{"id":174391,"date":"2025-09-28T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174391\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T04:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T04:39:08","slug":"israel-premier-tech-cycling-team-excluded-from-italian-race-due-to-fears-of-protests-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174391\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Premier Tech cycling team excluded from Italian race due to fears of protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reuters
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\n The Israel-Premier Tech team has been excluded from the upcoming Giro dell\u2019Emilia cycling race over public safety concerns, organizers said on Saturday.\n <\/p>\n

\n The decision comes after the recent Vuelta a Espana race suffered several disruptions<\/a> by pro-Palestinian protesters, with Israel-Premier Tech the main focus of the protests.\n <\/p>\n

\n The one-day Giro dell\u2019Emilia race on October 4 finishes in Bologna, raising fears that the finish could be the target of protests.\n <\/p>\n

\n 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.\n <\/p>\n

\n \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.\n <\/p>\n

\n On Friday, the world cycling governing body UCI said it will continue to welcome Israeli athletes at its competitions despite calls for sporting boycotts.\n <\/p>\n

\n \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\n <\/p>\n

\n Last week, a UN Commission of Inquiry said in a report that Israel had committed genocide<\/a> in Gaza – an accusation dismissed by Israel – and UN experts have called for Israel\u2019s suspension from international football.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Union of European Football Associations now appear poised to hold an emergency vote on suspending Israel from European competition next week.\n <\/p>\n

\n 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.\n <\/p>\n

\n 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.\n <\/p>\n

\n 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.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reuters \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The Israel-Premier Tech team has been excluded from the upcoming Giro dell\u2019Emilia cycling race over public…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-174391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174391","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=174391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}