Israel Premier Tech

Disputée dans des conditions météorologiques difficiles, cette 88ème édition de la Flèche Wallonne a été remportée par trois coureurs Ekoï. Le Britannique S.Williams (Israël Premier Tech) s'est montré le plus fort dans la quatrième et dernière ascension du mur d'Huy. A 200 mètres de la ligne, il a attaqué, en costaud. Il devance Kévin Vauquelin de la formation bretonne Arkéa B&B-Hôtels et le Belge Maxime Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny). Ekoï signe son premier triplé de la saison sur une épreuve World Tour et Stephen Williams sa deuxième victoire de l'année après celle décrochée sur le Tour Down Under ! Equipements : casque AR14 Ekoï + textile (S.Williams) - casque Ekoï Aerodinamica, lunettes Ottimo et textile (K.Vauquelin) - casque AR14 + lunettes OTTIMO (M.Van Gils) 

The Australian rider from the Israel Premier-Tech team went solo at the kilometre mark and held off the comeback of Pogacar, who came out a little too late, to win the first stage of the Tour of Catalonia. It was a surprise victory and a masterstroke ! His teammate Stephen Williams completed the podium. A magnificent double for Ekoï! Winner's statement: "With 500 metres to go, I looked around and decided to go for it, but I was surprised that there wasn't a counter-attack"(...) "I looked around with 100 metres to go and couldn't believe it, even at the finish line when I won" (...)

Leader since stage 6, the promising British cyclist also won the final classification of the race.Joseph Blackmore, who broke away in the last ten kilometres, crossed the finish line wheeling, delighting the many spectators present.EKOI from head to toe, with the Ekoï STRADALE helmet, Ekoï OTTIMO sunglasses, and the Ekoï Israël Premier Tech jersey and bib shorts.

Ethan Vernon (23, Israel-Premier Tech) won the first stage of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes (2.1) on Saturday in a sprint over 163.8 kilometres from Levens to Antibes/Azur Arena. The Briton finished ahead of Sean Flynn and Vincenzo Albanese (Arkéa-B&B Hôtels). His qualities as a track rider* made it easy for him to overcome his rivals. The stage was marked by the breakaway formed at km49 by Andrea Mifsud (Nice Metropole Côte d'Azur, new Ekoï 2024 team) and South African rider Morne Van Niekerk. The two riders worked together for almost 100 kilometres, and in the end the young Mouansois rider tried to resist the return of the peloton on his own. He was caught with less than three kilometres to go. Note the presence of 4 Ekoï riders in the TOP 10. Number of professional wins : 6 *Among other titles in the discipline, he is the 2023 World Elimination Race Champion (track) EKOÏ gear : Aerodinamica helmet and OTTIMO sunglasses

"With a headwind, if you go too far out, you crash." Sprinter Hugo Hofstetter (IPT) knows this when he goes into the sprint firmly in the wheels of his pilot fish, Belgian rider Tom Van Asbroeck: to win, you have to get out as late as possible. That's why they decide to overtake Bennett in the last twenty meters. Blocked, Hugo couldn't get through, while Tom was able to use his power to win. With the team missing several riders due to illness, Israel's Premier-Tech achieved a fine team victory, following that of Stephen Williams in Australia. Stage 3 was marked by excellent results for Ekoï, with Axel Zingle taking third place and six Ekoï riders in the top 10. In the overall classification, two Ekoï riders are on the podium: Axel Zingle (Cofidis) and Raul Garcia Pierna (Arkéa B&B Hôtels). Winner's statement: "I was having a great day! I felt it early on. I'd been looking forward to this stage since the start of the Tour de la Provence because there was a great chance of edging, and as I'm from Belgium, I like the wind. (About the sprint) I was blown away when I saw that I was in the wheel of Pedersen and Sam Bennett (...) And the legs kept turning, the power kept climbing... I surprised myself so much. I knew I was in good shape, but I didn't expect this at all (...) I'm really proud of myself and the team. I don't win very often!"Number of professional victories: 5 EKOÏ equipment: Aerodinamica helmet and Carbon28 glasses

Wearing the ochre leader's tunic, the rider from the Israel Premier-tech team won both the final stage and the GC. In uncatchable form, Stephen scored a great win on the summit of Mount Lofty, the end of the day's stage. In a five-man sprint, he jumped ahead of his rivals with 200 meters to go. This was the team's first overall victory in a world tour race since it was first created... ...and Ekoï's first world tour win of the year! photo credit Sprint Cycling

After the third stage of the Tour Down Under, two Ekoï riders stand on the podium in the GC : the young New Zealander, Corbin Strong (Ekoï helmet, glasses and textile), for ISRAËL PREMIER TECH and the 26-year-old French puncher, Axel Mariault (Ekoï helmet and glasses), for COFIDIS. What an auspicious start for a season already crowned with two national cyclo-cross titles in France and Spain !

A 23 ans, Riley Sheehan inscrit son nom au palmarès de la « Classique des feuilles mortes » et remporte à la surprise générale sa première victoire professionnelle. Originaire du Colorado et ancien pensionnaire des Denver Disruptors, le stagiaire de la formation Israël-Premier Tech a parfaitement couru le long des 214 kilomètres de cette 117ème édition. Véritable référence du calendrier cycliste professionnel, Paris-Tours est mondialement connue pour ses chemins de vigne ainsi que pour la longueur de son ultime ligne droite. 800 mètres… L’avenue de Grammont sacre la jeunesse et l’explosivité de Riley Sheehan. Tel un vieux briscard, il se place judicieusement dans la roue de ses adversaires. Il sait qu’il n’est qu’un outsider et déchargé de toute pression, il lance véritablement son sprint à moins de 150 mètres de la ligne avant de s’imposer avec un demi vélo d’avance. Après le Giro d’Italia très prometteur de Matthew Riccitello, cette victoire récompense la confiance accordée aux jeunes coureurs américains par l’équipe Israël-Premier Tech. Crédit Photos : Sprint Cycling

Revelation of the 2023 season, the young 23-year-old New Zealand runner continues to stand out among the world's elite of the best sprinters. Already 3rd during a stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya and 2nd during the recent Quebec cycling GP, won by Arnaud de Lie (Lotto-Dstny), the resident of the Israel-Premier Tech training displays full of confidence at the The final part of the season begins. Despite a difficult first stage, around forty couriers showed up in Luxembourg at the end of the 156 kilometers to compete for victory. Well led and protected by his teammates as he approached the final race, Corbin placed himself in 2nd position at the start of the last turn, launched his sprint taking advantage of an energetic restart and managed to win by a short advance. Thanks to this success, the winner of the day makes a real raid by grabbing 3 distinctive jerseys: general classification, points classification and best young person. Photo credit: Sprint Cycling

The dantesque weather conditions of the Arctic Race of Norway 3rd stage put the riders of the peloton under pressure. Between the curbs and the various difficulties of the day, you had to be tough to win at the top of the final climb. Well led up to 50 meters by his teammate Dylan Teuns, the puncher-climber provides a penultimate effort to deposit on the line Clément Champoussin (Arkéa-Samsic) 2nd, Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech) 5th and Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) 8th . The British scored a double blow by wearing the leader's yellow jersey, which he kept at the end of the 4th stage, won by a vengeful Clément Champoussin (Arkéa-Samsic)! Photo credit: Sprint Cycling / Getty Images / Arctic Race of Norway

On the first stage of the Tour of the Czech Republic, the Israeli sprinter Itamar Einhorn won thanks to a lot of work, in particular from his teammate Rick Zabel. On a 165 kilometer course including two significant climbs at the start of the day, the Israel-Premier Tech team kept the morning breakaway at a respectable distance to come back to the 3 fugitives in the last kilometers. Itamar has also the leader's yellow jersey before the second stage ends in altitude. Photo credit: Czech Tour

For this 110th edition of the Tour de France, four Ekoï teams were on the starting line: Israel Premier-Tech, Arkéa-Samsic, Cofidis and Lotto-Dstny. It didn't take long to see one of them shine. Second stage and the first victory obtained thanks to a masterful look from Victor Lafay (Cofidis), who surprised the strongest by starting at the kilometer to cross the line alone. Enjoyable! A week later, the experienced Michael Woods (Israel Premier-Tech) made a fantastic climb of the very difficult Puy de Dôme. Returning one by one to his adversaries, he defeats them in the most severe percentages. Mythical ! During the 12th stage, Cofidis distinguished again with the Spanish rider Ion Izaguirre, author of an irresistible ride of 30 kilometers rewarded with a superb and indisputable victory. Solid ! Many cyclisrts also distinguished themselves. Among them, it is impossible not to mention the Belgian Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) with many breakaway attempts, often at kilometer 0. In Paris, it is not by chance that he won the super combative trophy. Krists Neilands (Israel Premier-Tech) found himself in the “right shot” several times and showed remarkable combativeness. Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) was damn pugnacious by hanging on throughout the mountain stages. His 10th place overall is well deserved. On the sprint side, we note the second and third places of Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) and the third place of Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) in the green jersey classification. The Arkéa-Samsic formation also showed up at the front of the race: and in the first place Laurent Pichon who put on a show for 155 kilometers (!) He will inspire his teammates, Anthony Delaplace an...

As usual, the first part of the stage looks more like a parade where the riders savor petits fours and champagne, than a cycling race. However, as you approach the most beautiful avenue in the world, there is no time to get your room.Entering the Champs..Elysées marks the real start of the battle. After only a few laps of the circuit, Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) and Frison (Lotto-Dstny) come out on top and make the last breakaway of this Tour de France. Campenaets (Lotto-Dstny) freshly elected "most combative runner of this 110th edition" is also trying his luck but the pace imposed by the sprinters teams allows no escape. But what a champion despite everything.For the ultimate sprint, the grail of all runners with well-developed hocks, note 3 Ekoï runners in the TOP 10: Coquard (Cofidis) 7th, Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) 9th, Mozzato (Arkéa-Samsic) 10th.Overall, Guillaume Martin takes a good 10th place.Photo credit: Sprint Cycling and Sirotti

The queen stage was very difficult for many riders. While Simon Geschke (Cofidis) suffered from the first kilometers of the Col des Saisies, Victor Lafay was part of the first group of breakaways. He is joined by Guillaume Martin in the same pass. Neilands (Israel Premier-Tech) and Champoussin (Arkéa-Samsic) also take the wheel of the first breakaways. After the descent, Alaphilippe, Ciccone and Neilands make up the trio of fugitives. The latter garnered the 17 points of the intermediate sprint. Going up to the Cormet de Roselend, 35 runners are at the front. Among them, Houle, Schultz and Neilands (Israel Premier-Tech), Champoussin and Guglielmi (Arkéa-Samsic). Approaching the summit, Neilands unfortunately did not manage to hold the leading group. In the terrible ascent of the Col de la Loze, Guillaume (Cofidis) held on for a long time before continuing at his own pace. He achieved a good stage by finishing 14th, a handful of seconds behind the French champion Valentin Madouas. In the general classification, he is in eleventh place. Note the presence of Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) in the top 20 of the day and the 23rd place of Nick Schultz, a few seconds ahead of Pogacar!

Several breakaway attempts take place during the first 30 kilometres. None manage to form.1 km from the top of the first difficulty (Col des Fleuris), Woods, Neilands, Houle and Barguil connect with the breakaway of 26 riders.Lutsenko and Alaphilippe break away.At 130 kms from the finish, the duo have a 45" lead.33 riders make up the chasing group. Among them: Martin, and Izaguirre for Cofidis, Woods, Teuns, Houle, Neilands for Israel Premier Tech, Barguil and Guglielmi for Arkéa-Samsic.km 105. 35 runners escaped.6'45" ahead of the peloton.In the ascent of the Col de la Croix de Fry, Teuns and Woods (IPT) stall...Van Aert attacks 400m from the summit of the Aravis. Krists Neilands takes his wheel and holds on!Less than 37 km, boom! Neilands falls on the descent.He bumps into a wall. Stunned, he let the fight for the win slip away, but very fortunately he set off again and finished the stage.A few minutes later, Martin goes straight. Without gravity.There are twelve kms left, Hugo Houle inserts himself between the pursuers and the leading trio. It will be taken back.Guillaume Martin takes a good seventh place, the two riders of the Arkéa-Samsic formation, Guglielmi and Barguil, finish ninth and tenth. Teuns and Houle are eleventh and thirteenth.In the general classification, Guillaume is now tenth, a handful of seconds behind Gaudu. Step by step...

Geschke (Cofidis) shows up at km0.Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) tries again... it's short-lived.Massive crash 146 km from the finish. 40 runners on the ground. Stopping the race. Coquard and Izagirre (Cofidis), Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny) as well as Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) are down. They will all leave.Second start behind the race director after a 30-minute break.In the middle of the first difficulty: Krists Neilands (Israel Premier Tech), Alaphilippe, Van den Berg form a trio of breakaways. They are joined by Martinez and Lutsenko. Geschke counterattack...to make the connection.A group of 20 runners forms for the benefit of the descent. Among them, Houle and Neilands (IPT), Geschke... the fugitives have 45" at the foot of the Col de Cou. Champoussin (Arkéa-Samsic) is back in the breakaway!Pérez brings Martin (Cofidis) back to the leading group. 2 kms from the summit, Woods (Israel Premier Tech) leaves the peloton to join his two teammates.In the Col du Feu (climbed for the first time on the TDF), Woods is in the company of Pinot and Ciccone, Landa and Aranburu. Woods passes the summit in second position behind a concentrated and determined Italian rider. Michael scores 8 points.In the descent, they are 6, Woods is there.The peloton does not leave more than 30 seconds to the breakaway. There are 70 kms to go...they are eleven in the lead: Martin, Houle, Woods are at the foot of the Col de la RamazCol de la Ramaz: the Ciccone and Woods duel, second act. The peloton comes back to the pursuers 10 km from the summit. The Italian and the Canadian only have a 17" lead, a gap which is rapidly shrinking. Woods does not insist, Ciccone tries desperately to resist. He rejoins a pel...

The day after the rest day and two days after Mr. Woods' prestigious victory at the top of the Puy de Dôme, the 10th stage promised to be epic: a hilly profile with a succession of difficulties and high temperatures. All promises kept... From the start of the stage, the offensives follow one another and a group of about fifteen cyclists manages to widen a thin gap. We find among others Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic), Pérez (Cofidis), Neilands and Schulz (Israel-Premier Tech). Less than 30 km from the finish, Neilands launched a cold attack in a stifling atmosphere. The Latvian, unleashed, seems to be able to hold on... Unfortunately his lead (40 seconds) melts as much as his five pursuers get along wonderfully. At 3.2 kms from the finish, Krits is finally caught. He offers a nice 4th place to his definitely very prominent team. He logically pockets the fighting price ... Note the 9th place of Warren Barguil

Bryan Coquard (COFIDIS) slipped into the first breakaway of the day with one objective in mind: to win the intermediate sprint. Mission accomplished at kilometer 48, he was the fastest and collected 20 points. With 84 points, he is now a solid runner-up to Philipsen.  Belgian Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) broke away with Van Aert and Mads Pedersen. They were caught less than 3 kilometers from the top of the Col de Soudet.  Israel Premier-Tech rider Krists Neilands briefly went it alone on the Col d'Ichère.

After the white paths of the Strade Bianche, the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix and before the vineyard paths of Paris-Tours, fans of spectacular races are impatiently awaiting the 'Ribins' (stone paths) of the Tro Bro Léon. The 204 kilometers of the Breton event were tough and allowed 7 men to compete for victory in the sprint at Lannilis. Arnaud De Lie, winner yesterday and particularly in legs, is untenable in the last 30 kms, but is blown up on the line by Giacomo Nizzolo. The Italian cyclist from Israel-Premier Tech offers the first success of the season to his formation. The Celtic country is doing quite well for Giacomo, who won the title of European Champion in Plouay in 2020. Photo credit: Mathilde L'azou