No spinning his wheels: Sylvan Adams gets rolling for bike race in Tel Aviv
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No spinning his wheels: Sylvan Adams gets rolling for bike race in Tel Aviv
Israel will be thrust into the international limelight when it hosts the final round of the inaugural UCI Track Champions League in December.
(June 1, 2021 / JNS) While Israelis were rushing for shelter in mid-May as thousands of rockets were raining down on them from Hamas in Gaza, Canadian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist Sylvan Adams was in Paris at a press conference featuring international biking-race organizers. He was helping promote and unveil plans to bring elite male and female riders to Tel Aviv at the end of the year for a new indoor cycling competition showcasing the world’s top track cyclists.
Tel Aviv to host UCI Track Champions League finale
World-class riders will complete the multi-country competition at the year-old Sylvan Adams National Velodrome.
The UCI Track Champions League trophy. Photo courtesy of Israel Cycling Academy
Tel Aviv was chosen as the sixth and final city to host the first-ever Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Champions League cycling track competition taking place in November and December.
The competition, featuring some of the world’s most high-profile riders, will debut on November 6 in Spain, continuing with rounds in France, Lithuania and London before culminating in the competition finale on December 11 at the Sylvan Adams National Velodrome in Tel Aviv, where male and female winners will be crowned.
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