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They really should put limits on team budgets, this is getting out of hand. Cycling will become boring as *** if it becomes as bad as football (where everything is either won by Real Madrid or FC Barcelona).
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Proves the need of a budget cap IMO. They even have money to spare to splurge on something as unnecessary as this.yaco said:
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I cant see where they are taking the mickey out of the sport. Their team doesnt look better on paper, from 2018, than teams like QS and Movistar, team s who have performed as well or better than Sky over the last 4-5 years. Then you have teams like BMC and newcomers like Abu Dhabi and Bahrain willing to spend. Team Sky has essentially dominated one race and thats that.
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Can you please explain why it is unnecessary to further professionalize the cycling sport? In my opinion it is a very good move to invest in the pre-race and after race facilities in a sport which can have very long days and working from a upgraded touringcar.
LaFlorecita said:
Can you please explain why it is unnecessary to further professionalize the cycling sport? In my opinion it is a very good move to invest in the pre-race and after race facilities in a sport which can have very long days and working from a upgraded touringcar.
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God dam posting facts won't go down well on here....can't you see sky are ripping the piss....quick grab the pitch forksValv.Piti said:
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Re: Team Sky Discussion thread
A budget cap will do nothing other than disincentivize any need for success by both riders and teams collectively and without question it would then lower rider wages at the top level also. Why would you want to disincentivize other teams to succeed too? There's nothing currently in place that stops anyone taking on Team Sky either financially or technically so why would you want to add it?
A budget cap will do nothing other than disincentivize any need for success by both riders and teams collectively and without question it would then lower rider wages at the top level also. Why would you want to disincentivize other teams to succeed too? There's nothing currently in place that stops anyone taking on Team Sky either financially or technically so why would you want to add it?
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Excellent signing. With GT's going to 8 riders he will be a huge plus.
b.broadhurst said:
Excellent signing. With GT's going to 8 riders he will be a huge plus.
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“These are the first of a number of new rider signings we will be making for 2018 as we strengthen our lineup with experienced riders with proven track records, whilst also seeking to bring in the best young talent from around the world to develop at Team Sky and play a big part in our future"
Ominous.
Ominous.
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I think the general idea is to help move the running of a team on the road from the team bus, hotels rooms/lobbies, team cars, mechanics truck, catering truck and media/press room and do it all in one multi-use vehicle that can serve many different functions. Typically the running of a team is spread out all over the place and there's no many places at a race start or finish you could quickly gather all staff and riders in one place until you get back to the hotel and even then you might have staff in one hotel, riders in another etc. It makes sense logistically to run a team of 30 staff and 8 riders and because of that it will probably annoy some who didn't think of it first maybe?
yaco said:
I think the general idea is to help move the running of a team on the road from the team bus, hotels rooms/lobbies, team cars, mechanics truck, catering truck and media/press room and do it all in one multi-use vehicle that can serve many different functions. Typically the running of a team is spread out all over the place and there's no many places at a race start or finish you could quickly gather all staff and riders in one place until you get back to the hotel and even then you might have staff in one hotel, riders in another etc. It makes sense logistically to run a team of 30 staff and 8 riders and because of that it will probably annoy some who didn't think of it first maybe?
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Yeah, Sky will most likely ditch one of the pure climbers and one of the rouleurs and replace them with an extra all rounder like Castroviejo or Moscon.
Froome
Poels
Rosa/Henao/De la Cruz
Thomas
Kwiatkowski
Castroviejo/Moscon
Kiryienka
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Pricey_sky said:
Yeah, Sky will most likely ditch one of the pure climbers and one of the rouleurs and replace them with an extra all rounder like Castroviejo or Moscon.
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