During the 2025 edition of La Vuelta a España, multiple stages were disrupted by protestors protesting Israel's actions in the Israel-Hamas conflict and the participation of the Israel-Premier Tech team in the race. The UCI issued a statement after the race condemning the protests and criticizing the Spanish government's handling of the situation, while the Spanish government called for the Israel-Premier Tech team to be sanctioned and affirmed the rights of its citizens to protest. This is potentially an ongoing situation with no clear resolution as of yet, so I created this market to track some of the possible ways this situation could develop over the next year.
For the purposes of this market:
- A WorldTour race is any race classified by the UCI as 1.UWT, 1.WWT, or any stage of a race classified as 2.UWT or 2.WWT, or any race of the UCI Road World Championship.
- For a race to be disrupted, either the stage's route must be modified or shortened as a direct result of the protests, or at least one rider must be injured as a direct result of the actions of the protestors. As far as I am aware, this definition would include Stages 11, 15, 16, 18, and 21 of this year's Vuelta.
This market will close after the 2026 UCI cycling season, and all events that have not occurred at that time will resolve NO.
Feel free to ask any clarifying questions or add answers of your own.
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