Jiri Zakravsky
@jirkazak.bsky.social
Sport, sportswashing & sports diplomacy 🌍
Cycling, society & politics 🚴
Enthusiastic cyclist (often without power in his legs) 🚵♂️
"Pixka bat es mucho" (in general) 👍
Cycling, society & politics 🚴
Enthusiastic cyclist (often without power in his legs) 🚵♂️
"Pixka bat es mucho" (in general) 👍
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PremierTech stops as a team sponsor "taking effect immediately"
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
PremierTech stops as a team sponsor "taking effect immediately"
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🇮🇱 Israel eyes future Tour de France Grand Départ
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October 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🇮🇱 Israel eyes future Tour de France Grand Départ
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🇪🇸 Spanish cyclist disqualified from 🇨🇳 Tour de Mentougou after Strava flag emoji controversy
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October 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🇪🇸 Spanish cyclist disqualified from 🇨🇳 Tour de Mentougou after Strava flag emoji controversy
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David Lappartient and UCI hide behind so-called 'Olympic values' on Israel question
Analysis by Barry Ryan ✍️
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Analysis by Barry Ryan ✍️
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September 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
David Lappartient and UCI hide behind so-called 'Olympic values' on Israel question
Analysis by Barry Ryan ✍️
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Analysis by Barry Ryan ✍️
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Awesome podcast series about the Peace Race and its political/social impact! 👏
Thank you, @vojtechjirovec.bsky.social and @tomasekzdenek.bsky.social, so much for such a great job! 👏
I am looking forward to the next episodes... 😉
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Thank you, @vojtechjirovec.bsky.social and @tomasekzdenek.bsky.social, so much for such a great job! 👏
I am looking forward to the next episodes... 😉
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Podcast Praha Berlín Waršava: Přišli se Závodem míru Čechoslováci, nebo Poláci?
První ročník Závodu míru odstartoval prvního května 1948, a to na dvou různých místech – v Praze a ve Varšavě. Co k tomu ale vedlo? Jaké bylo podhoubí úvodního ročníku, kdo celý závod vlastně vymyslel...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Awesome podcast series about the Peace Race and its political/social impact! 👏
Thank you, @vojtechjirovec.bsky.social and @tomasekzdenek.bsky.social, so much for such a great job! 👏
I am looking forward to the next episodes... 😉
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Thank you, @vojtechjirovec.bsky.social and @tomasekzdenek.bsky.social, so much for such a great job! 👏
I am looking forward to the next episodes... 😉
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🇧🇪 Belgian journalist barred from 🇷🇼 Rwanda Worlds in 'mockery of press freedom'
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September 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🇧🇪 Belgian journalist barred from 🇷🇼 Rwanda Worlds in 'mockery of press freedom'
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Russia and Rwanda. Two countries annexing their neighbours. One is banned by the UCI, one gets a World Championships.
Lewis Mudge of Human Rights Watch asks what the difference is.
Lewis Mudge of Human Rights Watch asks what the difference is.
September 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Russia and Rwanda. Two countries annexing their neighbours. One is banned by the UCI, one gets a World Championships.
Lewis Mudge of Human Rights Watch asks what the difference is.
Lewis Mudge of Human Rights Watch asks what the difference is.
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The UCI states that it and sport should be apolitical but has handed out gongs and championships to dictators and repressive regimes. I can't think of a single thing Lappartient has done to boost elite racing. His UCI presidency has essentially been a way to further his career rather than the sport
🇪🇸 Spanish government responds to UCI
“It is surprising to note that your statement does not include at any time an explicit call on Netanyahu’s government to stop the massacre and barbarity being suffered by the people of Palestine.”
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“It is surprising to note that your statement does not include at any time an explicit call on Netanyahu’s government to stop the massacre and barbarity being suffered by the people of Palestine.”
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September 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The UCI states that it and sport should be apolitical but has handed out gongs and championships to dictators and repressive regimes. I can't think of a single thing Lappartient has done to boost elite racing. His UCI presidency has essentially been a way to further his career rather than the sport
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🇪🇸 Pello Bilbao criticises UCI over inconsistent bans
"I don't understand the hypocrisy of the UCI when they made a different decision with the Russian Gazprom. I don't understand the difference. Why do some yes and others no?”
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"I don't understand the hypocrisy of the UCI when they made a different decision with the Russian Gazprom. I don't understand the difference. Why do some yes and others no?”
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September 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🇪🇸 Pello Bilbao criticises UCI over inconsistent bans
"I don't understand the hypocrisy of the UCI when they made a different decision with the Russian Gazprom. I don't understand the difference. Why do some yes and others no?”
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"I don't understand the hypocrisy of the UCI when they made a different decision with the Russian Gazprom. I don't understand the difference. Why do some yes and others no?”
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“We’re a sports team, we don’t mix politics”
“No plans” for Israel-Premier Tech to drop ‘Israel’ from name, as sports director blasts “King of the Vuelta” Matteo Jorgenson’s calls for squad to leave race following protests
The squad, which has been the subject of pro-Palestine protests throughout the Vuelta, has denied reports in the Belgian press that it will change its name next season
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September 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“We’re a sports team, we don’t mix politics”
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Oścar Guerrero, Israel-Premier Tech DS on staying in 🇪🇸 #LaVuelta25
“If we drop out here, we know that from now on, we’ll be targeted at every race and we’ll have to get off here, there, everywhere.”
Full story 👇
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“If we drop out here, we know that from now on, we’ll be targeted at every race and we’ll have to get off here, there, everywhere.”
Full story 👇
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September 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Oścar Guerrero, Israel-Premier Tech DS on staying in 🇪🇸 #LaVuelta25
“If we drop out here, we know that from now on, we’ll be targeted at every race and we’ll have to get off here, there, everywhere.”
Full story 👇
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“If we drop out here, we know that from now on, we’ll be targeted at every race and we’ll have to get off here, there, everywhere.”
Full story 👇
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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…
Rik Verbbrughe, manager sportif durant quatre ans d'Israel Premier Tech, est clair dans Le Soir et Sudinfo : "J’estime que Sylvan Adams devrait changer le nom de l’équipe, la couleur du maillot" www.lesoir.be/696945...
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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…
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Israel-Premier Tech has insisted it will continue racing at the Vuelta a España despite mounting protests and security concerns around its participation.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Israel-Premier Tech has insisted it will continue racing at the Vuelta a España despite mounting protests and security concerns around its participation.
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"Is 🇦🇪 UAE's enormous budget and consequent success a problem for cycling? And if so, can something be done about it?"
Analysis on Domestique 👇
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Analysis on Domestique 👇
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August 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Is 🇦🇪 UAE's enormous budget and consequent success a problem for cycling? And if so, can something be done about it?"
Analysis on Domestique 👇
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Analysis on Domestique 👇
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Storm clouds over 🇧🇪 Belgian pro cycling as teams fight for survival
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August 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Storm clouds over 🇧🇪 Belgian pro cycling as teams fight for survival
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Germany bidding to host the Tour de France start in 2030, bid would celebrate 40 years of German unity and project gathering momentum, has been pitched to ASO www.spiegel.de/sport/tour-d... (🇩🇪)
August 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Germany bidding to host the Tour de France start in 2030, bid would celebrate 40 years of German unity and project gathering momentum, has been pitched to ASO www.spiegel.de/sport/tour-d... (🇩🇪)
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2026 Giro to start in Bulgaria reports the country's news agency www.bta.bg/en/news/spor...
Bulgaria to Host Giro d'Italia Start in 2026
Bulgaria will host the start of one of the biggest sporting events, Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy), in 2026, said Tourism Minister Miroslav Borshosh during a joint briefing with Sports Minister Ivan P...
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August 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
2026 Giro to start in Bulgaria reports the country's news agency www.bta.bg/en/news/spor...
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Alessandro De Marchi has told me he is "happy and relieved" to no longer be riding for Israel-Premier Tech. "I wouldn’t be able to manage the feelings I have, to be able to be involved in something like that.”
Story for @observeruk.bsky.social.
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Story for @observeruk.bsky.social.
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Alessandro De Marchi: I’m relieved to not be cycling for ...
39-year-old Italian says he would have struggled to cycle for Tour de France team
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July 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Alessandro De Marchi has told me he is "happy and relieved" to no longer be riding for Israel-Premier Tech. "I wouldn’t be able to manage the feelings I have, to be able to be involved in something like that.”
Story for @observeruk.bsky.social.
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Story for @observeruk.bsky.social.
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Česká televize k letošní #TdF nepřipravila "pouze" výborné přenosy a podcasty, ale i Průvodce Tour de France. Skvělá práce Tomáše Jílka, @vojtechjirovec.bsky.social a @tomasekzdenek.bsky.social! 👏
Kromě popisu etap a soupisek týmů se třeba dozvíte i o stopě účastníků Závodu míru na Tour. 👇
Kromě popisu etap a soupisek týmů se třeba dozvíte i o stopě účastníků Závodu míru na Tour. 👇
July 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Česká televize k letošní #TdF nepřipravila "pouze" výborné přenosy a podcasty, ale i Průvodce Tour de France. Skvělá práce Tomáše Jílka, @vojtechjirovec.bsky.social a @tomasekzdenek.bsky.social! 👏
Kromě popisu etap a soupisek týmů se třeba dozvíte i o stopě účastníků Závodu míru na Tour. 👇
Kromě popisu etap a soupisek týmů se třeba dozvíte i o stopě účastníků Závodu míru na Tour. 👇
Thank you, Thijs Niemantsverdriet, @nrc.nl, for the possibility to discuss the issue with you. 🤓
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Activisten protesteren tegen de deelname van wielerploeg Israel-Premier Tech aan internationale koersen als de Tour de France. In het peloton blijft het stil. Waarom?
‘Je opent de doos van Pandora’: waarom omstreden wielerploegen niet geweerd worden uit grote wedstrijden
Israel-Premier Tech: Activisten protesteren tegen de deelname van wielerploeg Israel-Premier Tech aan internationale koersen als de Tour de France. In het peloton blijft het stil. Waarom?
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June 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Thank you, Thijs Niemantsverdriet, @nrc.nl, for the possibility to discuss the issue with you. 🤓
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June 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Jayco/Greenedge team signs agreement with the Saudi cycling federation greenedgecycling.com/2024/greened... Team linked to the kingdom with Al Ula co-sponsor already, this cements things further. A few years ago the Movistar team was in discussions for a similar agreement but did not conclude this
June 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Jayco/Greenedge team signs agreement with the Saudi cycling federation greenedgecycling.com/2024/greened... Team linked to the kingdom with Al Ula co-sponsor already, this cements things further. A few years ago the Movistar team was in discussions for a similar agreement but did not conclude this
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Spoke exclusively with the President of the Rwandan Cycling Federation yesterday in Glasgow about Kigali Worlds safety, reducing costs for national teams and the Championships' impact on African cycling
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'It's a safe country' – Rwandan Cycling President seeks to calm Kigali World Championships safety concerns
President Samson Ndayishimiye speaks exclusively to Cyclingnews about DRC conflict, reducing costs and the Worlds’ impact on African cycling
www.cyclingnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Spoke exclusively with the President of the Rwandan Cycling Federation yesterday in Glasgow about Kigali Worlds safety, reducing costs for national teams and the Championships' impact on African cycling
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The short-lived jersey was hard fought for by the men at the bottom of the general classification. Does it have a place in modern cycling? @robynemz.bsky.social thinks so
Opinion: Bring back the maglia nera at the Giro d’Italia
The maglia nera was to the Giro d'Italia what the lanterne rouge is to the Tour de France: something to
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May 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The short-lived jersey was hard fought for by the men at the bottom of the general classification. Does it have a place in modern cycling? @robynemz.bsky.social thinks so
The new Tour de France Grands Départ's candidate is... Czech Republic.
At least according to the current Prime Minister Petr Fiala, "the Czech Republic is ready for negotiations on the possibility of hosting the prestigious Grand Départ". 👇
At least according to the current Prime Minister Petr Fiala, "the Czech Republic is ready for negotiations on the possibility of hosting the prestigious Grand Départ". 👇
Projev premiéra Fialy na Národní konferenci o podpoře sportu a pohybu
Předseda vlády Petr Fiala vystoupil v úterý 13. května 2025 na Národní konferenci o podpoře sportu a pohybu, kterou uspořádala Národní sportovní agentura.
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May 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The new Tour de France Grands Départ's candidate is... Czech Republic.
At least according to the current Prime Minister Petr Fiala, "the Czech Republic is ready for negotiations on the possibility of hosting the prestigious Grand Départ". 👇
At least according to the current Prime Minister Petr Fiala, "the Czech Republic is ready for negotiations on the possibility of hosting the prestigious Grand Départ". 👇