Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the Vuelta a España again on Tuesday as Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) won stage 16, which ended 8km before the scheduled finish at Castro de Herville.

Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead despite a late puncture. Aussie Jai Hindley remains in fourth place after finishing in the main group of leaders, 6 minutes down on the stage winner.

The race directors announced on Radio Vuelta that due to a "big protest at 3 kilometres before the [finish] line", the stage winner would be decided early.

The race had entered the final 15km at the time of the announcement, 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.

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