Giro d'Italia

Israel Start-Up Nation takes aims at Vuelta in the Tour de France

After successful debuts at the Tour de France and Giro, blue-and-white cycling team in Spain for final Grand Tour race.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
AFTER COMPETING in the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia, the Israel Start-Up Nation riders are set for today’s Vuelta a España start, October 2020.
ISRAEL START-UP NATION rider Alex Dowsett celebrates his eighth-stage victory in the Giro d’Italia cycling race over the weekend

Israel Start-Up Nation wins historic Giro stage

British rider Alex Dowsett wins Stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia • Team co-owner Sylvan Adams: ‘I could not be more proud’

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
Bike race

Italian Tourist Board in Israel wishes Israeli team luck in Giro d'Italia

The Israeli team will race in the Giro d’Italia bicycle race for the third consecutive year and includes Guy Sagiv, the first Israeli rider ever to finish the race in 2018.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rick Zabel takes home the maglia azzurra during the first stage of the 2020 Giro d'Italia

Great start for blue-and-white cycling at Giro d'Italia

Israel Start-Up Nation's German rider Rick Zabel earns 'King of the Mountains' after opening stage of Grand Tour

|ByZACHARY KEYSER

Ahead of Giro d’Italia, Gino Bartali honored for heroism during WWII

Yad Vashem posthumously grants Bartali Israeli citizenship.

MAY 3, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
A hiking trail named after the late Italian cyclist and Righteous Among the Nations Gino Bartali, May 2, 2018.

Israel’s cycling godfather climbs mountains

With Giro d’Italia set to kick off in Jerusalem this week, Sylvan Adams takes pride in a tough journey.

APRIL 30, 2018ByALLON SINAI
Israel Cycling Academy co-owner Sylvan Adams (right, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu)

Jerusalem gearing up for Giro

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if people around the world identified Jerusalem as the host of major sporting events, rather than as the location of the usual Mideast conflict-related news item?

APRIL 26, 2018ByBARRY DAVIS
Members of the country’s only professional team, the Israel Cycling Academy, will take part

Three Israelis included in shortlist for ICA Giro team

For the first time, Grand tour cycling race will open in Israel.

APRIL 10, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
RIDERS OF the Israel Cycling Academy stick together during stage four of the 2018 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in eastern Spain in early Februrary. From left: Guy Niv (Israel), Ben Hermans (Belgium) and Ruben Plaza (Spain)

Israeli cycling hits another gear as sport continues to climb higher

"This sport has the ability to create a better society.”

NOVEMBER 8, 2017ByALLON SINAI
Ran Margaliot, manager of the Israel Cycling Academy

Jerusalem to host world-famous Giro d'Italia 2018 'Big Start'

The Giro d’Italia, which takes place annually, is watched by hundreds of millions of viewers in 194 countries.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
The winner of the 100th Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, Netherlands' Tom Dumoulin holds the trophy on the podium near Milan's cathedral after the last stage on May 28, 2017.