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Well everyone here was similarly gutted when Yates won the Vuelta...
Are you really saying there is equivalence in EPO tainted blood bags to an adminstravive error for a terbutaline TUE?
Well everyone here was similarly gutted when Yates won the Vuelta...
Not quite an apples vs apples comparison is it?
*shrug*
Different eras, different drugs. When you get into conversations about degrees of doping then it's a slippery slope IMO.
I actually didn't like Yates winning the Vuelta/being in red jersey lots. Same as I didn't like him being in the Maglia Rosa so much in May/June.... not because he is a PROVEN PURE AND UTTER CHEATING DOPER... but because he speaks daft. He sounds a bit English but speaks how Aussies speak because he has spent so much time around them in Orica and it's just bang out of order. so much time in leaders jerseys meant interviews every bloody day and I was at end of my tether having to listen to him.
It's UAE reportedly for Gaviria
Say you need to put up £20 million a year for Quickstep.
I can’t see the value there myself, and the value will be diminishing each year you sponsor a team as well.
How QS cannot secure a main title sponsor is beyond me as beside Sky of course, they are surely THE top team in WT.
IMO having title sponsors in cycling is the main reason that it's hard to find sponsorship. Compared to sports like football, there's no loyalty to teams in cycling because the teams change name every year and without a home town or stadium and things like that, there is nothing more to the team brand than the name. I think if they ditched the title sponsor for a permanent team name/brand then just had jersey sponsors + a bike sponsor they'd build a more loyal fanbase and give sponsors a larger ROI.
I think the main reason cycling struggles to get sponsorship is because it’s really really boring to watch most of the time, and this is from someone that probably watches some sort of bike racing 100 days of the year!
Sure that's right? It doesn't sound much as I know the old NFTO team who where only British-UCI trying to become UCI-Continental (so 3rd 'tier' trying to become 2nd tier?) had around 3-4m a year and needed to secure around an additional 2m to 'move up' (which they fell short of after losing their new key sponsor, which then folded the team). Although I know NFTO where pretty much top of the game in British-UCI, they didn't tend to have the logistics to run 2+ teams at once like most of the WT do.Sky run on about £30m a year apparently but most get by on 10-20m.
I find it quite surprising Lidl are not a bigger sponsor than they are, lets me honest QS are not a huge name - their flooring isn't exactly all around the place. Although B&Q did sell it,h ave to admit, when I bought some flooring I did buy QS! Also when needing some adhesive I bought Soudal! Doing my bit!Flanders based main title sponsor being announced later for QS and rumour is QS floors will remain as a sponsor but just not so prominent. Lidl also remain but most important RUMOUR is that Gaviria and Mas should now be staying (very very apparently, need wait and see over coming days).
I've still not heard him say CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice.I have my anticipation face on already for the glory that will be the first time Sean Kelly tries to say it live on air.
Any news from QS and more importantly any idea what their new name is gonna be?!