Billionaire bike-lover Sylvan Adams has a dream to get Israel cycling – he funded the Middle East’s first velodrome, gave car-centric Tel Aviv a cycle network, and is behind the country’s first Grand Tour. Israel has its first Grand Tour – but will it get people on their bikes? But will bringing a Grand Tour to Israel get people on bikes? Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sylvan Adams, honorary president of Giro d’Italia’s ‘Big Start’ Israel, speaks during the unveiling of Israel’s first Velodrome in Tel Aviv on 1 May. The Sylvan Adams Cycling Network is not as dense as a typical Dutch network, but Rome wasn’t built in a day, said Adams.

Source: The Guardian May 05, 2018 06:56 UTC