The Israeli team had already withdrawn on its own from three races in Italy, but had an automatic invitation to the Tour of Lombardy, which takes place on Saturday.
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An autumn without an Italian race for Israel-Premier Tech. Excluded from the Tour d'Emilie by the organizers for “security reasons”the Israeli team itself withdrew from three transalpine semi-classics (the Coppa Bernocchi, the Trois Vallées Varésines and the Tour du Piedmont) for these same reasons. But while it was to participate in the Tour of Lombardy, the last Monument of the season on Saturday October 10, because it benefits from an automatic invitation for the entire World Tour calendar, the Israel-Premier Tech team no longer appears on the list of teams entered, Thursday October 9.
“The decision was made by mutual agreement between RCS and the team”specified a representative of the organizers (RCS), to AFP. During discussions, “Organizers raised significant safety concerns and were unable to ensure the safety of our runners”specifies Israel-Premier Tech to franceinfo:sport. In Italy, well-attended demonstrations were organized last weekend to ask for support for Palestine and the members of the flotilla arrested by Israel.
On Monday, the Israeli team announced that it would change its name from next season, to no longer mention the name of the Hebrew state, “an essential step to ensure the future of the team”.
