Stats, facts, and figures: IPT’s 2024 season in review
Israel – Premier Tech concluded its 10th season earlier this month, marking its most successful season in every possible aspect.
Here are some key highlights from an unforgettable 10 months of racing.
Season overview
> The team achieved 29 victories this season, matching its record from 2019, though the level of victory was significantly higher this year.
> Eight wins came in UCI WorldTour races, with a further five in UCI ProSeries events.
> The team’s wins were claimed by 12 different riders and six nationalities (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Israel, and New Zealand).
> Three of these riders – Joe Blackmore, Mason Hollyman, Riley Pickrell – claimed their first professional victories in 2024. For Derek Gee and Oded Kogut, their stage wins at the Critérium du Dauphiné and Cro Race respectively marked their first career victories outside of National Championships triumphs.
> Throughout the 2024 season, the team participated in 88 races, securing 29 victories and no fewer than 88 podium finishes (1st, 2nd, or 3rd place).
> IPT won races in all months from January through October with the exception of May. The team still recorded five podium finishes in May.
Milestone Achievements
> For the first time in the team’s history, IPT won a UCI WorldTour one-day race, with Stevie Williams claiming victory at Flèche Wallonne in Belgium in April.
> The team also won its first UCI WorldTour stage race, with Williams winning the Tour Down Under in Australia in January.
> For the first time in the team’s history, a rider in the top 10 in the overall classification of the Tour de France. Canadian Derek Gee placed ninth overall on his debut in the race.
> IPT continued its run of winning at least one Grand Tour stage each year since 2020: Mike Woods soloed to an unforgettable victory on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España at Puerto de Ancares.
> In addition to the 12 riders who won races in 2024, an additional eight finished either second or third in at least one race. Marco Frigo finished second on stage 6 of the Vuelta, while Pascal Ackermann rounded out the podium in three Tour de France stages.
Reaction #1
> Stevie Williams says of 2024: “It has been a really good season, one I could have only dreamed of this time last year. Taking the biggest victories of my career is extremely special, but the way I’ve stepped up this year has been wonderful. All the hard work I put in over the winter in Andorra really paid off. It’s been a privilege to be a part of this team in 2024, IPT’s most successful to date – it’s been like racing with friends. I’m looking forward to improving even more and trying to win some nice races again in 2025.”
Israeli Riders
> For the first time, an Israeli rider secured four victories in a single season: Itamar Einhorn won two stages apiece at the Tours of Rwanda and Taiwan. Einhorn went on to sign a one-year contract extension with the team for 2025.
> For the first time, two Israeli riders claimed victories in a single season, with Israeli champion Oded Kogut winning the final stage of Cro Race.
> Kogut also claimed both the Israeli road and time trial titles, while riders from the IPT Academy (Matar Peretz and Imry Faingezicht) won the under-23 road and ITT titles respectively.
Number crunching
> Marco Frigo had the most racing days of any rider in 2024: 73, which includes completing both the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España
> Even though injury sidelined him for January and February, British rider Jake Stewart completed the most racing kilometers: 11,104.
> IPT competed in 28 Belgian races in 2024. France (19) and Italy (13) are the only other countries in which the team rode 10 races or more.
> British riders (Stevie Williams and Joe Blackmore) have taken the team’s last five GC victories, dating back to Williams’ at the Arctic Race of Norway in August 2023.
Reaction #2
> Kjell Carlström, the team’s General Manager, says: “IPT had a successful season this year. We were able to win our first-ever UCI WorldTour races, both a stage race [Tour Down Under] and a one day race [Flèche Wallonne].
“On top of that we were consistently scoring victories and nice results throughout the season all the way to the end with two stage wins in Guangxi. Although we had even bigger objectives, we did achieve most of the goals we had set out to do, including the most important one of securing all Grand Tour and WorldTour invitations for 2025. This puts us in a good place for the final year of the UCI WorldTour license cycle to secure the license. Although we still have to do a good season in 2025, we are on the right track. All through the team we have more depth and this means that we are a stronger team. This is also the case for 2025.
“From an Israeli perspective, this year our young sprinters made a big impact with a total of five victories and all in all they were effective team mates throughout the season. This all bodes well for the future and I’m looking forward to seeing how we can do even better. But the thing I’m most excited and proud about is how we have been able to create such a great team spirit and atmosphere. This is very important for me and I hope we can continue to foster that culture.”
