The Grand Départ of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2025 Tour de France may🧜 be under threat from protests held by France's second-largest trade union.

The race is set to start in Lille in Northern France on July 5, but local newspaper reports t𓄧hat the CGT union is planning to disrupt proceedings to protest the state of the French steel industry.

Last week, steel company ArcelorMittal anno♑unced it was cutting 600 jobs at sites around the north, including Dunkirk. The town, which will play host to the finish of stage 3, saw 1,500 workers demonstrate against the layof💫fs on Thursday.

Jean-Paul Delescaut, the general secretary of the CGT for the Nord department, said that, unless nationalisation of the country's steel industry is discussed, protests could prevent th♋e start of the Tour from taking place altogether.

"If we don't sit down before July 7 to discuss the nationalisation of tꦫhe steel industry, there will be no yellow jersey in Dunkirk," Delescaut said, according to .

"I respect the Tour de France and the people who love it, but this is an economic and so🐼cial emergency. Metal affects everyone. Including cycling.

"Unless the Ministers of the Interior and Justice are capable of putting a CRS [riot police] officer every 20 meters, there are 178 kilom♔etres of route between Valenciennes and Dunkirk. 

"If we put 1,000 to 2,000 comrades, that's one comrade every 100 meters. They will have to bring back all the CRS companies from Fraꦰnce so that the third stage can take place."

It remains to be seen whether an agreement can be reached to prevent protests that may affect the race in such a way. The Tour is no stranger to protests, however, with farmers, workers, and even riders protest𝓀ing during the race.

The most recent major protest came during the 2022 Tour, when activists from the climate change group Dernière Rénov𒊎ation blocked the road during stage 10.