{"id":194295,"date":"2025-10-07T02:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/194295\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T02:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:13:11","slug":"israel-premier-tech-cycling-team-changes-its-name-amid-protests-and-exclusion-from-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/194295\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Premier Tech cycling team changes its name amid protests and exclusion from events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Israel Premier Tech is changing its name and moving away from its national identity, the cycling team has announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The decision to drop &#8220;Israel&#8221; from its name comes less than two weeks after the team was excluded from a race in Italy over concerns about pro-Palestinian protests, and less than a month <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-09-10\/vuelta-a-espana-stage-16-shortened-as-protests-labelled-illegal\/105756114\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105756114\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after the Spanish Vuelta was repeatedly disrupted by protests against Israel Premier Tech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;With steadfast commitment to our riders, staff and valued partners, the decision has been made to rename and rebrand the team, moving away from its current Israeli identity,&#8221; the team said in a statement on its website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;In sport, progress often requires sacrifice, and this step is essential to securing the future of the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An older man speaks to a crowd with a banner behind him that says The Jerusalem Post.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/96734878f64dd7383acb16b442a4337e\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Sylvan Adams has decided to step back from the day-to-day running of the team. (Getty Images: Amir Levy)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It said co-owner Sylvan Adams, an Israeli-Canadian billionaire, had &#8220;chosen to step back from his day-to-day involvement&#8221; and would &#8220;no longer speak on behalf of the team, instead focusing on his role as president of the World Jewish Congress, Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Although a new chapter awaits, one that will be revealed soon, the team will remain true to its founding promise: to develop cycling talent from around the world,&#8221; the team said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Premier Tech is a multinational company based in Quebec, Canada. It had already indicated its intention to rebrand after widespread protests against the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Organisers of the Giro dell&#8217;Emilia race excluded Israel Premier Tech over possible disruptions if the team was to participate. During the Spanish Vuelta, several stages were disrupted, with some cut short and others interrupted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel Premier Tech is changing its name and moving away from its national identity, the cycling team has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,96591,1258,43703,23156,6679,82,68674],"class_list":{"0":"post-194295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-gaza-situation","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-israel-premier-tech","14":"tag-palestine","15":"tag-protests","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-sylvan-adams"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}