• Tour de France
  • Stages - Results
  • Previous winners
  • Football Home
  • Fixtures - Results
  • Premier League
  • Champions League
  • Europa League
  • All Competitions
  • All leagues
  • Snooker Home
  • World Championship
  • UK Championship
  • Major events
  • Tennis Home
  • Calendar - Results
  • Australian Open
  • Roland-Garros
  • Mountain Bike Home
  • UCI Track CL Home
  • Men's standings
  • Women's standings
  • Cycling Home
  • Race calendar
  • Vuelta a España
  • Giro d'Italia
  • Dare to Dream
  • Alpine Skiing Home
  • Athletics Home
  • Diamond League
  • World Championships
  • World Athletics Indoor Championships
  • Biathlon Home
  • Cross-Country Skiing Home
  • Cycling - Track
  • Equestrian Home
  • Figure Skating Home
  • Formula E Home
  • Calendar - results
  • DP World Tour
  • MotoGP Home
  • Motorsports Home
  • Speedway GP
  • Clips and Highlights
  • Olympics Home
  • Olympic Channel
  • Rugby World Cup predictor
  • Premiership
  • Champions Cup
  • Challenge Cup
  • All Leagues
  • Ski Jumping Home
  • Speedway GP Home
  • Superbikes Home
  • The Ocean Race Home
  • Triathlon Home
  • Hours of Le Mans
  • Winter Sports Home

Chris Froome’s Israel-Premier Tech given 2023 Tour de France wild card along with debutants Uno-X

Nigel Chiu

Published 04/01/2023 at 21:04 GMT

Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome could make his 11th appearance at the race this year after his Israel-Premier Tech team were given a wild card, along with Scandinavian outfit Uno-X. Having been relegated from the WorldTour at the end of last season, Israel-Premier Tech will not be given automatic places for any of the Grand Tours. However, they will be at the Tour.

Top five close cycling finishes 2022

Froome has not been 'value for money' for Israel-Premier Tech - Adams

14/07/2023 at 07:10

  • ‘That was all exaggerated’ – Vingegaard dismess burnout talk
  • Evenepoel to pick five of seven Giro d’Italia squad

Gilbert: Froome 'had his chances and it’s over' but Cavendish can break Merckx record

27/06/2023 at 19:09

Full list of teams and riders for the Tour de France as Froome misses out

29/06/2023 at 19:37

No Froome at Tour de France as Israel – Premier Tech leave out 'disappointed' four-time winner

23/06/2023 at 09:36

Official games

PRO CYCLING MANAGER 2023 (PC)

2023 Edition

  • Stage winners
  • All the videos

Tour Culture

  • Commitments
  • key figures
  • Sporting Stakes
  • "Maillot Jaune" Collection
  • The jerseys

UCI Logo

Israel- Premier Tech

israel tour de france 2023

2024 Edition

Receive exclusive news about the Tour

Logo

Accreditations

Privacy policy, your gdpr rights.

  • Training and Health
  • How To…
  • Live Streaming

Cycling Today

  • Grand Tours
  • Tour de France

Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X get wildcard for 2023 Tour de France

israel tour de france 2023

Chris Froome’s team Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X of Norway complete the line-up for this year’s Tour de France after organisers issued invites as wildcards to compete on Wednesday.

The two wildcards aside, the other 20 teams (made up of eight riders apiece) automatically qualify with the 18 from the WorldTour and the two top-ranked teams in the second tier ProTeams which are Belgian outfit Lotto DSTNY and TotalEnergies from France.

“Sometimes the choice is a tough one, however this time it is not,” race director Christian Prudhomme told AFP. “A noticeable gap has grown between the top 22 teams and the others which is regrettable.

“Israel-Premier Tech won two stages on the last Tour de France. It is a team packed with experience and re-enforced with the signing of Dylan Teuns.

Uno-X is a more recent arrival with a strong identity due to only having Norwegian and Danish riders.

“They have signed a legend of Norwegian cycling Alexander Kristoff, and also have in their ranks the 2021 Tour de l’Avenir champion, Tobias Halland Johannessen.”

The 2023 Tour gets underway in Bilbao, Spain, on July 1 and finishes in Paris on July 23.

RELATED ARTICLES MORE FROM AUTHOR

israel tour de france 2023

Pogacar to ride Giro d’Italia for the first time in 2024

israel tour de france 2023

Andreas Leknessund goes out for a ride at -24°C

israel tour de france 2023

Geraint Thomas to focus on Giro and Tour in 2024

israel tour de france 2023

Israel-Premier Tech owner: Froome can talk about his bike position until the cows come home

israel tour de france 2023

Wout van Aert says will target Giro d’Italia in 2024

israel tour de france 2023

Froome blames wrong bike setup for his lack of results at Israel-Premier Tech

[…] been gaining popularity in recent years, with more people tuning in to watch major races like the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia. With its combination of athleticism, strategy, and breathtaking […]

LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

EDITOR PICKS

israel tour de france 2023

2024 Tirreno-Adriatico LIVE STREAM

israel tour de france 2023

2024 Paris-Nice LIVE STREAM

israel tour de france 2023

2024 Strade Bianche LIVE STREAM

Popular posts.

Julian Alaphilippe wins Milano-Sanremo 2019

Giro d’Italia, Milan-San Remo under threat of cancellation due to coronavirus

israel tour de france 2023

2020 UAE Tour LIVE STREAM

israel tour de france 2023

Ewan storms to victory on stage 2 of UAE Tour

Popular category.

  • Results 1805
  • Grand Tours 1566
  • Tour de France 707
  • POPULAR THIS WEEK 616
  • Live Streaming 548
  • Giro d'Italia 547
  • Interviews 382

israel tour de france 2023

  • Buyer’s Guide
  • Gear Reviews
  • Rides+Events
  • Training Guide
  • Maintenance

What Israel-Premier Tech’s invite to the 2023 Tour de France means for Canadian riders

The protour squad will race the majority of the 2023 worldtour.

Hugo Houle winning a stage of the Tour de France

Just before Christmas, the UCI gave Israel-Premier Tech the gift of invitations to all one week WorldTour stage races in 2023, even though the relegated squad is now ProTour level and would usually get granted wild cards by the race organizers themselves. On Wednesday, the ASO announced that I-PT was invited to the 2023 Tour de France, along with awesomely-kitted Norwegian outfit Uno-X, Lotto-Dstny and Team Total Energies. ASO’s present is perhaps bigger than the UCI’s.

The 2023 WorldTour teams contain only one Canadian, Ineos Grenadiers’ Michael Leonard . Even though Alex Cataford and James Piccoli didn’t re-sign with the team, it still can boast (along with Human Powered Health) the most Canucks: Guillaume Boivin, Michael Woods, Hugo Houle and Derek Gee. The chances of 18-year-old Leonard being in Bilbao, Spain for the start of the Tour de France on July 1 are nil, but the odds of an Israel-Premier Tech Canadian at the Grand Départ are good.

israel tour de france 2023

I bet Houle likes his chances.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hugo Houle (@hugohoule)

Last year, of course, Hugo Houle became the first Canadian to win a stage of the Tour since 1988, a grand victory emotionally dedicated to his deceased brother. Canada had a more direct connection with La Grande Boucle after that victory. It means a lot for a team with a Canadian owner, a Canadian director sportif and Canadian riders to return to the Big Show in July.

Right now Gee is slated to race the first WorldTour race of the season, the Santos Tour Down Under, the stage race returning after two years of COVID-19 cancelations in Australia.

So Israel-Premier Tech will be a ProTour team racing the vast majority of the 2023 WorldTour–keep in mind that the week-long stage race granting is only for this season–including all five Monuments and the Tour de France. Not too shabby.

israel tour de france 2023

  • Email address: *
  • Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
  • LET'S TALK
  • LET'S EAT
  • FAMILY & EDUCATION
  • SOCIAL & PERSONAL
  • JEWISH WORDS
  • JEWISH HOW TOS
  • RABBI I HAVE A PROBLEM
  • EDUCATIONAL
  • PROFESSIONAL
  • THE FRESSER
  • THE SCHMOOZE

Sign up to The JC newsletter

Team israel scoops tour de france stage win in 'one of the best days ever'.

Canadian rider Michael Woods became one of the oldest riders to ever win a stage of cycling's biggest race

Jonny Long

BY Jonny Long

  • Tour de France 2023
  • Israel Premier Tech

articlemain

Israel - Premier Tech's Canadian rider Michael Woods (R) celebrates winning the 9th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182,5 km between Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat and Puy de Dome, in the Massif Central volcanic mountains in central France, on July 9, 2023. (Photo by MICHAEL STEELE / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL STEELE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Canadian cyclist Michael Woods has won Israel-Premier Tech’s first Tour de France stage of the 2023 race, becoming one of the oldest men to ever take a stage victory.

Woods, who only turned to cycling nine years ago at the late age of 27, won the ninth stage of the famous race atop the mythical Puy de Dôme, an 11,000-year-old dormant volcano in the Massif Central region of France becoming the first athlete ever to have both run a four-minute mile and won a stage of the Tour de France.

Israel-Premier Tech’s team owner, the Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams, said that while there would be celebrations at the team hotel that evening, the team would be looking to not just equal last year’s record of two Tour stage wins but eclipse their previous best race result.

GettyImages-1516668108

GettyImages-1516668108

Canadian Michael Woods of Israel-Premier Tech celebrates on the podium after winning stage 9 of the Tour de France cycling race, a 182,4 km race from Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dome, France, Sunday 09 July 2023. This year's Tour de France takes place from 01 to 23 July 2023. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo by DIRK WAEM / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)

“I’m so happy for Mike,” Adams said. “It’s a great feeling to finish the first week of the Tour with a victory. There will be quite a nice celebration at the hotel tonight, and the rest day tomorrow will certainly be festive. And, we have two more weeks to hunt for more success. We won two stages last year. How nice would it be to exceed that lofty result?

DSC7632

L'chaim: Sylvan Adams (centre) with the Israel team

"Due to my long personal relationship with Mike and the other Canadians on our team, I couldn’t be more proud. One of the best days ever for the team. Y’alla!”

Woods was part of a large group that escaped up the road to fight for the stage win, who then had to successfully claw back and catch the lone leader American Matteo Jorgenson.

In Woods’ support car behind as he climbed the volcano, the team’s sports director Rik Verbrugghe bluffed and told the Canadian he was only one minute behind Jorgenson, not the actual two minutes, to avoid the 36-year-old losing hope.

Israel - Premier Tech arrived at the Tour this year with the goal of winning at least one stage, no easy feat for a relatively new team.

“I’m still having a pinch-myself moment,” Woods said after the finish, a less busy affair than usual as the narrow road leading up to the summit restricted the number of cars and fans allowed up. “I can’t believe I made it. I’m really proud of myself and proud of my team. It’s special.”

“I’m 36 years old, 37 this year, not getting any younger,” Woods continued of finally achieving his dream of a Tour stage win.

“I’ve always talked about winning a stage at the Tour de France and I finally achieved it. So fortunate to have so many good people behind me – my family, my team, Sylvan Adams, my parents, my wife, my kids, they’ve all supported me, I’ve had some tough times the past few years. I’m back on top and really proud.”

Have the JC delivered to your door

subscribe

Want more from the JC?

To continue reading, we just need a few details....

©2024 The Jewish Chronicle

  • Advertising
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy policy

Israel-Premier Tech Owner Says of Chris Froome: “I Couldn’t Say He’s Value for Money.”

In a volatile interview, team owner Sylvan Adams publicly slams Froome for his performance this season. Froome shoots back: "I was ready for the Tour"

cycling 101th tour of italy 2018 pc team sky

Team owners aren’t known for their mid-season brutal commentary when it comes to calling out their riders. Normally, the most you’d get is an admission of mild disappointment or an ‘onward and upward’ type of comment.

In an interview with Cycling Weekly , Adams noted that, “We signed Chris to be the leader of our Tour de France team and he’s not even here, so that cannot be considered value for money… This [hiring Froome] is not a PR exercise. Chris isn’t a symbol, he isn’t a PR tool, he’s supposed to be our leader at the Tour de France and he’s not even here, so no I couldn’t say he’s value for money.”

Continuing along that train of thought, Adams noted that Froome was ‘not ready to compete for a GC podium, forget about winning’ in this year’s Tour. And you thought your annual performance review from your boss was harsh!

“We had a double risk: the risk from the severity of his injuries and of course his advancing age,” Adams added about his decision to sign Froome in 2021, despite his career and life-threatening injuries sustained from a crash in 2019 .

Adams also said that he and Froome agreed that Froome would be retiring as an Israel Premier Tech rider—at a maximum age of 40, which is not too far off for the 38-year-old—but he doesn’t know if Froome has any plans to exit the sport before then.

In a passive-aggressive line that followed Adams’ commitment to have Froome retire as an Israel Premier Tech rider, he rhetorically asked, ‘Would he really want to continue to be a pedestrian domestique on this team?’

And in fact, the same day Adams released his volatile interview, Froome posted a video to YouTube expressing his disappointment to not have made the Israel Premier Tech Tour de France team, citing frustrating equipment issues that have plagued his season. It was titled " I was ready for the Tour, " so you can guess what his overall vibe was. He also expressed intentions to continue racing this year at the Czech Tour and Deutschland Tour, prepping for the Tour de France in 2024. So he’s not quite ready to retire just yet.

Arguably, whatever Adams believes, the four-time Tour de France winner is an important fixture in cycling ( as is his ridiculously cute cat) . Even without any major wins this season, he does still have a place in the cycling world —whether he's at the front of the peloton or not.

Molly writes about cycling, nutrition and training, with an emphasis on women in sport. Her new middle-grade series, Shred Girls, debuts with Rodale Kids/Random House in 2019 with "Lindsay's Joyride." Her other books include "Mud, Snow and Cyclocross," "Saddle, Sore" and "Fuel Your Ride." Her work has been published in magazines like Bicycling, Outside and Nylon. She co-hosts The Consummate Athlete Podcast.

preview for HDM All Sections Playlist - Bicycling

.css-1t6om3g:before{width:1.75rem;height:1.75rem;margin:0 0.625rem -0.125rem 0;content:'';display:inline-block;-webkit-background-size:1.25rem;background-size:1.25rem;background-color:#F8D811;color:#000;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-position:center;background-position:center;}.loaded .css-1t6om3g:before{background-image:url(/_assets/design-tokens/bicycling/static/images/chevron-design-element.c42d609.svg);} Tour de France

110th tour de france 2023 stage 7

Riders Weigh In on the Tour de France Routes

2nd tour de france femmes 2023 stage 2

2024 Tour de France Femmes Can't-Miss Stages

topshot cycling fra tdf2023 women stage7

How Much Money Do Top Tour de France Teams Make?

110th tour de france 2023 stage 8

2024 Tour de France/ Tour de France Femmes Routes

2nd tour de france femmes 2023 stage 8

How Much Did Tour de France Femmes Riders Earn?

cycling fra tdf2023 women stage7

5 Takeaways from the Tour de France Femmes

2nd tour de france femmes 2023 stage 8

Who Won the 2023 Tour de France Femmes?

2nd tour de france femmes 2023 stage 8

Results From the 2023 Tour de France Femmes

3rd tour de suisse women 2023 stage 2

Previewing Stage 8: 2023 Tour de France Femmes

col du tourmalet pass

The Tour de France Femmes Takes on the Tourmalet

2nd tour de france femmes 2023 stage 6

Team Car Drama at the Tour de France Femmes

  • >", "name": "top-nav-watch", "type": "link"}}' href="https://watch.outsideonline.com">Watch
  • >", "name": "top-nav-learn", "type": "link"}}' href="https://learn.outsideonline.com">Learn
  • >", "name": "top-nav-podcasts", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.outsideonline.com/podcast-directory/">Podcasts
  • >", "name": "top-nav-maps", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.gaiagps.com">Maps
  • >", "name": "top-nav-events", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.athletereg.com/events">Events
  • >", "name": "top-nav-shop", "type": "link"}}' href="https://shop.outsideonline.com">Shop
  • >", "name": "top-nav-buysell", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell">BuySell
  • >", "name": "top-nav-outside", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.outsideonline.com/outsideplus">Outside+

Become a Member

Get access to more than 30 brands, premium video, exclusive content, events, mapping, and more.

Already have an account? >", "name": "mega-signin", "type": "link"}}' class="u-color--red-dark u-font--xs u-text-transform--upper u-font-weight--bold">Sign In

Outside watch, outside learn.

  • >", "name": "mega-backpacker-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.backpacker.com/">Backpacker
  • >", "name": "mega-climbing-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.climbing.com/">Climbing
  • >", "name": "mega-flyfilmtour-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://flyfilmtour.com/">Fly Fishing Film Tour
  • >", "name": "mega-gaiagps-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.gaiagps.com/">Gaia GPS
  • >", "name": "mega-npt-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.nationalparktrips.com/">National Park Trips
  • >", "name": "mega-outsideonline-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.outsideonline.com/">Outside
  • >", "name": "mega-outsideio-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.outside.io/">Outside.io
  • >", "name": "mega-outsidetv-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://watch.outsideonline.com">Outside Watch
  • >", "name": "mega-ski-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.skimag.com/">Ski
  • >", "name": "mega-warrenmiller-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://warrenmiller.com/">Warren Miller Entertainment

Healthy Living

  • >", "name": "mega-ce-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.cleaneatingmag.com/">Clean Eating
  • >", "name": "mega-oxy-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.oxygenmag.com/">Oxygen
  • >", "name": "mega-vt-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.vegetariantimes.com/">Vegetarian Times
  • >", "name": "mega-yj-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.yogajournal.com/">Yoga Journal
  • >", "name": "mega-beta-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.betamtb.com/">Beta
  • >", "name": "mega-pinkbike-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.pinkbike.com/">Pinkbike
  • >", "name": "mega-roll-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.rollmassif.com/">Roll Massif
  • >", "name": "mega-trailforks-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.trailforks.com/">Trailforks
  • >", "name": "mega-trail-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://trailrunnermag.com/">Trail Runner
  • >", "name": "mega-tri-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.triathlete.com/">Triathlete
  • >", "name": "mega-vn-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://velo.outsideonline.com/">Velo
  • >", "name": "mega-wr-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.womensrunning.com/">Women's Running
  • >", "name": "mega-athletereg-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.athletereg.com/">athleteReg
  • >", "name": "mega-bicycleretailer-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.bicycleretailer.com/">Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
  • >", "name": "mega-cairn-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.getcairn.com/">Cairn
  • >", "name": "mega-finisherpix-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.finisherpix.com/">FinisherPix
  • >", "name": "mega-idea-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.ideafit.com/">Idea
  • >", "name": "mega-nastar-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.nastar.com/">NASTAR
  • >", "name": "mega-shop-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.outsideinc.com/outside-books/">Outside Books
  • >", "name": "mega-veloswap-link", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.veloswap.com/">VeloSwap
  • >", "name": "mega-backpacker-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.backpacker.com/">Backpacker
  • >", "name": "mega-climbing-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.climbing.com/">Climbing
  • >", "name": "mega-flyfilmtour-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://flyfilmtour.com/">Fly Fishing Film Tour
  • >", "name": "mega-gaiagps-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.gaiagps.com/">Gaia GPS
  • >", "name": "mega-npt-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.nationalparktrips.com/">National Park Trips
  • >", "name": "mega-outsideonline-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.outsideonline.com/">Outside
  • >", "name": "mega-outsidetv-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://watch.outsideonline.com">Watch
  • >", "name": "mega-ski-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.skimag.com/">Ski
  • >", "name": "mega-warrenmiller-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://warrenmiller.com/">Warren Miller Entertainment
  • >", "name": "mega-ce-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.cleaneatingmag.com/">Clean Eating
  • >", "name": "mega-oxy-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.oxygenmag.com/">Oxygen
  • >", "name": "mega-vt-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.vegetariantimes.com/">Vegetarian Times
  • >", "name": "mega-yj-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.yogajournal.com/">Yoga Journal
  • >", "name": "mega-beta-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.betamtb.com/">Beta
  • >", "name": "mega-roll-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.rollmassif.com/">Roll Massif
  • >", "name": "mega-trail-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://trailrunnermag.com/">Trail Runner
  • >", "name": "mega-tri-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.triathlete.com/">Triathlete
  • >", "name": "mega-vn-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://velo.outsideonline.com/">Velo
  • >", "name": "mega-wr-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.womensrunning.com/">Women's Running
  • >", "name": "mega-athletereg-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.athletereg.com/">athleteReg
  • >", "name": "mega-bicycleretailer-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.bicycleretailer.com/">Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
  • >", "name": "mega-finisherpix-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.finisherpix.com/">FinisherPix
  • >", "name": "mega-idea-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.ideafit.com/">Idea
  • >", "name": "mega-nastar-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.nastar.com/">NASTAR
  • >", "name": "mega-shop-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://shop.outsideonline.com/">Outside Shop
  • >", "name": "mega-vp-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.velopress.com/">VeloPress
  • >", "name": "mega-veloswap-link-accordion", "type": "link"}}' href="https://www.veloswap.com/">VeloSwap

2-FOR-1 GA TICKETS WITH OUTSIDE+

Don’t miss Thundercat, Fleet Foxes, and more at the Outside Festival.

GET TICKETS NOW

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

Outside Festival feat. Thundercat, Fleet Foxes, and more.

GET EARLY-BIRD DEALS

Tour de France

Bike check: the factor ostro vam of israel–premier tech in the 2023 tour de france, this factor aero bike features parts from fsa, black inc, and a blacked-out tire that definitely isn't sponsor correct..

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! >","name":"in-content-cta","type":"link"}}'>Download the app .

Israel–Premier Tech rider Michael Woods beat Matteo Jorgenson to win stage 9 of the Tour de France . He made his breakaway stick aboard the Factor Ostro VAM, Factor’s surprisingly light aero road bike.

Factor likes to call this bike the “ultimate all-rounder,” which it might just be in the Tour considering how well it did climbing the Puy de Dôme. Israel–Premier Tech is sponsored by Factor, Selle Italia, FSA, Maxxis, and others. Sponsorship doesn’t necessarily mean you have to use their gear, as we learn here.

See the photo gallery below for Krists Neiland’s Factor Ostro VAM ridden in the Tour de France.

  • Michael Woods climbs to Tour de France nirvana: ‘I dreamed of winning a stage’
  • The 5 coolest things about the Giant Propel of Jayco AlUla in the 2023 Tour de France

Israel-Premier-Tech-Tour-de-france-2023-Factor-Factor-Ostro-Vam-bike-8500067

Popular on Velo

What’s it like to be an American cyclist living in France? Watch to get professional road cyclist Joe Dombrowski’s view.

Related content from the Outside Network

One way south, mountain bikers react to their first taste of non-alcoholic craft beer, video review: bmc urs 01 two gravel bike, kiel reijnen vuelta video diary: the painful decision to abandon.

Chris Froome left out of Israel-Premier Tech Tour de France team

No place for four-time winner in squad led by Woods and Teuns

Chris Froome

Chris Froome has not been selected for the Israel-Premier Tech Tour de France squad, with Michael Woods, Dylan Teuns, Simon Clarke and Hugo Houle and Corbin Strong preferred as the team targets stage victories on all terrains during the three-week race. 

Froome won the Tour de France four times between 2013 and 2017 but turned 38 in May. He overcome a tendon problem in April and attended a pre-Tour altitude camp, convinced he could still try to fight for a stage victory at the race. 

The Israel-Premier Tech team management felt otherwise, explaining their selection decision without mentioning Froome.   

“It was a tough decision to select our Tour de France team this year but we feel we selected eight riders best suited to fulfilling our performance objectives,” team manager Kjell Carlström said. 

'It would be massive to win a race in 2023, any race' - Chris Froome interview

Chris Froome: The Tour de France remains the ultimate goal

Derek Gee the unofficial Giro d'Italia MVP

Tour de France 2023

“The fact that we had a difficult decision to make when looking at our long list shows the strength and depth of our rider group, and unfortunately we could not select everyone. 

We carefully looked at the necessary roles to fill when it comes to hunting for stage wins and chose our eight riders accordingly.” Clarke and Houle won stages in last year's Tour and the team continued to race aggressively at the Giro d’Italia with Derek Gee often on the attack and finishing second on four stages.  

Israel-Premier Tech hope that Woods, Teuns, Clarke Houle and Strong can continue that approach. Also in the final eight are Nick Schultz, Krists Neilands and Guillaume Boivin.

“We bring a strong team, ready to race aggressively, with the main goal of going for stage wins,” directeur sportif Rik Verbrugghe explained. 

“We all know that it’s hard to win a stage in the Tour, but I believe that each of our eight selected riders has what it takes to be victorious in this race. 

“I would like to see the team race with the same attitude and eagerness as we did in the Giro d’Italia this year. If we can continue like this, racing opportunistically, I believe we will have a great race.”

Woods won La Route d’Occitanie last week and hopes to keep the momentum going at the Tour de France, especially in the hilly Basque Country stage in the opening weekend, when the yellow jersey could also be up for grabs. 

“This is an area I’ve had a lot of success in with my two Vuelta a España stage wins both taking place there. I really enjoy racing in this area”, Woods said.

“My big ambition is to win a stage and inspired by my Ottawa teammate, Derek Gee, I want to race a really aggressive race, trying to be as active as possible. The victory in La Route d’Occitanie gave me a lot of confidence. I’m really motivated and ready to race! I’m really excited for this year’s Tour de France.”

Israel-Premier Tech for the Tour de France (July 1-23): Guillaume Boivin (Can), Simon Clarke (Aus), Hugo Houle (Can), Krists Neilands (Lat), Nick Schultz (Aus), Corbin Strong (Nzl), Dylan Teuns (Bel), Michael Woods (Can).

israel tour de france 2023

Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*

Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets

After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59

israel tour de france 2023

Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

Get The Leadout Newsletter

The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!

Stephen Farrand

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters , Shift Active Media , and CyclingWeekly , among other publications.

‘Living in the moment and being happy’ - Tao Geoghegan Hart just wants to race

The other Cannibal – Jonas Vingegaard ready to impress at Tirreno-Adriatico

Keegan Swenson and Sofia Gomez Villafane defend desert titles at Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona

Most Popular

By Lukas Knöfler March 02, 2024

By Dan Challis March 02, 2024

By Simone Giuliani March 01, 2024

By James Moultrie, Stephen Farrand March 01, 2024

By Stephen Farrand March 01, 2024

By Daniel Ostanek March 01, 2024

By Josh Croxton March 01, 2024

By James Moultrie March 01, 2024

  • Tour de France
  • Giro d'Italia
  • La Vuelta ciclista a España
  • World Championships
  • Amstel Gold Race
  • Milano-Sanremo
  • Tirreno-Adriatico
  • Liège-Bastogne-Liège
  • Il Lombardia
  • La Flèche Wallonne
  • Paris - Nice
  • Paris-Roubaix
  • Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
  • Critérium du Dauphiné
  • Tour des Flandres
  • Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields
  • Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián
  • INEOS Grenadiers
  • Groupama - FDJ
  • EF Education-EasyPost
  • Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
  • BORA - hansgrohe
  • Bahrain - Victorious
  • Astana Qazaqstan Team
  • Intermarché - Wanty
  • Lidl - Trek
  • Movistar Team
  • Soudal - Quick Step
  • Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
  • Team Jayco AlUla
  • Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  • UAE Team Emirates
  • Arkéa - B&B Hotels
  • Alpecin-Deceuninck
  • Grand tours
  • Countdown to 2 billion pageviews
  • Favorite500
  • Profile Score
  • Most successful rider
  • Points per rider
  • Most racedays
  • Races per nation
  • Riders per country
  • Wins per season
  • Contribute socials
  • Contribute program
  • Start - Start
  • Statistics - Statistics
  • Season - Season
  • Wins - Wins
  • Results - Results
  • Transfers - Transfers
  • Program - Program
  • More - More

Israel - Premier Tech (PRT)

  • Transfers in
  • Transfers out
  • FROOME Chris
  • FUGLSANG Jakob
  • POZZOVIVO Domenico
  • NIZZOLO Giacomo
  • WOODS Michael
  • VANMARCKE Sep
  • HERMANS Ben
  • IMPEY Daryl
  • TEUNS Dylan
  • CLARKE Simon
  • VAN ASBROECK Tom
  • BOIVIN Guillaume
  • NEILANDS Krists
  • SCHULTZ Nick
  • STRONG Corbin
  • HOLLENSTEIN Reto
  • WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads
  • WILLIAMS Stephen
  • EINHORN Itamar
  • BERWICK Sebastian
  • GOLDSTEIN Omer
  • REYNDERS Jens
  • RICCITELLO Matthew
  • SHEEHAN Riley
  • GILMORE Brady
  • FRIGO Marco
  • HOLLYMAN Mason

Quick links

  • Compare to other teams

Related teams

  • Israel Premier Tech Academy (CT)
  • Team status: PRT
  • Abbreviation: IPT
  • Bike: Factor

israel tour de france 2023

H2H Suggestions

  • Green Project - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
  • Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
  • TotalEnergies
  • Human Powered Health
  • Bolton Equities Black Spoke
  • View all gear

Upcoming races for team

Last victories, top results, grand tours.

  • Vuelta a España

Major Tours

  • Volta a Catalunya
  • Tour de Romandie
  • Tour de Suisse
  • Itzulia Basque Country
  • Milano-SanRemo
  • Ronde van Vlaanderen

Championships

  • European championships

Top classics

  • Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
  • Strade Bianche
  • Gent-Wevelgem
  • Dwars door vlaanderen
  • Eschborn-Frankfurt
  • San Sebastian
  • Bretagne Classic
  • GP Montréal

Popular riders

  • Tadej Pogačar
  • Wout van Aert
  • Remco Evenepoel
  • Jonas Vingegaard
  • Mathieu van der Poel
  • Mads Pedersen
  • Primoz Roglic
  • Demi Vollering
  • Lotte Kopecky
  • Katarzyna Niewiadoma
  • PCS ranking
  • UCI World Ranking
  • Points per age
  • Latest injuries
  • Youngest riders
  • Grand tour statistics
  • Monument classics
  • Latest transfers
  • Favorite 500
  • Points scales
  • Profile scores
  • Reset password
  • ProCyclingGame

About ProCyclingStats

  • Cookie policy
  • Contributions
  • Pageload 0.1045s

The New Times

Chris Froome to visit Bugesera-based Field of Dreams cycling facility

F our-time Tour de France winner Christopher Froome and his Israel Premier Tech teammates will Friday, February 16, visit the ‘Field of Dreams’ cycling centre in Bugesera District. The visit aims at celebrating the centre’s one-year anniversary since its inauguration in February 2023 which Froome also attended. READ ALSO: Inaugural Rwanda Youth Racing Cup due on July 16 Located at Gasore Serge Foundation facility in Ntarama Sector, the ‘Field of Dreams’ was built by Israel – Premier Tech (IPT) and it cost over Rwf300 million to complete it. The funds were mobilized through the ‘Race for Change’ initiative spearheaded by Froome in order to enable thousands of Rwandan children to embrace cycling. The centre promises to play a crucial role in boosting cycling in the country which will host the UCI Road World Championship in 2025, becoming the first African country to do so. The Field of Dreams comprises two main parts including the newly-built pump-track and a 1.2km cycling course - the first of several planned training facilities within the centre. So far, six races for children under 19 years of age have been played at the facility in a competition known as Rwanda Cycling Cup. READ ALSO: Mountain Bike for young cyclists launched in Bugesera A children's race, sponsored by Israel Premier Tech and Bugesera Cycling Team, has been organized as part of centre’s one-year anniversary celebration event. Israel Premier Tech is part of the 20-team peloton for Tour du Rwanda 2024 and Froome, under the colors of the Israeli team, will be making his second appearance in the 2.1 continental cycling event having participated during the 2023 edition.

  • Help Build the Field of Dreams
  • תוכן בעברית
  • Our Partners
  • Fan Subscribe

Israel — Premier Tech logo

  • Race Report

IPT concludes another successful Tour de France

The 2023 Tour de France was another successful one for Israel – Premier Tech with the team coming home with an epic stage win and a general strong show of strength from all eight riders, always getting in the mix to show off the team colors. On the final day of racing, Corbin Strong sprinted to ninth place in the iconic sprint on Champs-Élysées in Paris.

“I am happy with our performance at this year’s Tour de France. I feel this is the best team we’ve ever sent” , IPT owner Sylvan Adams explains. “The bar was set quite high last year, as we won two stages. This year, while we took only one stage on Mike Woods’ heroic climb up the Puy de Dôme, we were very close to securing another victory on several occasions.

“The entire cycling world appreciated our aggressive racing style, which followed our strong showing at this year’s Giro d’Italia, where Derek Gee earned the title of ‘most combative rider’. At the Tour, Krists Neilands’ attacking style was equally merit worthy. We are a young team that is having success and being noticed at cycling’s biggest and hardest race. I promise that we will be even better at next year’s Tour de France.”

Michael Woods’ solo victory on stage 9 to Puy de Dôme naturally stands out as the main highlight from a range of impressive performances by the IPT riders and Woods is looking back on his race with great satisfaction.

“I’m really proud of this victory, it is a career defining moment for me. This was my 10th Grand Tour and it has been one of the best Grand Tours I have done with a team. The staff were amazing, the morale was great, and we raced super well. We were certainly one of the most aggressive teams and were it not for a bit of bad luck I think we could have had another win. The team rode exceptionally well throughout this Tour.”

Sports director, Steve Bauer, echoes the words from Woods, explaining that all the IPT riders showed their worth during the past three weeks of racing.

“I think it has been a super good race for the team. Everybody stepped up at different moments in this Tour. We were always in the race, constantly going for wins and that’s really something we can take away from the race. Overall, the team effort was inevitably exceptional. Also, to arrive in Paris with eight riders is just fantastic. Everybody can be proud of their performance in this Tour.”

Michael Woods Tour de France 2023 victory stage 9 Israel Premier Tech

  • Share full article

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio , a new iOS app available for news subscribers.

An Arms Race Quietly Unfolds in Space

After warnings that russia could put a nuclear weapon into orbit, the u.s. is ramping up its space effort..

This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email [email protected] with any questions. An earlier version of this transcript misidentified the speaker reading portions of Representative Mike Turner’s letter warning of a national security threat. It was the voice of reporter Andrew Craft of Fox News, not Mr. Turner himself.

From “New York Times,” I’m Michael Barbaro. This is “The Daily.”

[THEME MUSIC]

Today, US officials now acknowledge a growing fear that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into Earth’s orbit. But, as my colleague, Eric Lipton, explains, their real worry is that America could lose the battle for military supremacy in space.

It’s Wednesday, February 28.

Eric, this story began in a pretty unusual way. I actually watched it unfold on social media in real time, and it started with a very cryptic message from a member of Congress. So just tell us about that.

Sure. Well, Representative Mike Turner, who’s chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, put out a message, saying —

Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has made available to all members of Congress information —

— that he had information, concerning a serious national security threat. And it was an unusual kind of a statement from the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

I’m requesting that President Biden declassify all information relating to this threat so that Congress, the administration —

And so he didn’t really tell us what this was about, but he —

He told us to be very scared.

Yes. And it immediately set off a scramble of national security reporters to try to figure out what that message meant. And pretty quickly —

Congressman Turner is referring to a foreign military capability, and that foreign military is the Russian military.

Reporters heard that this had to do with Russia and with a new type of military threat.

And what exactly was this new kind of military threat?

The intelligence that our “New York Times” colleagues have collected is that Russia is preparing to put a weapon in space that would blow up a nuclear device. And when it did that, it would be used to target United States surveillance satellites.

OK. So here, we need to slow down and explain what that means, why it’s so alarming, why nukes would ever be in space. So disentangle all of that.

I think that few Americans realize just how vital space is to the military defense of the United States. For decades, the United States has been building effectively school bus-sized satellites that cost a massive amounts of money. They’re these exquisite systems that just sit there in space and provide incredible information. And we rely upon all of the assets that we have for navigation, for communication, for missile defense, for missile targeting. And it’s something that is one of the great powers that the United States is to have all of this equipment floating around above us. But the real flaw in the United States military space system is that there aren’t very many of them, and you don’t have to take out too many of them to severely disable the United States’ capacities.

Got it. So back to this congressman, Turner, and his message, why would the Russians need a nuclear element to their efforts to challenge America’s satellite programs in space?

Russia sees potentially a nuclear weapon as a way to take out large numbers of satellites in an instant.

It would fry them. It would destroy them. It would create all kinds of debris in space. And I think what’s really going on here is the Russians in the early stages of their invasion of Ukraine were really frustrated that they were not able to really block the ability of the Ukrainian military to continue to communicate. And that’s because the Ukrainian military was relying on SpaceX, and Elon Musk, and his network of Starlink satellites to continue to operate. And it was actually in late 2022 when the Russians said, you know what? Those American satellites are getting in our way, and we may choose to target those satellites in the future. And I think that’s what might be going on right now.

Got it. So Russia has decided that a way for it to achieve any kind of military advantage over the US and have success in things like its invasion of Ukraine is to be able to threaten the United States’ satellite infrastructure in space in such a way that might make it hard for the US to effectively fight back against Russia.

That’s right. On the ground, Russia’s been using what they call GPS jammers to disrupt the signals from satellites that are coming down in Ukraine on the ground, as they’re fighting the war. But everything from the location of the soldier on the ground, to when there’s a missile that’s launched that’s targeting the United States, to how a ship communicates with another ship, everything goes through space. And I think that’s one of the weakest points that the United States has, and it’s the ability to mess up or disable their space-based communications, targeting surveillance.

You’re saying that, when a rival like Russia thinks about how it could actually and efficiently take out America’s eyes and ears of our entire military, it turns out there’s really only one answer, and that’s by doing it in space.

Right. It doesn’t matter how big and powerful the weapon systems are. If they can’t target and they can’t communicate, they’re basically useless.

OK. So if you believe that Russia could put a nuclear weapon in space that could hurt our ability to have eyes and ears on what they’re doing, that would be very scary. But how confident are we that Vladimir Putin can in fact put a nuclear weapon in space that’s capable of doing that?

Given that in fact there’s already been nuclear tests in space in the 1960s, the idea of them doing this is not out of the realm of technical possibilities. It would be a violation of an international treaty, but Russia hasn’t shown much concern about violating international treaties. So I don’t think technically it would be that much of a challenge. It would destabilize the world because suddenly you’d have nuclear weapons in space. And it would cross a line that so far, no one has crossed. But the notion, can it be done? I think it could be done.

And I guess the question is not just, can it be done, but how confident is the US that Russia intends to do it and how quickly?

That’s really unclear, and I think that there’s a lot of speculation even about exactly what this weapon might be. It could be a nuclear-powered anti-satellite device that blows out satellites but just the nuclear-powered. It could be a nuclear weapon in space that explodes and blows out anything anywhere nearby. And we don’t know when this potential Russian weapon is going to go up into orbit or whether or not in fact it ever really will.

But what this does show a bit is that it’s a bit of a Hail Mary by Russia, a way to try to exert its influence in space at a moment when Russia is actually a declining power relative to the other nations in the world.

Just explain that. How can Russia be a declining power right now in space?

Russia is not launching nearly as frequently as it had been, and its whole infrastructure around building new satellites is in decline, particularly compared to China, which is launching at a crazy pace right now and putting up all kinds of new commercial communication systems but also devices that could become offensive weapons against the United States. So at the end of the day, when I talk to people at the Pentagon, despite the noise that Russia is making about potentially putting a nuclear weapon in space, the biggest threat to the United States in space is actually China.

We’ll be right back.

So, Eric, we started off talking about the threat that it seemed Russia posed to the United States because of its willingness to potentially put a nuclear weapon in space. Now you’re saying that for the US military, the real threat in space is China. So just explain that.

China, as of at least the last decade, as part of a overall significant surge in its military capacity, space has been an incredibly intense focus. It has been launching at a really rapid pace, far ahead of Russia. And it’s not only putting communications satellites up there, but it’s putting systems that could potentially grab onto, move, and disable American military satellites.

Well, how does that work? How does something that they launch into space grab onto an American satellite?

Well, in January of 2022, China put a satellite into space that had an arm that reached out and grabbed another satellite that was there in geosynchronous orbit.

And it dragged it to a different location.

So basically, they found a way to put a tow truck up in space and showed that if they wanted to, they could move any satellite.

That’s right. They showed that they had the ability to not only send satellites up there but to send trucks that had the capacity to grab onto maybe an enemy’s surveillance system and basically put it into a dead zone. Another thing that China did was in 2007 — this is quite a while ago — they launched a missile up to about 530 miles, which is far into space. And they destroyed another satellite that was in orbit, and it created an incredible cloud of space debris, the largest amount of space debris ever tracked. And it was quite a worrisome thing for the United States to see that China has the capacity to launch missiles from the ground that would destroy satellites and blow them up in low Earth orbit.

Got it. So both examples that you just described are much more targeted than what Russia is contemplating, moving one satellite or using a missile to take one out. But the upshot is that China can disrupt our eyes and ears in space in a probably better, more efficient way than Russia. And you’re saying given how much stuff they’ve put up in space, they’re more likely to already be able to do it than Russia, which is still trying to get to that point.

Right. The big difference between Russia and China right now, as a space threat, is that China is moving rapidly on both offensive and defensive systems. China’s talking about building a state network of 13,000 satellites on a scale that’s completely outside of what Russia is attempting to do. China is investing a lot more money and it’s moving much faster right now to put new systems in space. And those systems are both going to threaten United States’ satellites and also have kind of a surveillance that would almost rival the United States.

So I want to understand where the US sits in all of this because when it comes to space, it feels like the thing that would make the US military so anxious about a rival’s advancements in space is if we couldn’t match them, or we couldn’t properly respond to them. So what is the US readiness right now to basically match or fight back against whatever Russia and China are doing in space?

Everyone I talk to from the Pentagon and also former Pentagon officials all agree that the United States maintains clear dominance in space. It has more satellites for surveillance, and missile targeting, and missile defense than any other nation. Both the United States and China have moved in a really rapid way into a new domain, and that is low Earth orbit. That’s about no greater than 1,200 miles off the surface of the Earth, and it’s the area where SpaceX has put more than 5,000 satellites for its Starlink system. That’s the focus right now is to flood that zone with lots of relatively-cheap, quickly-manufactured, easy-to-replace satellite systems. And the United States wants to put at least a thousand satellites into low Earth orbit for its military purposes in the next several years.

Among the many concerns that the American military has is that China is moving so rapidly right now to build out its own system that unless the United States really accelerates what it’s doing that soon China could be close to matching what the US has in space and that China now has enough surveillance capacity in space to target American military capacity in any type of a conflict. Imagine the scenario where China decides to invade Taiwan, and the United States decides that it’s going to help defend Taiwan. If all of our military assets are immediately visible to China, they could be targeted even before they got to the Taiwan Straits or even before they got within range to have a military engagement. And simultaneously, China’s offensive space weapons were disabling American satellites so that the United States could no longer communicate. That’s the fear that the military has right now is both of those things could suddenly happen if the United States is not building up its own space capacity and its space weapons to disable Chinese satellites.

Got it. So the worry — and it’s very specific — is that if China can achieve the same level of military prowess in space as the US, then the US loses any power it has to deter China from doing something like invade Taiwan because we know and they know that we know that they can basically shut down our systems before and during that invasion and make it impossible for us to stop them.

It would severely degrade military capacity if they could wipe out a good share of our satellites, and they’re racing to try to avoid that.

So, Eric, what does it look like for the US to race to avoid China meeting America’s capabilities where they currently are? How does the US military do that? Obviously, it would need to either slow China down, or the US itself would need to speed up and race ahead of China.

There’s two primary things that are happening right now. One is to build out US offensive systems to disable Chinese or Russian satellites. So that includes jamming systems — they just signed a new contract to build new devices that could jam Chinese or Russian satellites and disrupt their signals — laser systems that could destroy satellites from the ground or from space, and also other systems that they — just like the Chinese have built a tug in space, the United States potentially is going to build its own systems that could grab and disable other satellites in space.

The second piece of this plank is to build out a massive investment in space capacity by the United States, to build a whole new architecture in low Earth orbit, with hundreds, if not more than a thousand satellites that would be so many, so redundant that you couldn’t effectively disable the United States’ military capacity because even if you were to shoot out a certain number of them, there would be yet more of them, sort of like Starlink right now, the SpaceX Starlink. If it loses a certain number of its 5,800 satellites, they just switch, and they rebuild the network among the remaining satellites. Basically, everyone knows that the next time there’s a major war, with a major power, that there’s going to be offensive activity in space, and both sides are preparing for that.

Wow. What you’re clearly describing is a new space race, a space race that’s about which of these three global superpowers can take out the other’s satellites and use their satellites offensively and defensively to achieve military supremacy.

Yeah, that’s right. I think that there’s a new space race that’s underway right now, and it is more intense than at any time since really the 1960s, when the United States and Russia were testing weapons in space for the first time. And it is very intense, and the increase in spending on space right now radically exceeds anything that the Navy, or the traditional Air Force, or the Army is doing. More dollars are pouring into space defense right now as a percentage increase. It’s more than any other part of the military.

Eric, this makes me wonder, how much the US, in its efforts to do those two things you just described out in space, is ultimately reliant on contractors, the private sector, and in particular Elon Musk, right, this guy who has put so many satellites up in the sky but whose mercurial and unique, to put it diplomatically. So is the US’s plan for staying ahead of both Russia and China to ultimately put more and more power in the hands of Elon Musk?

Right now, there’s no question that SpaceX and Elon Musk plays an extraordinarily dominant role in the ability to launch to orbit, and the military is excessively reliant on SpaceX. So at this moment, it’s an uncomfortable domination by SpaceX. Of the 9,400 objects in orbit right now, 5,235 of them are SpaceX Starlink satellites. So almost all of the satellites in orbit from any nation in the world are Elon Musk. But the Department of Defense realizes that it can’t be so reliant upon one company for launch. And so the Pentagon is also signing contracts with small launch companies to quickly be able to put military satellites into space, with just a few days notice.

And so there’s a lot of money that’s being spent to build out this capacity.

Right. So what you’re really saying is that this new space race is going to come with and foster a new space military industrial complex that’s going to be the recipient of many billions, maybe trillions of dollars in taxpayer money.

That’s right. The United States is already in the middle of an incredible explosion in the commercial space industry because the number of commercial launches is growing at a really crazy rate. And in the entire world right now, there are approximately 10,000 objects in orbit. And within the next 10 years, the expectation that it’s going to be something like 25,000 satellites in orbit. So there’s a huge boom right now in the space industry globally.

So, Eric, when I step back, it feels like the inevitable outcome of this new space race, this weapons space race is a very potentially expensive version of what we already have, which is that famous concept of mutually assured destruction, right? It’s this idea that all three of these countries have nuclear weapons, and it keeps us all in check — Russia, China, the US. We don’t attack each other directly because we all fear that the other country attacked would fire back in obliterating ways that would never make it worth it. And so isn’t that where we’re headed with this battle over space? All three countries are going to be spending a tremendous amount of money eventually to reach some kind of loose parity that prevents us all from doing something really horrible to the other country.

I sort of reject your premise. And I think that in fact the thing that the United States is concerned about is it has had such a massive advantage in space for so long, and it’s been so central to our global military supremacy. And suddenly, if you have another nation that’s walking in and becoming your rival in that environment, that’s really worrisome to the American military. And they’re determined to prevent China from matching the United States military capacity in space.

You’re saying this is not about the three countries ever achieving parity. It’s about the US ensuring that parity is never achieved because if it’s achieved, then everything changes.

Right. I think that basically the Pentagon wants to ensure that it can maintain dominance in space and not just parity because space-based dominance is so vital to the way that the United States military has operated for years now.

[AMBIENT MUSIC]

Well, Eric, thank you very much. We appreciate it.

Thanks for having me.

Here’s what else you need to know today. On Tuesday, President Biden summoned House and Senate leaders to the White House in an attempt to avoid the latest potential government shutdown. That shutdown, which could begin at midnight on Saturday, would be the result of strident demands from House Republicans, who have attached right-wing policies to basic spending bills that have made them impossible to pass in the Senate.

We believe that we can get to agreement on these issues and prevent a government shutdown, and that’s our first responsibility.

As he left the White House, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed optimism that a shutdown would be averted.

And we have been working in good faith around the clock every single day, for months and weeks and over the last several days quite literally around the clock, to get that job done.

And in a rebuke to President Biden, more than 100,000 Democratic voters in Michigan cast protest ballots that declared themselves uncommitted to express disapproval of the president’s handling of the war in Gaza. That number far exceeded the goal of 10,000 uncommitted ballots that activists had set for themselves and could spell trouble for Biden in the general election. Michigan is a key swing state, where Biden defeated Donald Trump in 2020.

Today’s episode was produced by Michael Simon Johnson and Carlos Prieto, with help from Will Reid and Mooj Zadie. It was edited by Lexie Diao, contains original music by Marion Lozano, Dan Powell, and Pat McCusker, and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley. Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk of Wonderly.

That’s it for “The Daily.” I’m Michael Barbaro. See you tomorrow.

The Daily logo

  • March 4, 2024   •   26:06 An F.B.I. Informant, a Bombshell Claim, and an Impeachment Built on a Lie
  • March 3, 2024 The Sunday Read: ‘How Tom Sandoval Became the Most Hated Man in America’
  • March 1, 2024   •   32:33 Biden, Trump and a Split Screen at the Texas Border
  • February 29, 2024   •   26:03 How Poisoned Applesauce Found Its Way to Kids
  • February 28, 2024   •   24:54 An Arms Race Quietly Unfolds in Space
  • February 27, 2024   •   35:04 The Voters Willing to Abandon Biden Over Gaza
  • February 26, 2024   •   29:09 The Alabama Ruling That Could Stop Families From Having Kids
  • February 25, 2024 The Sunday Read: ‘How Do You Make a Weed Empire? Sell It Like Streetwear.’
  • February 23, 2024   •   25:48 Trump’s Cash Crunch
  • February 22, 2024   •   32:02 Putin’s Opposition Ponders a Future Without Aleksei Navalny
  • February 21, 2024   •   23:33 What Happens if America Turns Its Back on Its Allies in Europe
  • February 20, 2024   •   40:44 Stranded in Rafah as an Israeli Invasion Looms

Hosted by Michael Barbaro

Featuring Eric Lipton

Produced by Michael Simon Johnson and Carlos Prieto

With Will Reid and Mooj Zadie

Edited by Lexie Diao

Original music by Marion Lozano ,  Dan Powell and Pat McCusker

Engineered by Alyssa Moxley

Listen and follow The Daily Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

U.S. officials have acknowledged a growing fear that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into orbit.

Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains that their real worry is that America could lose the battle for military supremacy in space.

On today’s episode

israel tour de france 2023

Eric Lipton , an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

On a beach, crowds of people are looking up at the sky, where a rocket is launching.

Background reading

The U.S. warned its allies that Russia could put a nuclear weapon into orbit this year .

The Pentagon is in the early stages of a program to put constellations of smaller and cheaper satellites into orbit to counter space-based threats of the sort being developed by Russia and China.

There are a lot of ways to listen to The Daily. Here’s how.

We aim to make transcripts available the next workday after an episode’s publication. You can find them at the top of the page.

The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, Luke Vander Ploeg, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Sydney Harper, Mike Benoist, Liz O. Baylen, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Rachelle Bonja, Diana Nguyen, Marion Lozano, Corey Schreppel, Rob Szypko, Elisheba Ittoop, Mooj Zadie, Patricia Willens, Rowan Niemisto, Jody Becker, Rikki Novetsky, John Ketchum, Nina Feldman, Will Reid, Carlos Prieto, Ben Calhoun, Susan Lee, Lexie Diao, Mary Wilson, Alex Stern, Dan Farrell, Sophia Lanman, Shannon Lin, Diane Wong, Devon Taylor, Alyssa Moxley, Summer Thomad, Olivia Natt, Daniel Ramirez and Brendan Klinkenberg.

Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk of Wonderly. Special thanks to Sam Dolnick, Paula Szuchman, Lisa Tobin, Larissa Anderson, Julia Simon, Sofia Milan, Mahima Chablani, Elizabeth Davis-Moorer, Jeffrey Miranda, Renan Borelli, Maddy Masiello, Isabella Anderson and Nina Lassam.

An earlier version of the episode transcript misidentified the speaker reading portions of Representative Mike Turner’s letter warning of a national security threat. It was the voice of reporter Andrew Craft of Fox News, not Mr. Turner himself.

How we handle corrections

Eric Lipton is an investigative reporter, who digs into a broad range of topics from Pentagon spending to toxic chemicals. More about Eric Lipton

Advertisement

IMAGES

  1. Tour de France 2023

    israel tour de france 2023

  2. Tour de France

    israel tour de france 2023

  3. Cyclisme : les équipes Israel-Premier-Tech et Uno-X, invitées sur le

    israel tour de france 2023

  4. Israel Premier-Tech unveil new 'Field of Dreams' Tour de France kit

    israel tour de france 2023

  5. Israel Start-Up Nation Ready for its Historic Tour de France Debut

    israel tour de france 2023

  6. Tour De France 2023 Teams Trikots

    israel tour de france 2023

VIDEO

  1. Tour de France 2023 Stage 1 Preview: Everything Up For Grabs

  2. The Craziest Start to a Race I Have EVER Seen

  3. TOUR CON LA ISRAEL / parte 2 / TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 / Gameplay

COMMENTS

  1. Tour de France 2023 wildcards go to Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X

    Israel-Premier Tech will be at the Tour de France in 2023 despite their relegation from the WorldTour, while Uno-X have also been invited by the organisers to make their debut in cycling's biggest ...

  2. Chris Froome's Israel-Premier Tech given 2023 Tour de France wild card

    Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X have been awarded wild cards for the 2023 Tour de France, meaning Chris Froome could compete at this year's race for the eleventh time.

  3. Tour de France enters final stage in Paris with Israeli team among

    The riders of the 2023 Tour de France are being welcomed in Paris with the Israeli team, Premier tech, among them as the cycling race entered its final stage on Sunday.

  4. Profil of Israel- Premier Tech

    All informations about team Israel- Premier Tech. Club 2024 route 2024 Teams 2023 Edition Rankings Stage winners All the videos. Grands départs Tour Culture ... TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 - VIDEO GAMES (PC, XBOX ONE, PS4 & PS5) Fantasy by Tissot Club. 2024 route. 2024 Teams. 2023 Edition. Grands départs. Tour Culture. 2023 Edition ...

  5. Israel

    The official website of the Israel - Premier Tech cycling team, a UCI ProTeam with a commitment to change the world around us positively. ... IPT eyes more success in France as it returns to Paris - Nice. 1 Mar 2024. Race Preview. Yalla magazine: download issue three now for free! ... Success at the Tour du Rwanda does not happen by chance ...

  6. Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X get wildcard for 2023 Tour de France

    Chris Froome's team Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X of Norway complete the line-up for this year's Tour de France after organisers issued invites as wildcards to compete on Wednesday.. The two wildcards aside, the other 20 teams (made up of eight riders apiece) automatically qualify with the 18 from the WorldTour and the two top-ranked teams in the second tier ProTeams which are Belgian ...

  7. What Israel-Premier Tech's invite to the 2023 Tour de France means for

    The chances of 18-year-old Leonard being in Bilbao, Spain for the start of the Tour de France on July 1 are nil, but the odds of an Israel-Premier Tech Canadian at the Grand Départ are good.

  8. Israeli cycling team races in Tour de France

    The Israel Premier Tech cycling team is preparing for the 2023 Tour de France, which kicked off its 110 th edition on July 1. The contest, which took off from Bilbao, Spain, will see 22 teams cycle their way to the finish line in the Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 23. While this is the fourth time an Israeli team competes in the prestigious ...

  9. Tour de France 2023: Results & News

    2023 Tour de France overall podium (L-R): best young rider Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) ... while Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X were chosen as the two wildcard teams for the 2023 Tour de France.

  10. Tour de France: Michael Woods wins stage 9 atop Puy de ...

    De La Cruz faced an unfortunate chain drop with 20km remaining, leaving just three chasers pursuing Jorgenson. The Movistar rider hit the base of Puy de Dôme, with 13.3km at 7.7% ahead of him ...

  11. Team Israel Tour de France win: Canadian ride scoops stage win for

    Canadian cyclist Michael Woods has won Israel-Premier Tech's first Tour de France stage of the 2023 race, becoming one of the oldest men to ever take a stage victory.

  12. Versatile IPT squad seeks Tour de France stage wins

    23 June 2023. Israel - Premier Tech will line up at this year's Tour de France with a versatile team, once again seeking daily glory after last year's milestone performance with two stage victories. ... Israel - Premier Tech is Israel's first elite cycling team, founded in 2014, and co-owned by Sylvan Adams and Ron Baron. ...

  13. Tour de France 2023: Israel-Premier Tech Owner Says of ...

    Molly writes about cycling, nutrition and training, with an emphasis on women in sport. Her new middle-grade series, Shred Girls, debuts with Rodale Kids/Random House in 2019 with "Lindsay's Joyride."

  14. 2023 Tour de France

    The 2023 Tour de France was the 110th edition of the Tour de France.It started in Bilbao, Spain, on 1 July and ended with the final stage at Champs-Élysées, Paris, on 23 July.. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo-Visma) won the general classification for the second year in a row. Two-time champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) finished in second place, with Adam Yates (UAE ...

  15. Bike check: The Factor Ostro VAM of Israel-Premier Tech in the 2023

    Israel-Premier Tech rider Michael Woods beat Matteo Jorgenson to win stage 9 of the Tour de France. He made his breakaway stick aboard the Factor Ostro VAM, Factor's surprisingly light aero road bike. Factor likes to call this bike the "ultimate all-rounder," which it might just be in the Tour considering how well it did climbing the ...

  16. 2023 Tour de France: Israel Premier Tech Preview

    Strong team behind Michael Woods' probable tilt at the polka dot jersey. For race updates, coverage from the Alps: FollowTwitter: https://twitter.com/JamesTa...

  17. 2024 Tour de France

    The 2024 Tour de France will be the 111th edition of the Tour de France. It will start in Florence, Italy on 29 June ... were automatically invited. They were joined by 4 UCI ProTeams: the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2023 (Lotto-Dstny and Israel-Premier Tech), along with Uno-X Mobility and Team TotalEnergies who were selected by ...

  18. Israel Premier Tech

    The Tour de France 2023 will hold its Grand Départ in the Basque Country, with a first stage in Bilbao on 1st July, and will finish in Paris on 23rd July, on...

  19. 2023

    Tour de France. Ethias-Tour de Wallonie. Prueba Villafranca - Ordiziako Klasika. Vuelta a Castilla y Leon. ... 2023. 10. wins. 105. races. 23. podiums. Israel - Premier Tech is Israel's first elite cycling team, founded in 2014, and co-owned by Sylvan Adams and Ron Baron. Israel - Premier Tech Academy is the team's continental level ...

  20. Chris Froome left out of Israel-Premier Tech Tour de France team

    Froome won the Tour de France four times between 2013 and 2017 but turned 38 in May. He overcome a tendon problem in April and attended a pre-Tour altitude camp, convinced he could still try to ...

  21. Israel

    Israel - Premier Tech was the name of the cyclingteam in 2023. The main riders on the team this season were , and . ... Tour de France | Stage 9: 2.UWT: WOODS Michael: 100: 4: La Flèche Wallonne: 1.UWT: WOODS Michael: 90: 2: Grand Prix de Wallonie: 1.Pro: TEUNS Dylan: 85: 2:

  22. Rider for Israeli team snags Tour de France stage win, in first

    Simon Clarke of Israel Premier Tech has won stage five of the Tour de France in a photo finish after a 157 kilometer run from Lille to Arenberg featuring 20 kilometers of cobbled mining roads.

  23. Chris Froome to visit Bugesera-based Field of Dreams cycling facility

    Four-time Tour de France winner Christopher Froome and his Israel Premier Tech teammates will Friday, February 16, visit the 'Field of Dreams' cycling centre in Bugesera District. The visit ...

  24. IPT concludes another successful Tour de France

    23 July 2023. The 2023 Tour de France was another successful one for Israel - Premier Tech with the team coming home with an epic stage win and a general strong show of strength from all eight riders, always getting in the mix to show off the team colors. On the final day of racing, Corbin Strong sprinted to ninth place in the iconic sprint ...

  25. Israel Premier Tech Team Radio

    The Tour de France 2023 will hold its Grand Départ in the Basque Country, with a first stage in Bilbao on 1st July, and will finish in Paris on 23rd July, on...

  26. An Arms Race Quietly Unfolds in Space

    The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan ...