MONTREAL - A Montreal-based group has asked Mayor Valérie Plante to bar the Israel-Premier Tech cycling team from competing in the Grand Prix de Montréal on Sunday.

Palestinian and Jewish Unity, or PAJU, is urging the city to exclude the squad, whose Canadian-Israeli co-owner, Sylvan Adams, has described the riders as ambassadors for Israel. Although, in the face of recent protests, the team has since described itself merely as a "professional cycling team."

The demand follows recent calls in Spain for the team to withdraw from the Vuelta a España after a pro-Palestinian protest disrupted the race.

Spain’s foreign minister also said he would support expelling Israel-Premier Tech from the Vuelta.

The Vuelta protests prompted Israel-Premier Tech to change its riders' uniforms at the race

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