Overview

• Race organizer GS Emilia excluded the team for “public security” reasons, president Adriano Amici said, calling it a decision he regretted but could not avoid.
• Amici cited a heavy climate and the risk of repeated disruptions on the five-lap finishing circuit to San Luca in Bologna.
• Bologna’s city government had called for the exclusion, and sports deputy Roberta Li Calzi welcomed the move.
• Pro‑Palestinian demonstrations at the Vuelta a España forced multiple shortened stages and halted the Madrid finale.
• Co‑sponsor Premier Tech and the team’s bike supplier are urging removal of “Israel” from the team’s name, while the squad is owned by Israeli‑Canadian Sylvan Adams.