Tour De France Protest 2025. Not quite 30km into the day, stage 16 of the tour de france was halted for 15 minutes after a roadside protest. This time, the main cgt union reported 200,000 demonstrators across france and 50,000 in the capital, while the interior ministry estimated 121,000 total and 18,000 in paris.
Organizer aso had already announced this month that cycling’s premier race would start from the city of lille on july 5, 2025. Fougeres, france (ap) — tour de france riders staged a protest at the start of tuesday’s stage to complain about perceived dangerous racing conditions after a flurry of crashes reignited the issue of road safety.