Re: Team Sky Discussion thread
I don't know. Other high-budget teams got a lot of *** too, although none were as successful as Sky - Katusha, BMC, so it was more ridicule or schadenfreude I suppose.
I get what you're saying, but I don't think the fans' feelings towards Sky are entirely undeserved or unbalanced really. I mean, they did win 4/6 of the GTs in the last two years and 6/7 of the previous Tour de Frances and most of them in fairly dominant ways. I think it's normal that breeds resentment.
I get what you're saying, but I don't feel Sky is treated unfairly. It seems to me, pro cycling being an niche sport itself generally has fans that are especially supportive of niche/underdog teams/riders too; at least in this forum. And whatever you think of Sky they are just the opposite of that.
jarvo said:Ok pick another team then.
Let's say Movistar, had a 50m budget
they have Valverde, Quintana and Landa as leaders promising riders such as Soler
if they signed a bunch of domestiques, got fancy buses and bossed the GT's for 4-5 years would people be up in arms? probably not to the same degree as they are now over Sky
I don't know. Other high-budget teams got a lot of *** too, although none were as successful as Sky - Katusha, BMC, so it was more ridicule or schadenfreude I suppose.
I get what you're saying, but I don't think the fans' feelings towards Sky are entirely undeserved or unbalanced really. I mean, they did win 4/6 of the GTs in the last two years and 6/7 of the previous Tour de Frances and most of them in fairly dominant ways. I think it's normal that breeds resentment.
I get what you're saying, but I don't feel Sky is treated unfairly. It seems to me, pro cycling being an niche sport itself generally has fans that are especially supportive of niche/underdog teams/riders too; at least in this forum. And whatever you think of Sky they are just the opposite of that.