With TdF nod, Israel Cycling Academy becomes Israel Start Up Nation
Under the name Israel Start-Up Nation, the team will compete on cycling’s biggest stage for the very first time, as a new entrant in the World Tour.
Under the name Israel Start-Up Nation, the team will compete on cycling’s biggest stage for the very first time, as a new entrant in the World Tour.
Israel Cycling Academy and Katusha Management have signed an agreement that will see the Israeli team race in the World Tour starting January 2020.
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) won his second stage dressed in the Maglia Rosa, this time in a solo move at 1400 metres to go on the short uphill finish to Osimo.
Belgian rider Tim Wellens won the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday, the first on Italian soil in this year’s race, while Chris Froome’s hopes of a third straight Grand Tour victory took another hit.
Reigning champion Tom Dumoulin laid down a marker to main rival Chris Froome by winning the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia on Friday.
The Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb), winner of the previous edition of the race and TT UCI World Champion, won stage 1 of the 101st Giro d’Italia, the 9.7km Jerusalem Individual Time Trial.
After a successful first part of the season BORA – hansgrohe arrives confident in Jerusalem for the Big Start of the Giro d’Italia.
15 years after being honored as ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ by Israel for his efforts to save Jews during WWII, Gino Bartali has now been made an honorary citizen of the country
Israel Cycling Academy has selected its rising young talent Krists Neilands as the first confirmed rider for the historic Giro d’Italia, along with Ben Hermans and Rubén Plaza.
Team Sky have confirmed that Chris Froome will target victory at the 2018 Giro d’Italia