One month after mass protests against the presence of the Israel-Premier Tech team at the Vuelta a España brought the race to its knees, the rest of the cycling world has picked up where Spanish protestors left off. It is impossible to rule the protests as anything other than a categorical success, as sponsors are fleeing, the team is changing its identity, and riders are doing everything they can to leave the team. The protests functionally ended IPT's season.
The Vuelta a España is supposed to be a pure battle of watts, tactics, and survival across Spain's most demanding climbs. But the 2025 edition has been defined as much by protests as by racing. Pro-Palestinian protests have repeatedly targeted Israel-Premier Tech, spilling into the road and shaking the safety of the peloton. Now, with Stage 11 in Bilbao neutralized and no winner declared, La Vuelta is fighting to keep its identity as a race intact.
It feels like I'm turning a new page in my career. The goal for the future remains the same with IPT; developing me into a world-class lead-out rider, and that's something I'm really keen to do personally.