Jumbo - QuickStep merger

[Samamba]

The only winners are the press, what a joke

 

[Wvv]

The only thing we can hope now, and I speak for every single cycling fan of course, is that Remco destroys everyone coming Tour de France.
Wolfpack forever!

Curious about the backlash.

 

[Lequack]

Merger off, I like to think it was Ilan's outburst that did it.

Basically all that's happened is Jumbo have lost Roglic.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710267297330315477

View: https://twitter.com/Domestique___/status/1710267297330315477

So it was all just to drive Roglic away?

 

[Samamba]

The only thing we can hope now, and I speak for every single cycling fan of course, is that Remco destroys everyone coming Tour de France.
Wolfpack forever!

Curious about the backlash.

Remco, or maybe more his entourage do not come off this whole story as the good guys.

 

[Ricco']

Bora should have announced Roglic during the Prime Days.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Latest rumour is that Evenepoel and Vingegaard are merging to create one super rider by the name of RemJo who can win all races on the calendar.

 

[joseph89]

So Jumbo-Visma loses roglic and in the process spoiled their relationship with PON "Cervelo". 🤣

 

[Rackham]

The only thing we can hope now, and I speak for every single cycling fan of course, is that Remco destroys everyone coming Tour de France.
Wolfpack forever!

Curious about the backlash.

Surely this means he's staying at Quick-Step?

55 pages... of fun! I'm curious about Jumbo's finances though. They might have bought themselves some time but for how long? Amazon would need to be very generous to cover Jumbo's contribution & it's not their style (unless it's for investing in bad tv shows which cost a billion).

 

[Billie]

Sporza also put out an article yesterday saying the teambuilding form SQS was going to go through next week and then couple hours later it got cancelled.

Let's see if this is correct

 

[Wvv]

Remco, or maybe more his entourage do not come off this whole story as the good guys.

That's a bit taken out of context, innit? Don't know why he should be seen as responsible for all this drama. It's clear that it went over all their heads.

 

[gavia88]

The only thing we can hope now, and I speak for every single cycling fan of course, is that Remco destroys everyone coming Tour de France.
Wolfpack forever!

Curious about the backlash.

Why?

 

[Berniece]

What an anti-climax... SQS stays the same, JV lost Roglic and a decent relationship with Cervelo. Although Roglic was always going to leave.

 

[pastronef]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1709919844936675825

View: https://twitter.com/soudalquickstep/status/1709919844936675825

 

[shadowrider]

Remco, or maybe more his entourage do not come off this whole story as the good guys.

Oh yes, they do. Refusing the stupid merger. Respect for Evenepoel refusing to go to the team of Plugge.

All riders and staff keep their jobs. Fantastic news. Well done, Remco !

 

[Salvarani]

Big question is, what the heck do Ineos do with only 15 riders at the moment for next year?

Brailsford works in mysterious ways.

 

[Salvarani]

Oh yes, they do. Refusing the stupid merger. Respect for Evenepoel refusing to go to the team of Plugge.

All riders and staff keep their jobs. Fantastic news. Well done, Remco !

Our hero really saved the day!

 

[shadowrider]

Fantastic news. A heavy blow to the provocative Dutch forum Wielerflits.nl and the many Evenepoel, Lefevere and Soudal-Quickstephaters on that forum. They (the average haters on that forum) all knew better. Evenepoel should serve for Vingegaard. So no. Vingegaard will have to fight hard against Pogacar... and Evenepoel in the 2024 Tour.' As it suits sports.

After all, a takeover (and therefore the formation of a far too strong super team) and the disappearance of Lefevere's team would be catastrophic for the future of cycling.

 

[pastronef]

I hope many riders and DS's in the team cars will give a hard time to Plugge and co next year (sporting wise obvsly)

 

[Tim Cahill]

Big question is, what the heck do Ineos do with only 15 riders at the moment for next year?

Carlos Rodriguez, Grandpa Thomas and Sir Enric trident in next years tour for the real merged team.

 

[shadowrider]

I hope many riders and DS's in the team cars will give a hard time to Plugge and co next year (sporting wise obvsly)

I hope so too.

 

[Lequack]

But surely they can't all just go back to like nothing happened? Clearly the intent was there, and there are finance issues. And those things won't just change even without the merger.

 

[pastronef]

But surely they can't all just go back to like nothing happened? Clearly the intent was there, and there are finance issues. And those things won't just change even without the merger.

maybe Ratcliffe will give so much money to Pat that they'll be able to continue for 2 years? ahah

 

[jmdirt]

If they are not buying the business, there is no merger.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but sponsors are 'merging', not the teams (they are still two separate licenses).

 

[pastronef]

"As I say in the latest @radio_cycling, Richard Plugge, the AIGCP's head, has acted unfaithfully, self-indulgently, and has been prepared to strip another team of its assets. It's a terrible look for someone so powerful. I know some WorldTour teams are furious - as well as bemused"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1710272874232086984

View: https://twitter.com/cmbell310/status/1710272874232086984

 

[Gigs_98]

What an incredibly weird story. This might go down as one of those things where in 5 years we all laugh about how JV and SQS almost merged teams that one time. Just a strange little anecdote that never led to the earthquake everyone was anticipating.