La Vuelta 2025 ***SPOILERS***

[Dogtrousers]

It means if you / one entertain the notion of entering into sporting or cultural events that include Israel expect it to be f"*ked up ...so don't invite them

But the organisers don't have a free hand in choosing who to invite - outside of wildcards, which IPT aren't

 

[roadrash]

well yeah , but again why.... what does it achieve, its a cycling team , hardly responsible for whats going on are they

 

[rich p]

I think the main issue is that there's a team publicising Israel in the race. Without them there would be no protests, there were some at the ToB as well much much smaller and not disruptive.

I'd be very surprised if anyone watching a fairly niche sporting event hasn't already got a firm opinion on the situation one way or the other.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

what the feck do they achieve by disrupting a cycle race

what the feck do Israel acheive by riding round advertising a genocidal state?

 

[No Ta Doctor]

well yeah , but again why.... what does it achieve, its a cycling team , hardly responsible for whats going on are they

Yeah, they are. They actively advertise the Israeli state, and attempt to normalise and Westernise its image. That's what sportswashing does.

 

[mididoctors]

But the organisers don't have a free hand in choosing who to invite - outside of wildcards, which IPT aren't

. International law and genocide ,⚖️. UCI regulations 🤷

 

[Dogtrousers]

what the feck do Israel acheive by riding round advertising a genocidal state?

Same as teams that ride around advertising shampoo or adhesive: Money

Sylvan Adams: Call your team this, and I'll fund it.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Look on the bright side.
At least when tomorrow’s mountain finish is sabotaged, you’ll all have something to talk about.

Outside of Spain and the cycling fraternity, what’s happening won’t even register.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

I'd be very surprised if anyone watching a fairly niche sporting event hasn't already got a firm opinion on the situation one way or the other.

And most people had an opinion on apartheid, but shunning apartheid South Africa both economically and culturally was effective in ending it.

 

[Pross]

But the organisers don't have a free hand in choosing who to invite - outside of wildcards, which IPT aren't

What they need to do is sneak some overly long socks into the IPT kit bags and then the UCI will ban them.

 

[roadrash]

Outside of Spain and the cycling fraternity, what’s happening won’t even register.

exactly, maybe I'm a bit thick but I just dont get it at all

 

[mididoctors]

Same as teams that ride around advertising shampoo or adhesive: Money

Sylvan Adams: Call your team this, and I'll fund it

Look on the bright side.
At least when tomorrow’s mountain finish is sabotaged, you’ll all have something to talk about.

Outside of Spain and the cycling fraternity, what’s happening won’t even register.

I'm suspect not ...guess we'll see. I think this will spread whenever they ride on any race

 

[Dogtrousers]

Anyway, a major victory for my lacklustre Velogames team today.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Outside of Spain and the cycling fraternity, what’s happening won’t even register.

I think you maybe underestimate how big "the cycling fraternity" is outside the UK.

Regardless, the people of Spain have shown they don't want representatives of a genocidal state cycling around on their roads as if everything was hunky-dory, and they won't accept it.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

exactly, maybe I'm a bit thick but I just dont get it at all

Would you understand it if it was, say, a team from Nazi Germany, riding around with swastikas on their kit?