The reason given for the riders' sanctions on stage three is: Deviation from the chosen line that obstructs or endangers another rider or irregular sprint (including pulling the jersey or saddle of another rider, intimidation or threat, blow from the head, knee, elbow, shoulder, hand, etc.). And the reason for the team members' sanctions on stage 10 is: Non-compliance with the article 2.3.025 by a team assistant during feeding. 3.41pm BST 15:41 20km to go: Ineos Grenadiers' Axel Laurence directeur sportif has radioed him to say that the winner of today's stage will come from the group of five chasing. What do you think? Will the break stay away? Or no chance? 3.33pm BST 15:33 28km to go: That chasing group of Van der Poel, Van Aert, Simmons, Laurance and De Lie managed to get the time between them and the breakaway to less than 20secs but it's oscillating. The breakaway are speeding downhill. EF Education-EasyPost cover the front of the peloton, with yellow jersey leader Ben Healy safely tucked between them. 3.26pm BST 15:26 32km to go: Jonathan Milan, Tim Merlier and Lenny Martinez are part of a 50-man group dropped from the bunch. They're about 1min 15secs behind the peloton. At the other end of the race, the Van der Poel group is 27secs behind the breakaway. 3.22pm BST 15:22 Here's how it's looking out there on stage 11: Updated at 3.22pm BST 3.17pm BST 15:17 38km to go: Wright takes another KOM point at the summit of the Côte de Corronsac. The chasers come through 25secs behind and the peloton are 2mins 30sec behind the break. Updated at 3.23pm BST 3.14pm BST 15:14 40km to go: The riders are about to go uphill again. In a few hundred metres, there's the Côte de Corronsac (900m at 6.7%). Fred Wright is looking strong heading towards the summit. 3.10pm BST 15:10 45km to go: The breakaway have just reached the summit of the category four Côte de Montgiscard (1,7km at 5.3%). Fred Wright is first and takes the single KOM point. The chasing group has brought the gap down to 25secs. It's a strong group of five riders: Mathieu Van der Poel, Quinn Simmons, Axel Laurance, Wout Van Aert and Arnaud De Lie. 3.05pm BST 15:05 Joe has got in touch and has a message for Huw (see 2.22pm BST): If I were Huw and had a decent data plan on my phone, I would disconnect it from the work wifi, and stream the race on my phone. Bypass that work network, and you're golden. 3.01pm BST 15:01 48km to go: The group of five (Wright, Schmid, Ballerini, Burgaudeau and Abrahamsen) have stretched their lead to 2min 25secs. The chasing group with Van der Poel in it is about 30secs behind the leaders. Updated at 5.03pm BST 2.55pm BST 14:55 Mark has messaged in and shared a lovely memory. He says: For my son's golden birthday (he turned 14 on Bastille Day 2013) we followed the tour on its 100th anniversary year. Remains our favourite holiday. . . I am hoping to one day cover the Tour Femmes. Sounds like wonderful memories! Yes, the Tour de France Femmes is worth going to watch. I was lucky enough to go one year and follow along in a team car for journalistic purposes. 2.52pm BST 14:52 57km to go: Abrahamsen crossed the line first on the intermediate sprint, followed by Ballerini and Schmid. Results of the intermediate sprint 1. Abrahamsen, 20pts 2. Ballerini, 17pts 3. Schmid, 15pts 4. Wright, 13pts 5. Burgaudeau, 11pts ... +50secs 6. Simmons, 10pts 7. De Lie, 9pts 8. Van der Poel, 8pts 9. Van Aert, 7pts 10. Laurance, 6pts ... +1min 20secs 11. Oliveira, 5pts ... +2min 32secs 12. Milan, 4pts 13. Girmay, 3pts 14. Consonni, 2 ts 15. Turgis, 1pt 2.46pm BST 14:46 61km to go: Wright, Schmid, Ballerini, Burgaudeau and Abrahamsen are just 1km away from the intermediate sprint. Van der Poel, Van Aert, De Lie, Simmons and Laurance follow 45secs behind. 2.44pm BST 14:44 Poor Huw, he says he's not able to stream live TV coverage at work any more. Very unjust. He emailed in to say: My work have put on web filtering so I can't access the live stream any more, unfortunately. Guardian live updates, enjoying the stage in an what feels like an old school manner to my millennial eyes. Why the hell was Milan attacking early ?! It was a bit of a strange move but I think Jonathan Milan had been told by his team to be at the front and keep an eye on any moves. It was quite a tense start so I think no one wanted to be left behind early. 2.39pm BST 14:39 68km to go: Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), along with Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Alula) and Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Caps), have joined the chasing trio. Behind them, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) make a move, with Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) following. Don't worry, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) is there and the chasing group swells to 15 riders. If they could all calm down, I might just get a second to have a bite of my lunch. 2.33pm BST 14:33 75km to go: Mark Renshaw has radioed his team to say 'there's no rules any more in cycling' – it's in relation to the attack I mentioned earlier while some riders were taking a comfort break. Groupama-FDJ's Quentin Pacher and Clément Russo are joined by Alpecin-Deceuninck's Gianni Vermeersch in the chase to the breakaway. Behind Pacher, Russo and Vermeersch is a group of 19 riders including Wout Van Aert. Tim has emailed in and is very happy to see Fred Wright in the breakaway. He says: 'GO FRED!!!!!!' 2.24pm BST 14:24 80km to go: Quentin Pacher and Clément Russo (Groupama-FDJ) have attacked. The commentators on TNT Sports are discussing how some of the riders in the peloton were stopped on the side of the road for a comfort break when it happened. They add that it's also difficult to know what's going on across the peloton so they don't know whether it was intentional or not.
Fox Sports
a day ago
- Politics
- Fox Sports
Pro-Palestinian protester takes issue with Israeli team at Tour de France
Associated Press TOULOUSE, France (AP) — A man protesting the participation of an Israel-based team in the Tour de France ran onto the course as the leaders raced for the finish line on Wednesday. Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen won the 11th stage in a photo finish just ahead of Swiss rider Mauro Schmid, but their final sprint was accompanied by a man running alongside who wore a T-shirt saying, 'Israel out of the Tour,' and who waved a keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf that has become a potent symbol of the Palestinian cause. A security guard ran out to apprehend the man. The Israel-Premier Tech team is racing at this year's Tour with eight team members from other countries. The team acquired the right to enter the Tour de France in 2020 when Israel Start-Up National took over Katusha's WorldTour license and has since claimed three stage victories, though none yet in this year's race. Team members previously faced protests because of the team's association with Israel, which has killed more than 58,000 Palestinians in 21 months of war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The war was sparked by the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people on Oct. 7, 2023. Israel and Hamas are considering a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal that could pause the war. ___ AP sports: recommended Item 1 of 3
San Francisco Chronicle
a day ago
- Politics
- San Francisco Chronicle
Pro-Palestinian protester takes issue with Israeli team at Tour de France
TOULOUSE, France (AP) — A man protesting the participation of an Israel-based team in the Tour de France ran onto the course as the leaders raced for the finish line on Wednesday. Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen won the 11th stage in a photo finish just ahead of Swiss rider Mauro Schmid, but their final sprint was accompanied by a man running alongside who wore a T-shirt saying, 'Israel out of the Tour,' and who waved a keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf that has become a potent symbol of the Palestinian cause. A security guard ran out to apprehend the man. The Israel-Premier Tech team is racing at this year's Tour with eight team members from other countries. The team acquired the right to enter the Tour de France in 2020 when Israel Start-Up National took over Katusha's WorldTour license and has since claimed three stage victories, though none yet in this year's race. Team members previously faced protests because of the team's association with Israel, which has killed more than 58,000 Palestinians in 21 months of war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The war was sparked by the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people on Oct. 7, 2023.
