The NFL might want to send its scouts over to Europe, because a security guard working the Tour de France bicycle race Wednesday showed that he would make an excellent middle linebacker when he absolutely flattened a protester who tried to disrupt the famed event.
The anti-Israel protester, waving the required keffiyeh and wearing a shirt that said “Israel out of the Tour,” apparently slipped through the barricades and onto the course, endangering the racers and potentially affecting the outcome. Some sources are writing that the agitator was a woman, but frankly, it’s hard to tell because he/she looked somewhere in the middle.
The security guard got into a crouch stance and patiently waited, and then… boom, the protester “found out”:
The quick-thinking guard not only stopped the protester in his tracks, but he then chucked him over a wall like a ragdoll.
The guard wrapped up the protester and shoved him against the wall separating the track from the viewing area, eventually tossing him over the wall, onto the ground and into a jam-packed crowd of fans.
The shocking scene took place just 25 meters from the finish line as Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen edged out Switzerland’s Mauro Schmid for victory in the 11th stage of the three-week race.
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The protester was evidently angry that Israel dared to have a biking team, but in a lovely bit of irony, they weren’t even there:
The protest was presumably directed at the Israel Premier-Tech team, which is registered in Israel, although it does not feature any Israeli bikers at this year’s event.
In April, pro-Palestinian movement Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions dubbed Israel Premier-Tech “Team Genocide,” and called for “peaceful protests.”
“We call for more peaceful protests than ever along the routes of cycling races where Team Genocide is participating, including the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España,” the organization wrote. “Let’s make sure the road is closed to genocide perpetrators.”
Here’s the problem with what happens at many of these protests and with what this guy did: it wasn’t "peaceful" at all. To run into a group of highly competitive cyclists who can reach speeds up to 50 mph is inherently aggressive and dangerous—and not just to the bikers. If the disruptor causes a crash, bikes and riders could go smashing into the crowd and injure people.
It’s hardly the first time activists have shown up at the Tour de France; in fact, since the first competition in 1903, numerous agitators ranging from climate demonstrators to farmers to everything else have blocked the race with hay bales or even their own bodies. It’s long been a magnet for protests.
That being said, I have a feeling this guy’s going to think long and hard about attempting a stunt like this again.
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