Say what you like about France, and I do, at least they know how to control protestors on the race roads. There are so many police, and spectators will sometimes join in, giving the disruptors a beat down.
France has too much of its prestige tied up in the Tour de France to allow disruption.
“Say what you like about France, and I do, at least they know how to control protestors. . ..”
At first I thought you were referring to Lt. Napoleon’s “whiff of grape.”