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To what extent do you support a team?

  • My loyalty and interest is attached entirely to one team

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • I have considerably more interest in a race if my favourite team are in it

    Votes: 3 6.7%

  • I will have an interest in the team of a favourite rider, even when he is not racing

    Votes: 5 11.1%

  • There is a team would remain my favourite regardless of which riders join or leave it

    Votes: 5 11.1%

  • In the absence of any other factor, there is a team (or are teams) I'd quite like to see win

    Votes: 12 26.7%

  • My support for a team might change with kits/sponsorship/equipment changes

    Votes: 3 6.7%

  • I have no particular favourite team, but one or more that I specifically dislike

    Votes: 22 48.9%

  • I support one or more riders, but have no sense of loyalty to their team

    Votes: 22 48.9%

  • I'll cheer on a lower level team against the big ones, regardless of the riders involved

    Votes: 13 28.9%

  • Teams are part of the sport, but my interest is only in the results of individual riders

    Votes: 11 24.4%
  • Total voters
    45
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Armchair Cyclist

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Prompted by discussion here, after invitation to a questionnaire about teams' long term identity, I thought it might be interesting to see how much teams play a part in the 'fanhood' of this sport.

Some answers in the poll pretty much exclude all others, but some are mutually compatible, so I've allowed multiple selections.

After all, we need something to talk about in the off season?
 
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Peyroteo94

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Voted for 7, 8 and 10. I don't care about teams, I care about riders but there is one team I dislike a lot. I want Ineos to lose everything.
 
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hrotha

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Peyroteo94 said:
Voted for 7, 8 and 10. I don't care about teams, I care about riders but there is one team I dislike a lot. I want Ineos to lose everything.
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Aren't "I have one or more teams that I specifically dislike" and "Teams are part of the sport but I only care about individual riders" mutually exclusive?
 
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Peyroteo94

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hrotha said:
Aren't "I have one or more teams that I specifically dislike" and "Teams are part of the sport but I only care about individual riders" mutually exclusive?
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Maybe my interpretation wasn't correct but for me the bold part is about liking a team. I don't like any team, I don't follow cycling because of a team.
 
Red Rick

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I've managed to despise teams with every fiber of my being, so I can clearly support some teams in not doing so.
 
Pantani_lives

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Sometimes I like one rider from a team, while I dislike another. E.g. I like to see Van Aert winning stages or (semi-)classics, but I don't want Vingegaard to win the Tour. I like Evenepoel, but don't care much for Merlier.

Sometimes there's a team that I appreciate as a collective, e.g. EF. They don't have the absolute top riders, but with guys like Carapaz, Healy and some of their smaller names they often spark up the race with their attacking style.
 
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Netserk

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I appreciate Visma's approach to many races, but I dislike Van Aert, Blobloblo and Benoot. It started from only cheering for Rogla (if I fast-forward from the Sep Vanmarcke days), but as I came to also like other riders on the team and how the team rode as a unit in some races, that has somewhat bled over to a more general appreciation of the team. But individual riders come first, and signing more likeable riders have been more important than what the team does.
 
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Peyroteo94

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Netserk said:
I appreciate Visma's approach to many races, but I dislike Van Aert, Blobloblo and Benoot. It started from only cheering for Rogla (if I fast-forward from the Sep Vanmarcke days), but as I came to also like other riders on the team and how the team rode as a unit in some races, that has somewhat bled over to a more general appreciation of the team. But individual riders come first, and signing more likeable riders have been more important than what the team does.
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Who is Blobloblo?
 
Red Rick

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kingjr said:
I think some people are using it to disguise the fact that they're completely inept at spelling
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If anything the actual name reads like someone was completely inept at spelling, and the nickname is taking the piss out of that.
 
hrotha

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Red Rick said:
If anything the actual name reads like someone was completely inept at spelling, and the nickname is taking the piss out of that.
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The spelling is very slightly archaic, but that's to be expected in a surname
 
Potomac

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I root for
  • Americans
  • EF riders
  • Roglic

I root against
  • Ineos (except their American riders)
  • Any rider that i think is over hyped or has fans that are particularly annoying (somehow, I still like Roglic)
 
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