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Well there definitely was an outrage about Brajkovic from your side initially, no doubt about that. These words speak for themselves "This is the weirdest transfer season rumour so far. I can only assume that some Bahraini princeling used to watch cycling four or five years ago and hasn't bothered to check what Brajkovic has been like since."
Jan Hirt has pro contact, but with his climbing talent he would be WT for last year or two if he's say French, German or English. Nobody was talking about Schlegel as astonishing overlooked gem, too; that's unnecesary exaggerating. Cirandajust said there is not interest from big teams and that's true. Given his results he might get chance from WT team; his one or two years older and worse compatriots are given such chance...so ciranda is spot on.
Next is Karel Hnik. That guy would be WT. You could go on with Sisr and maybe Adam Toupalik, but there might more difficult situation.
Zinoviev Letter said:ciranda said:The old discussion was about Jan Hirt and why big teams are not all over him. One of the best u23s in the last two years, Michal Schlegel, also don't have interest from big teams but he should have if you look at results.
Jan Hirt has had a pro contract for two years. Schlegel has decent results but hardly ones that make him an astonishing overlooked gem. We are talking about the guy who once podiumed the Tour of Eastern Bohemia, not a guy who has been tearing up the .2s, right? In any case, he only turned 21 during this season and his big result (top 10 at Avenir) only just happened. If he continues getting results he will get a pro contract.
ciranda said:It is boring to say but here it is again: if these guys (others too) had been from any *******-speaking nation they would have multiple offers. I agree the same goes for Belgium, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Germany. Now is this a problem? Some might think not but I do because a lot of people with talent never get chances while lesser talented do.
It is absolutely true that riders from countries with pro teams, countries with developed cycling infrastructures, countries where major sponsors have important interests, or better still all three, have significant advantages when it comes to getting a pro contract. But these are structural factors primarily, rather than indications of a general culture prejudice.
ciranda said:This reflects real life-life of course. In cycling it means less diversity, I think, and in addition with more *****centrics cycling appears to get more boring since it seems that 90 percent of them represent a wait for the sprint/last mountain/time trial type cycling.
Well there definitely was an outrage about Brajkovic from your side initially, no doubt about that. These words speak for themselves "This is the weirdest transfer season rumour so far. I can only assume that some Bahraini princeling used to watch cycling four or five years ago and hasn't bothered to check what Brajkovic has been like since."
Jan Hirt has pro contact, but with his climbing talent he would be WT for last year or two if he's say French, German or English. Nobody was talking about Schlegel as astonishing overlooked gem, too; that's unnecesary exaggerating. Cirandajust said there is not interest from big teams and that's true. Given his results he might get chance from WT team; his one or two years older and worse compatriots are given such chance...so ciranda is spot on.
Next is Karel Hnik. That guy would be WT. You could go on with Sisr and maybe Adam Toupalik, but there might more difficult situation.