Pro-Palestinian protesters continue to disrupt the Vuelta a Espana, with Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) winning stage 16 on Tuesday which ended 8km before the scheduled finish at Castro de Herville.
"We have a big protest at three km before the line. We will decide the stage winner and take times at eight kilometres before the line," the race directors announced on Radio Vuelta.
The race had entered the final 15 km, with Bernal and Spain's Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step) out in front, and the Colombian won the sprint to the new finish line, with Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ) coming in third.
Previously there was no winner on stage 11, after organisers ordered the race to finish 3km from the line due to pro-Palestinian protesters causing disruption at the finish in Bilbao.
There were incidents on stage 10 which caused a rider to crash and also during stage five's team time trial when the Israel-Premier Tech team were stopped on the road by a group of protesters holding Palestinian flags.
Eddie Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla), the sole Irish rider remaining at the Vuelta after Archie Ryan's withdrawal from the race, finished the stage 43rd, which has left him 24th overall in the general classification.
