Tag: Cycling
En route to the Tour: Oct. 7 survivors join Israeli cycling team in Florence
Two survivors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre took off in a private jet from Tel Aviv for Italy on Wednesday to meet up with the Israeli team competing in the world’s most prestigious cycling...
Tens of thousands to cycle for release of Gaza hostages
A mass solidarity ride will take place around the world on Jan. 14 to mark the 100th day since Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre.
The event is being organized by the Israeli professional cycling team Israel—Premier...
Sylvan Adams wins double cycling championship
After winning the Medio Fondo World Championship cycling race in his age category in Scotland on Friday, Israeli-Canadian billionaire philanthropist Sylvan Adams followed up on Monday by winning a time trial.
Adams, 64, won the 22-kilometer (13.67-mile)...
Shifting gears: Ultra-Orthodox woman turns professional cyclist
Until just two years ago, now-professional cyclist Goldie Gelhar had not done any sports in her life. Born and raised in the haredi city of Bnei Brak, she took a single swimming lesson as a child,...
‘Allez, allez!’ Shouts of enthusiasm, encouragement as Israelis tackle Tour de France
When Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer Wout van Aert took the 21st and final stage of the Tour de France and Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar won the overall 2021 Tour de France on Sunday, there...
Jewish Canadian becomes first woman to win ultra-distance Race Across America
A Jewish Canadian cyclist became the first woman to win the overall solo division of Race Across America (RAAM), the ultra-distance cycling competition, reported The Times of Israel.
Leah Goldstein, 52, crossed the RAAM finish line...
Second season revs up for Team Israel Start-up Nation
When Israeli Guy Niv took his bar mitzvah trip with his father to watch the Tour de France, he never imagined that he would be back 13 years later as a rider. Niv, who...
Tackling the ‘Tour,’ Israelis cycle their way to history
For the first time in its 107-year-old history, a team representing the State of Israel is dressed in blue-and-white jerseys and participating in the 21-stage Tour de France, the most prestigious bicycle race in the world.
Known as “Team Israel...