The protests in favor of Palestine have marked the current edition of La Vuelta.
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The authorities of the city of Madrid will deploy almost twice as many agents of the Municipal Police for the arrival of the Cycling Tour, which has been disturbed by proper demonstrations that have forced several stages to shorten.
“As for the Municipal Police, the 800 troops will approach throughout Sunday's race (…) was initially planned around 500 agents” for the 40 -kilometer route, he announced on Thursday at a press conference Inma Sanz, Vicealcaldesa of Madrid.
The device “practically duplicates the one we had,” said Sanz, a day after the Government delegation in the Madrid region announced the deployment of an “extraordinary” reinforcement of agents of the National Police for the arrival of the race this weekend.
The 800 municipal police will be added to the 1,100 National Police agents who will strengthen security due to the provision of comparative demonstrations.
The protests mainly ask that the Israel-Premier Tech team withdraw from the race, created by the Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams and that has a single corridor of Israeli nationality.
On Saturday, 400 Civil Guard agents will be added as reinforcement for the penultimate stage, which runs almost all in the Madrid region.
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