PARIS -Vuelta a Espana riders voted to neutralise Wednesday's stage 17 if protests disrupt the stage rather than race to an "undefined finish line" which has been a feature in stages disrupted by pro-Palestine supporters on the Grand Tour this year.

They could even quit the race altogether, a riders' union (CPA) senior official said on Wednesday.

After a group of protesters holding Palestinian flags stopped the Israel-Premier Tech team in the stage five team time trial, more stages - including stage 16 - ended before the scheduled finish due to protests. Tuesday's stage 16 ended eight kilometres before the scheduled finish at Castro de Herville after a large group of protesters, waving Palestinian flags, had completely blocked the road on the ascent to the line.

"The riders voted by

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