Israel-Tech Team: Impact on Pro-Palestinian Events

The technical director of the Vuelta, Kiko Garcia, estimated on Wednesday that one of the solutions to end the pro-Palestinian events which disturb the progress of the cycling event would be that the Israel-Prime Tech team withdraws.

“The situation is not easy and together we can seek a solution. For me, there is only one for the moment that would be that the Israel team itself realizes that its presence here does not facilitate the security of all the others ”estimated Mr. Garcia in an interview with the channel Chain ser. The massive presence of pro-Palestinian demonstrators on arrival in Bilbao led the organizers of the Tour of Spain on Wednesday to shorten the 11th stage, without appointing a winner, the last episode of a series of incidents that have been racing for several days.

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Since the departure on August 23, and especially since the arrival of the event in Spain on the 27th, daily demonstrations have gathered protest activists against the presence of the Israel ISRAEL TECH Israeli team on the third big round of the year. “As organizers, we cannot make decisions either because the regulations force us to run the team”has noted M. Garcia. “At this stage, we are no longer concerned only with the protection of Israel, we are concerned about the protection of all”.

He also called on Pro-Palestinian demonstrators not to use acts of violence but estimated “At the moment, we have to put everything in the balance and we must assess if we can jeopardize a turn like the Vuelta, a three -week race, one of the three large, or if we prefer to continue to protect a team that endangers everything in danger”. The international cycling union, for its part, “Farmly condemned the actions which led to the neutralization of the 11th stage of the Vuelta”in a statement on Wednesday. UCI believes that cycling “Do not in any case be instrumentalized as a sanction tool” and expresses “All its solidarity and support for teams and their staff as well as runners, who must be able to exercise their profession and their passion in optimal security and serenity conditions”.