To what extent do you support a team?

[Armchair Cyclist]

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?

 

[kingjr]

Zero, basically

 

[Peyroteo94]

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.

 

[hrotha]

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.

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?

 

[Peyroteo94]

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?

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.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

My take in general:

Races > Riders > Teams

 

[Red Rick]

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]

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.

 

[Netserk]

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.

 

[Peyroteo94]

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.

Who is Blobloblo?

 

[hrotha]

Who is Blobloblo?

Blobloblo

 

[Netserk]

Who is Blobloblo?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1700195092563161335

View: https://x.com/danielarribas96/status/1700195092563161335

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

It's used by people who think that Mas's ignorance or laziness is something to be celebrated.

 

[Red Rick]

It's used by people who think that Mas's ignorance or laziness is something to be celebrated.

I think that's the reason why people use that nickname for exactly 0 people who use it.

 

[kingjr]

I think that's the reason why people use that nickname for exactly 0 people who use it.

I think some people are using it to disguise the fact that they're completely inept at spelling

 

[Red Rick]

I think some people are using it to disguise the fact that they're completely inept at spelling

If anything the actual name reads like someone was completely inept at spelling, and the nickname is taking the piss out of that.

 

[kingjr]

If anything the actual name reads like someone was completely inept at spelling, and the nickname is taking the piss out of that.

As I said, some people

 

[hrotha]

If anything the actual name reads like someone was completely inept at spelling, and the nickname is taking the piss out of that.

The spelling is very slightly archaic, but that's to be expected in a surname

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

If anything the actual name reads like someone was completely inept at spelling,

"Languages I don't understand are weird"

 

[Red Rick]

"Languages I don't understand are weird"

I'm a native Dutch speaker actually, soooo...