The professional bicycle group Israel Startup Nation was forced to postpone its planned training camp in Israel following the closure of the Corona. Instead, the team will hold a special training camp in Spain as early as next week, and will arrive in Israel with a host of stars, led by British Tour de France winner Chris Fromm, as soon as conditions allow.
“Our first commitment is to Israel,” stressed team owner Sylvan Adams. “Unfortunately, the closure of borders, restrictions imposed and the recent closure have forced us to postpone the camp and visit we hold every year before the start of the season. But we are determined to come to Israel for training and visit. Israel hopes for the whole world through our riders. “The group hopes to arrive in Israel in the coming weeks or as soon as approvals are received from the health authorities in the country.” I am sorry we can not arrive at this time. I was expecting a visit and training in Israel, “said Chris Fromm. “Possible.”
The camp in Spain will open on January 12, last ten days, and will be run under strict “corona bubble” rules similar to the precautions taken during all the big races last season which allowed them to be held without problems and in fact with close to zero contagion. More than 30 team riders and 70 crew members as well as journalists from around the world who will cover the opening of the training and media events that will take place during it, will gather in one hotel not far from the city of Girona in Catalonia and the group including its Israelis will hold its training in Costa Brava and surrounding mountains.
Immediately after the camp, the team opened its racing season, which will include more than 300 race days, with the big columns and of course the Tour de France at the center. The team recruited nine world-class riders this year, led by Fromm, who won the Tour de France four times and three more Grand Tour races, including the Giro d’Italia and the Spanish Volta.
Fromm is currently training in California and according to Paulo Saldania, the team’s head of performance training who oversees his training, “he is making very impressive progress in all areas: both in rehabilitating and balancing the body damaged in the tragic crash a year and a half ago and in his intense cycling training. So sharp that we decided that he would continue his training there before he reached the races in Europe. “
