{"id":173948,"date":"2025-09-28T00:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173948\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T00:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:11:09","slug":"israel-premier-tech-cycling-team-excluded-from-italian-race-due-to-fears-of-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173948\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Premier Tech cycling team excluded from Italian race due to fears of protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel-Premier Tech team has been excluded from the upcoming Giro dell\u2019Emilia cycling race over public safety concerns, organizers said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/14\/europe\/spain-cycling-protest-vuelta-gaza-israel-latam-intl?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vuelta a Espana race suffered several disruptions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vuelta a Espana race suffered several disruptions<\/a> by pro-Palestinian protesters, with Israel-Premier Tech the main focus of the protests.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The one-day Giro dell\u2019Emilia race on October 4 finishes in Bologna, raising fears that the finish could be the target of protests.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police in Milan on Monday, during a nationwide strike in Italy called by trade unions against the mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with regret that, following recent events and given the characteristics of the final circuit, for the safety of all athletes, technical staff, and spectators, I have had to forgo the participation of the Team this year,\u201d race organizer president Adriano Amici told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the world cycling governing body UCI said it will continue to welcome Israeli athletes at its competitions despite calls for sporting boycotts.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe find it extremely regrettable that threats of violence have disrupted our sport,\u201d a spokesperson for Israel-Premier Tech told Reuters, adding that conversations with race organizers had been ongoing over the past few days. \u201cWe wish the organizers a successful race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a UN Commission of Inquiry said in a report that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/16\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-genocide-un-commission-report-intl?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Israel had committed genocide;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Israel had committed genocide<\/a> in Gaza &#8211; an accusation dismissed by Israel &#8211; and UN experts have called for Israel\u2019s suspension from international football.<\/p>\n<p>The Union of European Football Associations now appear poised to hold an emergency vote on suspending Israel from European competition next week.<\/p>\n<p>Israel is fighting a genocide case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, rejecting such accusations, citing its right to self-defense following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack that killed 1,200 people and resulted in 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent war in Gaza has killed more than 64,000 people, according to Gaza health officials, while a global hunger monitor says part of the territory is suffering from famine.<\/p>\n<p>Israel-Premier Tech, who removed their name from riders\u2019 jerseys during the Vuelta a Espana, are currently reviewing its branding for next year with sponsors pressuring for a name change.<\/p>\n<p>For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/register?source=external-feeds_iluminar&amp;cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo&amp;registration_email_campaign=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CNN.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CNN.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Israel-Premier Tech team has been excluded from the upcoming Giro dell\u2019Emilia cycling race over public safety concerns,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,90950,6898,113116,6897,17738,113115,113118,113117,85],"class_list":["post-173948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-cycling-race","tag-gaza","tag-giro-dellemilia","tag-israel","tag-israel-premier-tech","tag-public-safety-concerns","tag-race-organizer","tag-race-organizers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173948","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=173948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}