Riders in the Road Cycling World Championships road race were forced to stop on the side of the road for almost an hour in Scotland due to the presence on the track of protesters whose hands were deliberately glued to the bitumen.

The individuals in question were not filmed by the director, but the Scottish police announced that they had evacuated and arrested five people, while the environmental group “This is Rigged”, which is calling for the arrest of hydrocarbon exploration in the UK, claimed the action on Twitter, renamed X.