Jeremy Whittle

Weight loss drugs could be banned from 2028 Olympic Games The World Anti-Doping Agency has been monitoring the use of GLP-1 medications since 2024

The ‘Ozempic Olympics’ could be coming to LA. But WADA may yet act to stem the proliferation of weight loss doping 👇👇

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Whistleblower reveals Qatar’s surveillance of journalists during 2022 World Cup preparations In a session at Play the Game 2025, the former media manager of Qatar's World Cup Supreme Committee exposed all the tricks in Qatar's media strategy.

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Israel-Premier Tech cycling team to drop Israeli identity... The team, who have been the subject of pro-Palestine protests, will not identify as Israeli from 2026 onwards

Adams steps back and Israeli identity gone barely a month after Netanyahu backing👇👇👇

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As bad as 1998: Cycling sinks into a crisis of confidence Comment: Nation-state investment and stasis over the presence of some sponsors leaves sport at a new low

When the head of the riders union is advocating the cancellation of races, you know you’ve got problems👇

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Israel-Premier Tech Pulls Out of Italian Races Amid Protest Threats Citing 'security concerns,' Israel-Premier Tech officials confirmed the team will not race a string of one-day races across northern Italy as the threats of protests heats up again.

Citing 'security concerns,' Israel-Premier Tech officials confirmed the team will not race a string of one-day races across northern Italy as the threats of protests heats up again.

https://bit.ly/4780QDC

Cycling struggling to outride the tide of political pressure Sport continues to battle issues of geopolitics and sportswashing as championships head to Rwanda

The UCI Road Worlds, the first-ever in Africa, are underway.

The racing is based in Rwanda, scene of a brutal genocide in 1994.

Yet thirty years on, despite the UN’s legal findings on Gaza, cycling’s governing body is looking the other way…👇👇👇

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Belgian journalist denied entry to Rwanda to report on World Championships “It might be about my past critical reporting on Rwanda,” says journalist Stijn Vercruysse, as Dutch riders and staff receive letters educating them about Rwanda’s authoritarian regime.

Belgian journalist denied entry to Rwanda to report on World Championships

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Cycling world heads for Rwanda under a cloud of controversy after Vuelta chaos First road world championships in Africa should be a moment of celebration – instead the sport is mired in controversy

“There are those who feel that a man more at home pondering handlebar width and aerodynamic sock length, and who garnered only four votes at the recent IOC presidency elections, may now be a little out of his depth.”

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So UCI President Lappartient says:
“The UCI condemns the exploitation of sport for political purposes..."

But Benjamin Netanyahu says:
“Great job Israel’s cycling team for not giving in to hatred and intimidation. You make Israel proud!” 

So what do the IOC say?

Anything?

Cycling teams could boycott races involving Israel-Premier Tech after Vuelta chaos World Tour cycling teams could refuse to race against Israel-Premier Tech after pro-Palestine protests forced the cancellation of the Vuelta a España finale

WT teams could boycott races involving Israel-Premier Tech after Vuelta chaos. My story here 👇👇

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Vingegaard wins Vuelta after final stage cancelled amid pro-Palestinian protests in Madrid Jonas Vingegaard of Visma-Lease a Bike won the Vuelta a España after organisers cancelled the final stage amid pro-Palestinian protests in Madrid

Protest chaos cripples Vuelta finale as Vingegaard hangs on to win 👇👇👇

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2026 Tour starts in Barcelona

Vuelta protesters threaten to disrupt start of next year’... Pro-Palestine activists causing chaos in Spanish race will target 2026 Tour start in Barcelona

The protests at the Vuelta are already casting a shadow over next year’s Tour de France…..

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Vuelta protesters threaten to disrupt start of next year’... Pro-Palestine activists causing chaos in Spanish race will target 2026 Tour start in Barcelona

The protests at the Vuelta are already casting a shadow over next year’s Tour de France…..

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Adams claims ASO asked him to pull IPT from Vuelta and brands protesters “terrorists” 👇👇👇

"Sometimes, as cyclists, we’re really in our own world"

Matteo Jorgenson urges fellow riders to “realise the bigger situations and take some perspective”, after being thrown “under the bus” by Israel-Premier Tech sports director for calling team to leave Vuelta
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“What started as a smattering every day since the Vuelta landed in Spain has turned into a full-blown protest movement…” 👇👇

Former IPT manager Rik Verbrugge says team should change name. It could work in terms of not attracting protest. But it’d be superficial. Not sure if team owner Adams would want to, and he’s a very political figure, eg close to Netanyahu and been cultivating links with the far right in Europe…

The war is coming home for Israel-Premier Tech Riders are refusing to sign for the squad, morale is suffering, and rumours swirl over a name change and sponsors.

The war is coming home for Israel-Premier Tech.

Riders are refusing to sign for the squad, morale is suffering, and rumours swirl over a name change and sponsors.

@cmbreports.bsky.social has the story:

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Just to clarify, the ‘pro-Palestine’ protests at the Vuelta are fuelled by the presence of the Israel Premier Tech team.

If that team withdraws from the Vuelta, the protests will stop.

i dunno i think it might be the exact opposite of that

It’s transfer bullshit day…!

Rethinking Watts per Kilo: How Pro Cycling is Fighting its History of Hunger ‘There are always riders who want to be lighter than we advise': Teams strive to save riders from themselves in the chase for race-weight and shift the focus to raw power.

Rethinking watts per kilo:

How teams are pushing focus onto raw power rather than extreme leanness to keep pace in the hyper-aggressive modern era:

https://bit.ly/4p0QNqY

At least he didn’t bite him

Full page article for Paul Seixas in L'Equipe today. A detail but telling is the paper sent its lead cycling writer Alex Roos to cover Seixas. If his win was expected it's impressive all the same, first year out of the junior ranks and he wins l'Avenir, it's only U23 race he'll do...

‘The Tour Is the Dream, but I Want to Be Versatile’: France’s Big Hope Paul Seixas Takes the Next Step This week brings an important test for Paul Seixas who, at just 18, already has the eyes of a nation upon him.

At just 18 years of age he is making waves, but how will he handle the weight of expectation?

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‘Our eyes and brains have been rewired, but writing can’t be abandoned, in football, sport – or anywhere’

This is great from @paulhayward.bsky.social

Beyond the Tour de Romandie Féminin disqualifications - What’s really at stake in cycling’s latest row? By the time the Tour de Romandie Féminin rolled out of Huémoz for its uphill prologue, the race had already lost five of its biggest teams. The official…

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Depends where you’re wearing it, you naughty boy…