The owner of Israel-Premier Tech strongly denies the rumors of a name change: his words

The news of a possible removal of the word Israel from the Israel-Premier Tech team name, which spread yesterday after an article in Le Soir, was denied today by Sylvan Adams, the team’s owner. The Israeli-Canadian billionaire, present at the Vuelta a España to be close to the riders and staff, categorically dismissed the report.

Even Daniel Benson, a well-known insider in the cycling world, cast doubt on the news this morning, writing on his X profile: “Some rumors suggest that IPT will remove Israel from the jersey for next year. The team has informed me that this is not true.”

Below are the words of team owner Sylvan Adams to the microphones of Sport 5:

“Fake news. We will never race without the name Israel. We went through two extremely difficult days in the Basque Country. The region is known for being a stronghold of far-left activists and separatists who love to protest. They are certainly not our friends. Let me remind you that in the 1960s and ’70s the Basque underground organization ETA was active and had forged an alliance with the PLO. We were not surprised by this hostile reception, yet I had never seen anything like it in a cycling race.

A huge and disproportionate number of flags and signs in support of Palestine and against the State of Israel, and an enormous amount of hatred. Even ASO CEO Jan Le Monner asked to withdraw the team from the race, but I replied that I would not do it. If we surrender, it will not only be the end of our team but of all the other teams as well.

Tomorrow they will demonstrate against Bahrain, UAE, and Astana. There is no end to the boycotts. I told them they were wrong and that we had the right to stay. I also received overwhelming support from the president of the International Cycling Union, David Lappartient.”

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