Cycling

While the municipality and the GFNY organizers celebrate the major international cycling slot here, the powers-that-be refuse to explain why it remains off limits for the cyclists.

This is a social cycling event for children and adults with disabilities, in which some 6,000 participants are expected to take part.

Pedaling south to north across the entire African continent with this bare minimum of supplies, he made this epic 19,000 km journey in just over five months

The Palestinian Olympic Committee said their participation was "a stab in the back to the great sacrifices made by the Palestinian people ... and a free service for the occupation."

This is the first time the Giro has held stages outside Europe, so that is definitely a feather in our national cycling cap.

With Giro d’Italia set to kick off in Jerusalem this week, Sylvan Adams takes pride in a tough journey.

The race’s ‘Big Start’ will take the world’s top cyclists through Jerusalem’s Old City, from Haifa to Tel Aviv, then Beersheba to Eilat.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if people around the world identified Jerusalem as the host of major sporting events, rather than as the location of the usual Mideast conflict-related news item?

Eight riders were shortlisted two weeks ago for the four remaining berths in ICA’s roster.