Overview

• The squad introduced monogram jerseys showing a large P and a star, saying the change prioritizes peloton safety while retaining the official team name.
• Pro-Palestinian demonstrations disrupted the race, including a Bilbao finish where times were taken at 3 kilometers and no stage winner was declared.
• Protesters blocked the team during the stage‑five team time trial in Figueres, and police later detained 12 people who invaded the course on Friday.
• Vuelta officials and Spain’s foreign minister urged withdrawal or removal as the UCI condemned the Bilbao incident, but the team refused, calling a pullout a dangerous precedent.
• The pressure has spread to Canada as Montreal group PAJU asked the mayor to bar the team from Sunday’s Grand Prix de Montréal and threatened legal action if it stays on the start list.