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Jiri Zakravsky

@jirkazak.bsky.social
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Sport, sportswashing & sports diplomacy 🌍 Cycling, society & politics 🚴 Enthusiastic cyclist (often without power in his legs) 🚵‍♂️ "Pixka bat es mucho" (in general) 👍

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Chrissy Marshall-Bell @cmbreports.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is big: India is expected to be awarded hosting rights to the 2032 Road World Championships. Vote to be held next Weds, UCI chiefa strongly favour India. Good news for cycling's worldwide development but question marks over transparency and voting process. www.nytimes.com/athletic/760...
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India poised to win race to host 2032 Cycling Road World Championships
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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 09/09/2026
Know it would not have been a mirror-image deal etc, but pro cycling might have dodged trouble by avoiding the One Cycling project in the wake of the Liv Golf implosion, both shared the same funding source
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 13/08/2026
🇮🇹 Sardinia bids €7.5 million to host the 2028 Vuelta a España start. 📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/sard... 📸 ASO
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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I've put a lightly-edited version of my opinion on a possible 🇩🇪 2029 Grand Départ on Substack, too: lukascph.substack.com/p/my-opinion...
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My opinion on a possible 2029 German Grand Départ
Why a stand-alone event isn't a good idea, and what should be done in addition to (or instead of) it
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Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America - Regensburg @europeamerica.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🚴Next week Jiří Zákravský (Pilsen) is going to touch on the links between politics and cycling: “Undemocratic Regimes and Professional Road Cycling Teams’ Sponsorship”. 14.15, H5, open to all! #sports #politics #international #cooperation #europeamerica
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 30/06/2026
Human rights groups call on 🌈 UCI to suspend 🇦🇪 UAE Team Emirates-XRG licence 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/huma... 📸 Cor Vos
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Jiri Zakravsky @jirkazak.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Ještě jeden návrat k olympiádě v Itálii a politice. Ale došlo - aspoň trochu - i na cyklistiku. Tak pokud by někoho náhodou zajímalo... 👇 Děkuji samozřejmě za pozvání. 😊
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Je olympizmus apolitický?
Už dávno neprekryli rozhodnutia Medzinárodného olympijského výboru športové dianie na olympijských hrách tak ako to bolo na tých posledných v Miláne. A v podstate aj na paralympijských. Znovu sa tak p...
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voxpot @voxpot.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Jde oddělit sport a politika? Na letošní olympiádě se zdá, že ne. Nasvědčuje tomu vyřazení ukrajinského skeletonisty Heraskevyče, projevy amerických sportovců i gesta fanoušků. Poslechněte si náš nový podcast Krize. www.voxpot.cz/clanky/polit...
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Politika na olympiádě? Sport s ní byl spojený vždycky
Jde oddělit sport a politika? Na letošních olympijských hrách se zdá, že ne. Nasvědčuje tomu vyřazení ukrajinského skeletonisty Vladyslava Heraskevyče, projevy amerických sportovců i gesta fanoušků.
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Philippa York @pippayork.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Extremely happy to be part of the team involved in winning William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025
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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 07/11/2025
PremierTech stops as a team sponsor "taking effect immediately"
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 28/10/2025
🇮🇱 Israel eyes future Tour de France Grand Départ 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/isra... 📸 Cor Vos
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 14/10/2025
🇪🇸 Spanish cyclist disqualified from 🇨🇳 Tour de Mentougou after Strava flag emoji controversy 📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/span... 📸 Cor Vos
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 27/09/2025
David Lappartient and UCI hide behind so-called 'Olympic values' on Israel question Analysis by Barry Ryan ✍️ 📄 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/features/... 📸 Cor Vos
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Jiri Zakravsky @jirkazak.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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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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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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 19/09/2025
🇧🇪 Belgian journalist barred from 🇷🇼 Rwanda Worlds in 'mockery of press freedom' 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/belg... 📸 Cor Vos
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Dan Challis @globalpeloton.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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.
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Peter Cossins @petercossins.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 16/09/2025
🇪🇸 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?” 📄 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/i-do... 📸 Cor Vos
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
“We’re a sports team, we don’t mix politics”
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“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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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 04/09/2025
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 👇 📸 Cor Vos
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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 04/09/2025
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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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 03/09/2025
Israel-Premier Tech has insisted it will continue racing at the Vuelta a España despite mounting protests and security concerns around its participation. Full story 👇 📸 Cor Vos
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 12/08/2025
"Is 🇦🇪 UAE's enormous budget and consequent success a problem for cycling? And if so, can something be done about it?" Analysis on Domestique 👇 📸 Cor Vos
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 10/08/2025
Storm clouds over 🇧🇪 Belgian pro cycling as teams fight for survival 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/stor... 📸 Cor Vos
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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 07/08/2025
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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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 06/08/2025
2026 Giro to start in Bulgaria reports the country's news agency www.bta.bg/en/news/spor...
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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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Chrissy Marshall-Bell @cmbreports.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
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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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Jiri Zakravsky @jirkazak.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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. 👇
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Jiri Zakravsky @jirkazak.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Thank you, Thijs Niemantsverdriet, @nrc.nl, for the possibility to discuss the issue with you. 🤓 👇👇👇👇👇
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 16/06/2025
Forever in our hearts 🤍 #rideforGino
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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 13/06/2025
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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Dan Challis @globalpeloton.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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 @cyclingnews.com www.cyclingnews.com/news/its-a-s...
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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
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Cyclist magazine @cyclist.co.uk · 30/05/2025
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
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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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Jiri Zakravsky @jirkazak.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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". 👇
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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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Emma Bianchi 🍉🌈 @cyclartist.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is one of the oldest stage races in women’s cycling, and I think it is definitely worth preserving. If you agree, please take the 1 minute it takes to sign this petition we have created in support of the Thüringen Ladies Tour, and please also spread the word 🙏 #womenscycling chng.it/vRnvBgvCvm
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This campaign needs you now
Save one of the oldest stage races in women’s cycling: the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour
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Jiri Zakravsky @jirkazak.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
What does it mean to be a gregario in the uncertain world of cycling? I recommend you watch an excellent short documentary movie, "Let Me Ride", about Sergio Rodríguez and his last year in the Basque project Euskadi Basque Country - Murias; in 2019, the team was unfortunately dissolved. 👇
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Let Me Ride
A short documentary about Sergio Rodríguez. Life is made up of small moments, of small decisions. And that, Sergio knows very well. He has fought and sacrificed…
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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 09/03/2025
Saudi wealth fund PIF could be the new sponsor of the Giro d'Italia. Energy company ENEL had sponsored the maglia rosa but that deal has ended and the replacement has yet to be announced. But Tuttobici reports it's likely to be PIF www.tuttobiciweb.it/article/2025... (🇮🇹)
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IL FONDO PIF VICINISSIMO ALLA MAGLIA ROSA, IL GIRO AVREBBE TROVATO UN NUOVO PARTNER
Il fondo arabo è uno dei più grandi fondi sovrani del mondo, con un patrimonio totale stimato di oltre 925 miliardi di dollari.
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Daniel Arribas @danielarribas.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🚩 EXCLUSIVE. Pessimism grows regarding Rwanda 2025: more and more parts believe the UCI will change World's venue. www.relevo.com/ciclismo/cre...
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Crece el pesimismo con Ruanda: cada vez más protagonistas creen que la UCI cambiará la sede del Mundial | Relevo
La situación se tensa a medida que los ciclistas se muestran reacios a vacunarse contra la fiebre amarilla. El presidente de la UCI, mientras, centrado en su candidatura a presidir el COI.
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Jiri Zakravsky @jirkazak.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The 2025 UCI Road World Championship in Kigali was mentioned on the floor of the European Parliament... 👇
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Daniel Arribas @danielarribas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Let's be clear: this is huge. European Parliament request to suspend Rwanda Cycling Worlds. All the details below. www.relevo.com/ciclismo/par...
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El maillot arcoíris, en peligro: el Parlamento Europeo pide la suspensión del Mundial de Ruanda | Relevo
El Parlamento Europeo levanta la voz de alarma con la cita mundialista. Pogacar, vigente campeón, Vingegaard y Evenepoel son los principales candidatos al título en la prueba en ruta.
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 19/02/2025
‼️ Our crowdfunding is live ‼️ Today is the day. Become a Founding Domestique and join us in co-creating the ultimate cycling platform. 🔥 🔗 www.domestiquecycling.com
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Jiri Zakravsky @jirkazak.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Skvělý Velo fokus podcast jako vždy! @sashatinkova.bsky.social a @vojtechjirovec.bsky.social otevírají - kromě jiného - téma sportswashingu v cyklistice v čele s angažmá Saúdské Arábie v ní. 👏 Určitě stojí za poslechnutí! 👇
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