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This I agree with. Cookson has been asleep at the wheel. The only investors on the sport are wealthy oil producing nations like Astana, UAE and then Sky. There will always be some French teams but they won’t win a hell of a lot.
Garmin/Cannondale had two years without a win, I’m surprised they lasted as long as the did. I’m even more surprised that JV didn’t call out the obvious doping at Sky. He is an animated and opiniated character but he dropped the ball on Sky. I get the sense BMC will drop next.
Beech Mtn said:Sky are killing cycling. Why would anybody want to come in and sponsor one of the small or mid-level WT teams just to get crushed by the Sky train at the biggest races? The sport is too lopsided which hurts the competition and suspense level.
This I agree with. Cookson has been asleep at the wheel. The only investors on the sport are wealthy oil producing nations like Astana, UAE and then Sky. There will always be some French teams but they won’t win a hell of a lot.
Garmin/Cannondale had two years without a win, I’m surprised they lasted as long as the did. I’m even more surprised that JV didn’t call out the obvious doping at Sky. He is an animated and opiniated character but he dropped the ball on Sky. I get the sense BMC will drop next.