{"id":127922,"date":"2025-09-08T14:08:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/127922\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:08:27","slug":"israel-premier-tech-drop-name-from-riders-jerseys-for-vuelta-after-protests-vuelta-a-espana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/127922\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Premier Tech drop name from riders\u2019 jerseys for Vuelta after protests | Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel-Premier Tech have removed their full name from riders\u2019 jerseys for the rest of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the finish on stage 11<\/a> on Wednesday. The stage ended without a winner after organisers decided to take the time at three kilometres before the line as police struggled to contain hundreds of Palestinian flag-waving protesters in Bilbao. The Israel-Premier Tech team were also stopped on the road by a group holding Palestinian flags during last week\u2019s team time trial in Figueres.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the interest of prioritising the safety of our riders and the entire peloton, in light of the dangerous nature of some protests at the Vuelta, Israel-Premier Tech has issued riders with team monogram-branded kit for the remainder of the race,\u201d the team said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team name remains Israel-Premier Tech, but the monogram kit now aligns with the branding decisions we have previously adopted for our vehicles and casual clothing.\u201c<\/p>\n

The decision drew praise from Israel\u2019s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who posted on X: \u201cGreat job to Sylvan [Adams] and Israel\u2019s cycling team for not giving in to hate and intimidation. You make Israel proud!\u201d<\/p>\n

Before stage 11, the Professional Cyclists\u2019 Association had called for better security at the Vuelta after a number of incidents involving protesters led to concern over rider safety, with the Israel-Premier Tech team the main target. After Wednesday\u2019s incident, the team said they remained committed to continuing the race and respected everyone\u2019s \u201cright to protest, as long as those protests remain peaceful and do not compromise the safety of the peloton\u201d.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s stage 14 was won by Spain\u2019s Marc Soler, who left the competition far behind with a solo attack on a climactic category one climb. Jonas Vingegaard retained his lead in the general classification with a second-place finish.<\/p>\n

Marc Soler delights the locals as the Spaniard races clear to win stage 14 of the Vuelta. Photograph: Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Soler, of UAE Team Emirates-XRG, left his sole pursuer Johannes Staune-Mittet behind on the final 16.9km climb to La Farrapona in the 139.5km mountainous ride from Avil\u00e9s, opening a gap of more than a minute at the front.<\/p>\n

Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) made a late push, finishing 39 seconds behind Soler as Portugal\u2019s Jo\u00e3o Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) followed the Dane to the finish line to stay second in the race for the red jersey.<\/p>\n

Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) finished eighth on the stage to remain third in the general classification, two minutes and 38 seconds behind Vingegaard. The British rider said: \u201cI lost a bit more time, but I\u2019m getting better and better at these longer efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The race continues on Sunday with a 167.8km ride from Vegadeo to Monforte de Lemos.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) denied British duo Thomas Gloag (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL) in a sprint finish to win stage five of the Tour of Britain.<\/p>\n

The Belgian took the queen stage of the tour at the top of The Tumble in South Wales to move up to second in the overall standings, two seconds behind Romain Gr\u00e9goire (Groupama-FDJ) who finished fifth on the same time.<\/p>\n

Evenepoel now has his sights on overall victory with the final stage from Newport to Cardiff on Sunday. He said: \u201cTo go out with a GC win, it would be a really good confidence boost for myself after a long period out of competition. We\u2019re just going to give it a last big shot and see how it finishes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel-Premier Tech have removed their full name from riders\u2019 jerseys for the rest of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-127922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}