Inverted flags along the Vuelta course remain ‘so people can express their emotion’

Utrecht hangs inverted flags along the Vuelta course so that

In Breda, reversed flags will be removed. The third stage of the Vuelta starts and finishes in that city on Sunday 21 August. The flags are being removed because some people take offense, such as the many veterans in the city. “The national tricolor has great meaning for them,” says a spokesperson for the municipality. Breda also does not want the public road to be used continuously for political expressions.

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