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Protestors are set to target the upcoming Tour de France and Giro d'Italia races, with tensions likely inflamed by Michelle Froome's tirade against Gazans and Hamas on social media.
In one particularly incendiary post on Monday, Froome said that Muslims are a 'drain on modern society'.
The wife and agent of four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome claimed that she was 'sick of sitting idly by quietly supporting Israel while the Hamas propaganda takes over social media'.
She also wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that 'there are no innocent Gazans' after pro-Palestinian activists called for increased protests against her husband's team, Israel-Premier Tech.
The outfit is not directly connected to the state of Israel, but it has strong ties to the nation through co-owners, Sylvan Adams and Ron Baron.
Michelle Froome launched into a tirade against Hamas, Gazans and Muslims on social media
She is the wife and agent of four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome, who has ridden for the team Israel-Premier Tech since 2020
Froome's outburst came after pro-Palestinian activist called for increased protests against her husband's team
In a post on the official Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) website, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel said that the 'road would be closed to genocide'.
The statement also accused Israel-Premier Tech's owners of 'sportswashing Israel's 75-year-long regime of military occupation and apartheid, and now genocide.'
'We call for more protests than ever along the race routes of the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, which will start from Italy this year,' the statement ended. 'Let’s make sure the road is closed to genocide perpetrators.'
It has been just over six months since Hamas' brutal October 7 incursion into Israel, killing some 1,170 people and taking 254 hostage according to Israeli figures.
The assault triggered a devastating Israeli invasion the Gaza Strip, estimated to have killed at least 33,843 and wounded 76,575 since
