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Flying the flag: Sylvan Adams tells 'Post' of championing Israel’s sporting hopes

WHILE HE is not riding in this year's Tour de France, Israel – Premier Tech owner Sylvan Adams is always cheering on the blue-and-white from the sidelines.

|ByREBECCA SZLECHTER, URIEL STURM
WHILE HE is not riding in this year's Tour de France, Israel – Premier Tech owner Sylvan Adams (pictured after winning a Masters race in 2023) is always cheering on the blue-and-white from the sidelines.
Israel – Premier TECH riders pass the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées in Paris during the final stage of the 2023 Tour de France.

‘Best ever’ Tour de France for Israel team

Israeli cycling team "Israel – Premier Tech" proved to be the most aggressive team in this year’s Tour de France.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
SYLVAN ADAMS at his eponymous National Velodrome, in Tel Aviv.

From dreaming to achieving objectives

Sylvan Adams has a lot of ideas on his mind these days

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Israeli cyclist Omer Shapira.

Israeli cyclist Omer Shapira loses out on bronze during final stretch

"I felt like I was touching the medal, that's why I came out of it feeling like I missed an opportunity and a little disappointed overall," Shapira said at the press conference following the race.

|ByYANIV TOCHMAN/MA'ARIV ONLINE

Israeli cycling champion Omer Goldstein to compete in Tour de France

Goldstein is one of four Israelis competing with Team Israel Start-Up Nation and will seek to defend his Israeli title on Saturday.

JUNE 17, 2021
Israeli cyclist Omer Goldstein

First Arab Muslim rider joins Israel’s only professional cycling team

"I joined ICA to fulfil my biggest dream: Racing in the World Tour and Tour De France!" 23-year-old Chokri Elmehdi from Morocco said.

FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Israel Team Start-Up Nation racing in the 2020 Men's Tour Down Under, a road cycling stage race that took place between 21 and 26 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia.

Israeli cycling pedals forward with Tour de France team

Monumental accomplishment for five-year-old squad to participate in world's most prestigious race.

DECEMBER 12, 2019
Israel Start-Up Nation team uniform

Israel Cycling Academy to race in the Tour de France

According to a statement by the team, ICA signed an agreement with Katusha Management: the Israeli team will race in the World Tour under the existing Katusha license.

OCTOBER 3, 2019
Israel Cycling Academy's Colombian sprinter Edwin Avila raises his hands in triumph after winning Stage 3 of the Tour de Taiwan yesterday, the team’s first win of the 2018 season. Another part of the team’s squad completed its participation yesterday in the snowy Tirreno Adriatico (inset), an elite

Israel Cycling Academy takes part in the 2019 'Giro d’Italia'

In 2018 Israel hosted the three opening stages of the "Giro," marking the first time that a Grand Tour held a stage outside Europe.

MAY 12, 2019
Sylvan Adams (C, blue), honorary president of Giro d'Italia's "Big Start" Israel, rides before the begining of the stage at the 101st Giro d'Italia cycling race in Jerusalem, May 4, 2018