Apart from 2008 being "way back" seems accurate. Like Australia in the late 80's/early 90's they stopped focusing solely on track mid 2000's, this investment sped up once Olympics were confirmed (2000 Sydney/2012 London).
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Basically the British Olympic Committee identified cycling as a relatively inexpensive way to win medals. The Communist bloc programmes had ceased and other countries (Australia, USA I think) cut their budgets so they had not so many nations to compete against as in say trying to win a track and field or swimming medal.
Also not forgetting the impact of 20 years of the Dave Rayner fund in supporting rider placements in mainland Europe.
Yeah, David Millar was one of the earliest ones.
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Sadly, that isn't quite the same for MTB in the UK, which is still not getting the numbers through - and was mentioned in her winning interview on Wednesday by Evie. Even World & Olympic champions can't bring in extra mainstream media coverage.....
Thijs and Toon Aerts to Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert
Did not see this coming. Thought Toon was sidelined for a while due to clinic reasons.
Did not see this coming. Thought Toon was sidelined for a while due to clinic reasons.
Cross is now the sport getting getting kids racing offroad in the UK , and then migrating to road.
I read that Trek don't want to be associated with any doping; cough, Lance, cough. Leaves Trek looking a bit short on top riders.
I'm afraid so; Cross is more a road nursery, and not MTB. Evie is the only one of the U23 women's World Champions who is a MTB-er; the rest are CX/Road riders. Though one hopes Puck keeps up her MTB racing.
Otoh I think the field is more balanced that he's been in the past years. Fortunately it seems that the Pauwels Sauzen vs. Baloise dominion of the beginning and ending of the seasons is over.
Pauwels: Iserbyt, Vanthourenhout, Kamp
Tormans: Toon Aerts, Thijs Aerts
Baloise-Trek: van der Haar, Ronhaar, Nys
Alpecin: van der Poel, Vermeersch, Hermans, Vandebosch, Vandeputte
Crelan: Laurens Sweeck, van Kessel, Verstrynge, Wyseure
Ineos: Pidcock
Hens-Maes Containers: Soete, Meeusen
Jumbo-Visma: Van Aert
And now for today's weirdest announcement:
What is his new team?
What is his new team?
Idk, I guess it’s good for a team to let a rider leave to seek more opportunity for the rest of the year once they have no races left.
…..or one of the teams fighting for their WT-place is paying them to release him early. Israel?
Considering what Teuns won in recent times, and that he already rides for Bahrain, there are very few teams now which make sense for him.
Normally, he should now join UAE or Ineos. Everything else would make no sense.
Jumbo would be good for his development, but they probably cannot pay him what he wants to earn.
Normally, he should now join UAE or Ineos. Everything else would make no sense.
Jumbo would be good for his development, but they probably cannot pay him what he wants to earn.
Boom! Never attribute to kindness what can just as well be due to greed an cynicism.
The rumour of Teuns going tot Israel is already two weeks old, if not more, not really a surprise. The immediate transfer however is.
Also his age; he's a relative young one at 30.
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And Guy Sagiv gets booted out to make room for him? Surely contracts have to be honoured?
And Teuns' next 118 UCI points won't be of any benefit in the relegation battle, because he will have to get himself into the team's topt ten before he can do them any good.
And Teuns' next 118 UCI points won't be of any benefit in the relegation battle, because he will have to get himself into the team's topt ten before he can do them any good.
I suppose if they managed to convince UCI that Sagiv was totally in agreement with the plan.
They have a development/conti team, so maybe they'll just transfer him there.
Anyway, UAE announced two year extensions for Majka, Ulissi, McNulty and Bjerg... so that weird rumor about Bjerg possibly going to Quickstep can die now.
Junior Vlad Van Mechelen is going to DSM u23 team for next season, earlier they've also secured Max van der Meulen, among others, who had some very good results in the junior ranks this year.
Teuns going to the Anglo retirement home is a surprise for me, I guess they must be paying him a lot of money.
Zana to BEX has also been confirmed. He was already decent at Bardiani and looking at how bad they've been in recent years (all their best riders usually peak right after the Giro and not for the Giro because they don't know what they are doing) he should have lots of room to improve.
Zana to BEX has also been confirmed. He was already decent at Bardiani and looking at how bad they've been in recent years (all their best riders usually peak right after the Giro and not for the Giro because they don't know what they are doing) he should have lots of room to improve.
Yeah, if UAE let Bjerg go it would have been one of the most bizarre decisions from a top team in recent memory. For Pog's sake I am glad they resigned him.
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