Israel Premier Tech welcomes Sam Bewley, Rene Mandri as sport directors

Rene Mandri and Sam Bewley will be joining Israel-Premier Tech as sports directors in 2023, while Steve Bauer will become Head Sports Director. The news was officially confirmed by the team at pre-season meetings in Barcelona this week.

“Our sports director group will have a new look next year with Sam Bewley and Rene Mandri adding their unique experience and a fresh outlook, so we are excited to see them join the team,” general manager Kjell Carlstrom informed.

Bewley recently retired from a 13-year career and is thrilled to take the role of sports director. “I’m really excited to start this new chapter in my cycling career and get stuck into my new role as Sports Director. After a long career as a pro, this felt like the natural next step for me, and Israel-Premier Tech presented a great opportunity that will allow me to develop and also offer my experience to the team,” Bewley said.

Bewley is new to the role, however, Mandri has considerable experience. Following his retirement, he has been working as the manager of Team Ampler-Tartu2024. .“In my recent work as Manager of Team Ampler-Tartu2024, I was really missing working as a Sports Director and being at the races. So I was looking for something more exciting and having a good structure around me. After the three days of meetings this week, I can see this is a great group of people and I’m excited to get started,” concluded Mandri.