Excluded from the Tour of Emilie by the organizers, the Israeli team has decided to withdraw from itself from the Coppa Bernocchi, the three Varées Varésines and the Tour du Piedmont, which take place in the coming days.
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Unwanted in Spain, where demonstrators and the Spanish government have shown their disapproval to its presence on the Vuelta, would the Israel-Prime Tech team be in the process of becoming undesirable in Italy also? The organizers of the Emilie Tour, which runs on Saturday October 4, excluded Israeli training for “security reasons”. Israel-Prime Tech has itself withdrew from Coppa Bernocchi (October 6), three valleys Varésin (October 7) and the Tour du Piedmont (October 9), for these same “Security reasons”she has Confirmed, Friday, October 3, at the Cyclingnews site.
In Italy, a general strike is organized on Friday by unions in support of the Palestinians and the flotilla for Gaza, intercepted by Israel. In Varèse on Thursday, Propalestinian demonstrators asked for the withdrawal of the Israeli team of Italian races, and a petition to this effect, launched on Wednesday October 1, collected more than 1,200 signatures.
On the other hand, Israel-Prime Tech is automatically invited to the Tour of Lombardy, the last monument of the season (October 11), by its position in the UCI classification, and did not communicate any desire for withdrawal.
