The 10th stage of the Tour de France was shut down for 10 minutes on Tuesday after half a dozen climate activists tried to stop riders on the road.
The activists, one of whom wore a T-shirt that read “We have 989 days left,” were on the road about 36 kilometers (22 miles) from the finish in Megève, a Reuters witness said.
The protesters were pulled off the road by the police.
Stage leader Alberto Bettiol rode through a pink cloud from a torch before being asked by a race official to get off his bike just before organizers said the stage had stopped.
Ten minutes later, race director Christian Prudhomme ordered the race to resume.