More than a thousand national police officers will be on hand for the final Vuelta stage in Madrid
Amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests, the Vuelta a España is beefing up security for the last few days of the race, which will tackle mountains near Madrid on Saturday and then finish in the Spanish capital itself on Sunday.
According to AS, 400 members of the Guardia Civil will be added to the security forces already working the Vuelta for the weekend. On Sunday in particular, with the race set to finish in Madrid proper, 1,100 national police officers will join the security efforts in what is apparently the largest such mobilization since Madrid held a NATO summit in 2022. [AS]
