{"id":246112,"date":"2025-10-28T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246112\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:27:10","slug":"despite-all-protests-israel-backed-by-sylvan-adams-hopes-to-host-tour-start-were-very-optimistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246112\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite all protests, Israel \u2013 backed by Sylvan Adams \u2013 hopes to host Tour start: “We\u2019re very optimistic”"},"content":{"rendered":"

After all the protests and pressure from sponsors, Israel-Premier Tech<\/a> decided to cut its losses and renounce its Israeli identity<\/a>. The country’s name will be removed, and the team will race under a new flag. Owner Sylvan Adams is also stepping down from the team, but his influence in the cycling world remains strong.The Canadian-Israeli businessman has severed his ties with the team and will focus on his duties as president of the World Jewish Congress. Nevertheless, he remains connected to the cycling world. He still maintains contacts with the UCI and the A.S.O., the organization behind the Tour de France<\/a>. It is precisely with them that he is engaged in discussions about a controversial plan.In 2018, Israel managed to lure the Giro d’Italia outside European borders for the first time, with a start in Jerusalem. The following two stages also took place in the country. Now the Tour de France is set to follow suit. \u201cI am in talks with the organizers of the Tour de France to follow the example of the Giro and have this legendary race start in Israel,\u201d Adams said in an interview with La Voix S\u00e9pharade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"israelDue to his distance from the sport, Adams will not be able to implement the plan on his own. That is why he has joined forces with Dafna Lang, the president of the Israeli Cycling Federation. \u201cI can’t say yet that we are going to bid for the Tour de France or organize it, but we continue to dream,\u201d she told L’\u00c9quipe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The country is currently in a fragile truce with Hamas after the terrible war in Gaza. That is a significant obstacle to achieving the goal. \u201cI can’t speak on behalf of Sylvan Adams, but I believe that once there is stable peace, we will realize many projects at the highest level by welcoming the world. We are very optimistic; we have already brought the Giro here. Anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After all the protests and pressure from sponsors, Israel-Premier Tech decided to cut its losses and renounce its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-246112","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\/246112","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=246112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}