Ještě jeden návrat k olympiádě v Itálii a politice. Ale došlo - aspoň trochu - i na cyklistiku. Tak pokud by někoho náhodou zajímalo... 👇 Děkuji samozřejmě za pozvání. 😊

Jde oddělit sport a politika? Na letošní olympiádě se zdá, že ne. Nasvědčuje tomu vyřazení ukrajinského skeletonisty Heraskevyče, projevy amerických sportovců i gesta fanoušků. Poslechněte si náš nový podcast Krize. www.voxpot.cz/clanky/polit...

Extremely happy to be part of the team involved in winning William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025

PremierTech stops as a team sponsor "taking effect immediately"

🇮🇱 Israel eyes future Tour de France Grand Départ 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/isra... 📸 Cor Vos

🇪🇸 Spanish cyclist disqualified from 🇨🇳 Tour de Mentougou after Strava flag emoji controversy 📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/span... 📸 Cor Vos

David Lappartient and UCI hide behind so-called 'Olympic values' on Israel question Analysis by Barry Ryan ✍️ 📄 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/features/... 📸 Cor Vos

Awesome podcast series about the Peace Race and its political/social impact! 👏 Thank you, @vojtechjirovec.bsky.social and @tomasekzdenek.bsky.social, so much for such a great job! 👏 I am looking forward to the next episodes... 😉 👇👇👇

🇧🇪 Belgian journalist barred from 🇷🇼 Rwanda Worlds in 'mockery of press freedom' 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/belg... 📸 Cor Vos

Russia and Rwanda. Two countries annexing their neighbours. One is banned by the UCI, one gets a World Championships. Lewis Mudge of Human Rights Watch asks what the difference is.

The UCI states that it and sport should be apolitical but has handed out gongs and championships to dictators and repressive regimes. I can't think of a single thing Lappartient has done to boost elite racing. His UCI presidency has essentially been a way to further his career rather than the sport

🇪🇸 Pello Bilbao criticises UCI over inconsistent bans "I don't understand the hypocrisy of the UCI when they made a different decision with the Russian Gazprom. I don't understand the difference. Why do some yes and others no?” 📄 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/i-do... 📸 Cor Vos

“We’re a sports team, we don’t mix politics”

Oścar Guerrero, Israel-Premier Tech DS on staying in 🇪🇸 #LaVuelta25 “If we drop out here, we know that from now on, we’ll be targeted at every race and we’ll have to get off here, there, everywhere.” Full story 👇 📸 Cor Vos

Former IPT manager Rik Verbrugge says team should change name. It could work in terms of not attracting protest. But it’d be superficial. Not sure if team owner Adams would want to, and he’s a very political figure, eg close to Netanyahu and been cultivating links with the far right in Europe…

Israel-Premier Tech has insisted it will continue racing at the Vuelta a España despite mounting protests and security concerns around its participation. Full story 👇 📸 Cor Vos

"Is 🇦🇪 UAE's enormous budget and consequent success a problem for cycling? And if so, can something be done about it?" Analysis on Domestique 👇 📸 Cor Vos

Storm clouds over 🇧🇪 Belgian pro cycling as teams fight for survival 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/stor... 📸 Cor Vos

Germany bidding to host the Tour de France start in 2030, bid would celebrate 40 years of German unity and project gathering momentum, has been pitched to ASO www.spiegel.de/sport/tour-d... (🇩🇪)

2026 Giro to start in Bulgaria reports the country's news agency www.bta.bg/en/news/spor...

Alessandro De Marchi has told me he is "happy and relieved" to no longer be riding for Israel-Premier Tech. "I wouldn’t be able to manage the feelings I have, to be able to be involved in something like that.” Story for @observeruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Česká televize k letošní #TdF nepřipravila "pouze" výborné přenosy a podcasty, ale i Průvodce Tour de France. Skvělá práce Tomáše Jílka, @vojtechjirovec.bsky.social a @tomasekzdenek.bsky.social! 👏 Kromě popisu etap a soupisek týmů se třeba dozvíte i o stopě účastníků Závodu míru na Tour. 👇

Thank you, Thijs Niemantsverdriet, @nrc.nl, for the possibility to discuss the issue with you. 🤓 👇👇👇👇👇

Forever in our hearts 🤍 #rideforGino

Jayco/Greenedge team signs agreement with the Saudi cycling federation greenedgecycling.com/2024/greened... Team linked to the kingdom with Al Ula co-sponsor already, this cements things further. A few years ago the Movistar team was in discussions for a similar agreement but did not conclude this

Spoke exclusively with the President of the Rwandan Cycling Federation yesterday in Glasgow about Kigali Worlds safety, reducing costs for national teams and the Championships' impact on African cycling @cyclingnews.com www.cyclingnews.com/news/its-a-s...

The short-lived jersey was hard fought for by the men at the bottom of the general classification. Does it have a place in modern cycling? @robynemz.bsky.social thinks so

The new Tour de France Grands Départ's candidate is... Czech Republic. At least according to the current Prime Minister Petr Fiala, "the Czech Republic is ready for negotiations on the possibility of hosting the prestigious Grand Départ". 👇

This is one of the oldest stage races in women’s cycling, and I think it is definitely worth preserving. If you agree, please take the 1 minute it takes to sign this petition we have created in support of the Thüringen Ladies Tour, and please also spread the word 🙏 #womenscycling chng.it/vRnvBgvCvm

What does it mean to be a gregario in the uncertain world of cycling? I recommend you watch an excellent short documentary movie, "Let Me Ride", about Sergio Rodríguez and his last year in the Basque project Euskadi Basque Country - Murias; in 2019, the team was unfortunately dissolved. 👇

Saudi wealth fund PIF could be the new sponsor of the Giro d'Italia. Energy company ENEL had sponsored the maglia rosa but that deal has ended and the replacement has yet to be announced. But Tuttobici reports it's likely to be PIF www.tuttobiciweb.it/article/2025... (🇮🇹)

🚩 EXCLUSIVE. Pessimism grows regarding Rwanda 2025: more and more parts believe the UCI will change World's venue. www.relevo.com/ciclismo/cre...

The 2025 UCI Road World Championship in Kigali was mentioned on the floor of the European Parliament... 👇

Let's be clear: this is huge. European Parliament request to suspend Rwanda Cycling Worlds. All the details below. www.relevo.com/ciclismo/par...

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