Cycling-Dutch government seeks to prevent police protest during Tour (Reuters)
The Dutch government on Monday sought a court injunction to prevent police officers from blocking the route of the Tour de France to draw attention to a wage dispute. The race starts in the Dutch university town of Utrecht on Saturday and will conclude in Paris after 21 days and 3,360 kilometres (2088 miles). Last week the trade union for Dutch police officers said a convoy of police vehicles would block the 800 metre-long Erasmus Bridge across the Maas River in Rotterdam [ID: nL8N0ZA2IP].