When money is involved, people have to be serious, shut up and calculate. Cheap talk isn't swayed by the math, but real action is.Nah they'll definitely keep doing it, transfers are getting longer and longer, look at the 2025 TDF route.
I don't want to get into politics, but the second money is involved, the environment is forgotten about, not just with cycling but all sports, like F1, football ect. Heck, the 2026 world cup is being hosted all across north America, that's not exactly environmentally friendly..