Niv to make history as first Israeli to ride Tour de France

Israel Start-Up Nation’s Guy Niv climbs during stage 3 of the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné
Israel Start-Up Nation’s Guy Niv climbs during stage 3 of the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Israel Start-Up Nation's Guy Niv will make history when he lines up in Nice on August 29 as the first Israeli rider to start the Tour de France

Teammate Guy Sagiv – who was the first Israeli rider to finish a Grand Tour when he rode the Giro d'Italia in 2018 – heads to the Italian Grand Tour once more in October, while Omer Goldstein will make his Grand Tour debut at the Vuelta a España.

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