"The government allowed and induced the non-completion of the Vuelta, and thus an international ridicule broadcast on television around the world," said PP president Alberto Núñez Feijóo in a social media post.

Feijóo added that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez should be proud of the protesters who "threw up barriers" in the face of police and endangered the safety of "Vuelta organizing staff, riders, and journalists." On the other hand, before the start of the stage of the Vuelta that was never completed, Sánchez expressed "admiration for the Spanish people who mobilize for just causes like Palestine," specifically referring to the protests that have marked the race since day one, initially focused on the participation of the Israeli team Israel-Premier Tech.

After the cancellation of the final stage of this year's Vuelta, the Minister of Labour and one of the government's vice presidents, Yolanda Díaz, considered the protests today and throughout the race to be "an example of dignity" in the face of "the genocide in Gaza."

Israel should not participate in any sporting or cultural event, Yolanda Díaz also said in a social media post, echoing a position that other ministers and even Pedro Sánchez have already expressed.

Yolanda Díaz is the leader of Somar, a left-wing party that is part of the Spanish governing coalition, and was banned from entering Israel last week by the Tel Aviv government. In addition to the PP leader, the president of the Madrid regional government, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the mayor of the Spanish capital, Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, from the same party, also blamed the national government for the protests and the cancellation of the final stage of the Vuelta, a race in which Portuguese rider João Almeida finished second, behind only Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard.

"What damage to our sport and our country," said Ayuso.

"What we saw in our city is not a demonstration. Madrid witnessed violence that endangered the participants of a sports competition, the thousands of Madrilenians who wanted to enjoy the Vuelta a España, and also members of the state security forces and bodies," said Martinez-Almeida, who demanded that Sánchez condemn what happened today in the Spanish capital.