ABSTRACT
On 7 July 1982 a stage of the Tour was halted by the steelworkers of the Usinor company protesting against the closure of their factory. On 5 July 1988 the passage of the Tour caravan through the toll barriers of the Loire bridge was impeded by workers from the Saint-Nazaire shipyards demonstrating in support of increased wages. On 3 July 1990 sheep farmers erected barricades on the route of the Tour in order to protest against falling prices for lamb.
