Israel-Premier Tech

Israel-Premier Tech requests to race as 'IPT' at GP Québec and Montréal after human rights groups push for team to be barred.

Environmental groups are now promising to protest Saturday’s stage that finishes atop the Bola del Mundo climb in the mountains north of Madrid.

Visma boss Richard Plugge expresses growing safety concerns amid Vuelta turmoil: 'That has an impact on the outcome.'

The scale of ongoing protests at the Vuelta that are targeting the Israel-Premier Tech team and the larger war in Gaza is unprecedented in cycling history.

'The white jersey is a target:' Rising grand tour star Riccitello determined to finish protest-riddled Vuelta with breakout top 10.

BREAKING: Police brace for protests all the way to Madrid and Vuelta officials deny reports the race will end Saturday.

Worried by protests, squad embraces more discrete look in the Vuelta a España as the race heads towards its final week.

Protesters turned out again and the peloton is on edge: 'There's a lot of uncertainty and no one knows how to best handle it.'

Vuelta a España race leader Vingegaard suggests future stages could be disrupted too.

Vuelta officials say they have their hands tied but are urging Israel-Premier Tech to leave the race: 'They are not making it easier for the safety of everyone else.'

'It's disappointing. I think I had a good chance to win:' Pidcock frustrated at missing chance on Vuelta win after protesters force neutralization of finale.

Riders say their safety is being threatened by protesters targeting Israel-Premier Tech at the Vuelta a España.

Froome requires 'long recovery' from pericardial rupture sustained in brutal training crash as future with Israel-Premier Tech hangs in balance.

Tensions could be high in Wednesday's 11th stage across Spain's Basque Country as local left-wing political parties are calling for activists to protest.

IPT confirms four-time Tour de France winner is 'in good spirits' after suffering long list of fractures and collapsed lung.

'It’s really upsetting for us as a team, upsetting for the riders:' IPT riders reeling after protesters block team time trial at Vuelta a España.

Squad comes to a near halt when banner blocks road early during Vuelta TTT effort. Squad comes to a near halt when banner blocks road early during Vuelta TTT effort.

'Not an easy decision, but one I made after careful consideration and for legitimate reasons': Rising Canadian star breaks silence as contract dispute with Israel-Premier Tech heats up.

Derek Gee was absent from IPT's Vuelta a España roster, but officials confirm the team is pushing the Canadian to respect his contract through 2028.

'I don't know if I'll continue or not': Froome acknowledges his long-spanning career may end this winter, speaks out on Pogačar and his recent ennui.

After years of being bored by the processional stage into Paris, Woods couldn't wish for anything more after a grueling third week at the Tour.

Pain at the Tour is a unique type of punishment: 'You don’t control your effort; it is dictated to you, and you can never truly predict how much or how little you will have to suffer.'

Canadian climber on why it’s been a grand tour for breakaways, Alpine ambitions and a possible career in writing after pro cycling.

Climate-crisis protest group Extinction Rebellion claims responsibility for the action, and the protester was arrested by French police.

More teams confirm Tour lineups: Girmay dreams of green repeat, no miracle return for Froome at stage-hunting IPT.

Cervelo's team in yellow appears to be on a new set of Cervelo S5 aero bikes, while Factor seems to have a wild new aero bike right around the corner.

Analysis: WorldTour relegation/promotion tightens up as the action shifts into the points-rich grand tours. For teams on the bubble, every sprint is now a race for survival.

The German sprinter lost control as he struck a raised pedestrian crossing within sight of the finish line in the latest incident of safety measures falling short in early season racing.

Canada's Gee continues on his extraordinary progression by targeting the podium at the 2025 Giro d'Italia: 'There is definitely a little more pressure.'

UCI calls for ban on controversial use of carbon monoxide after revelations that Tour de France-toppers Visma-Lease a Bike and UAE Emirates were tinkering with the toxic gas.

The two teams that were relegated in 2022 — Israel and Lotto — look to have a lock on promotion by end of 2025.

Four-time Tour de France winner Froome admits his days of racing for the win are over: 'I don’t look at results anymore.'

From crit racing to the WorldTour, Sheehan hopes to cap his meteoric rise with a breakaway victory at the Vuelta: 'Good chances to go for a stage.'

Israel-Premier Tech's 21-year-old rookie becomes first Brit to earn prestigious victory at Tour de l'Avenir after only recently pivoting away from MTB, CX.

'I'm OK, just road rash': Climbing specialist is already looking toward the second half of the race to chase a stage victory after spill derails GC ambitions.

'It’s pretty cool to be up there with those guys:' Riccitello climbs to career-best grand tour 6th while defending champion Kuss limits the losses on brutally hot climb.

Young American climbing talent stretching grand tour wings with big ambitions as protected rider at Israel-Premier Tech: 'Physically I'm better.'

Riccitello will start as a protected GC rider, and grand tour rookie Sheehan will have freedom to attack: 'I have my eye on a few stages.'

After a number of quiet seasons, four-time Tour de France winner wants to say farewell on a high note.

Israel-Premier Tech's versatile talent enters final week ninth on GC: 'I'm seeing more and more Canadian flags out here.'

Weight loss, altitude training gains and remarkable fatigue resistance: how Israel-Premier Tech are turning ‘exceptional’ Canadian riding high on Tour GC into a lean, keen grand tour machine.

In a sport where winning is the only thing that counts, Pidcock, Gee and Stuyven struggled to make sense of the finish-line disappointment: 'I saw the line, I saw clean air and I thought, I’ve got this.'

Derek Gee, Stevie Williams, Pascal Ackermann headline stage hunting team as four-time winner Froome misses out for second year running.

Like many teams, Israel-Premier Tech will decide its 'Tour 8' after the Tour de Suisse: 'We want to have an objective every single day at the Tour de France.'

A half decade after the crash that forever marked Froome's career, the desire to return to the Tour de France pushes him on: 'I am doing everything I can to get myself ready.'

Froome is hoping a strong ride at the Criterium du Dauphiné could see him punch his ticket with Israel Premier Tech for the Tour, starting June 29 in Florence, Italy.

How a 'low-fiber, low-residue' diet allows riders to ditch fruit and veggies to stay lean and mean for the hardest stages of the Giro d'Italia.

Froome reflects on racing vs. Pogačar, Vingegaard in his prime: 'It would have been interesting to have raced against them in my best years'

Not so fast, however. The team is still using 32 mm wide tires rather than a gravel-specific option.

Rising Coloradan made it his mission to learn the craft of the classics, and it paid off with a lucky 13th on debut in Flanders.

Strade Bianche is up next for the promising American with a busy spring classics calendar: 'I love fighting for every corner.'

The unknown Canadian burst into prominence with no less than seven breakaways in the 2023 Giro d'Italia: 'That left me hungry for more.'

Could the 27-year-old Welshman be a late bloomer? Israel Premier Tech is hoping so: 'He is now one of our main guys when we talk about winning races.'

Swiss squad joins Israel Premier Tech, Polti Kometa, Bardiani CSF-Faizane as invited teams to 2024 race, Lotto-Dstny turns down call-up.

New Zealand climber looking for new opportunities in two-year deal to join Israel Premier Tech: 'I was always riding to help Roglič or Pogačar.'

The veil has been lifted on a new, more aero-optimized Factor Ostro VAM, raced down under by Israel Premier-Tech's Simon Clarke

Froome asserts he'll keep racing until at least 2025, insists there's no beef with Israel-Premier Tech team owner Sylvan Adams.

The 37-year-old has found new fame in Canada since his Tour de France stage win, eyeing up potential retirement in 2025 or 2026.

First bike, first win, first contract: Canadian legend joined the New York Yankees of the 1980s as a rookie alongside Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault.

Boulder native and Paris-Tour champ Sheehan switches Denver Disruptors for three years with IPT: 'I'm hungrier and more motivated.'

'That's still not going to earn him a position on a grand tour team': Sylvan Adams shows no mercy on former Tour de France dominator.

Comments suggest four-time yellow jersey will remain at Israel Premier Tech and Froome is hopeful tweaks to riding position will relieve lower back pain.

The seven-time grand tour winner has only raced once since he was snubbed for this year's Tour de France.

Sylvan Adams makes brutally honest assessment of Froome's performance but leaves door open on long-running contract.

Four-time winner blames mechanicals for derailing his Tour ambitions and he's now at home watching from sidelines.

This Factor aero bike features parts from FSA, Black Inc, and a blacked-out tire that definitely isn't sponsor correct.

There's no room for the four-time yellow jersey Chris Froome at the 2023 Tour. We explore whether he'll ever return to the race he once ruled.

The jersey highlights the team's partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Tourism.

Israel Premier Tech leaves Froome on sidelines as squad confirms stage-hunters anchored by Michael Woods.

The Canadian started his career wanting to be a classics rider, but his recent performance at the Giro d'Italia may change that.

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Canadian completes hat trick of second-places in breakout grand tour debut: 'Coming into this Giro, I thought I had no chance, I was just trying to survive.'

Israel-Premier Tech has the youngest and oldest riders at the 2023 Giro d'Italia with Matthew Riccitello and Domenico Pozzovivo.

The WorldTour increasingly taps into online data to prepare for grand tours, but the age-old reconnaissance mission will always rule.

Here's what's making headlines this weekend.

The Italian will make his debut in his new team colors at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali.

US rookie clicks up another gear in top-tier Emirati race after impressing with top-10 finish at Vuelta a San Juan.

Four-time Tour de France winner says another bout of COVID won't slow him down ahead of stage-race targets for new season.

Here's the news making headlines on Friday, January 9.