Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Isn't 'ø' more of a Norwegian letter than 'ö'?

It is. We have ø, but not ö. However on my work laptop I dont have a Norwegian keyboard and therefore I do not write the ø when im using that one, because I cant bother to spend extra time to find the correct ø. And I honestly doesnt feel bad at all about "misspelling" names with ö instead of ø.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Development team shutting, reducing sponsorship for national devo races and national junior squad.
The steps taken to get to WT as soon as possible seem to have the side effect if hollowing out the national cycling ecosystem downstream. This is Thor pissing in his own trousers to warm himself.

For example the decision to stop organizing "Uno-X Development Weekend" with Gylne Gutuer (will still be organized as a part of the Uno-X Norwegian Cup this year) and Lillehammer GP was taken before Hushovd came in, so he cant be called out for this.

Uno-X is the main sponsor of the Norwegian Cup and they are playing a key role to keep this race series going. Unfortunlately the "Tour te Fjells" got canceled this year, but from what I know that was because of personal issues for key members of the local organizers, and this race will be back next year. I think Uno-X therefore is still doing their best to keep the national cycling ecosystem alive.

The failure to field an Avenir team should not be put on Uno-X, even if Uno-X basically have paid for the U23 national team alone the last few years. Coop and Visma offered to pay most of the bill this year and still the federation said no.

When it comes to the Devo team I can kind of understand the reason to shut it down, even if I disagree with that decision (but Im not the one paying for the team..). When so many of the biggest Norwegian (and Danish talents) instead go to WT Devo Teams (all the guys in Visma-system, Ørn Kristoff to Wanty etc), then I kind of get it why Hushovd think the dev team is meaningless. Uno-X is sponsoring Lillehammer CK which had a conti team this season and they have (are still?) a sponsor for ColoQuick, so I do think it make sense to send the tier B and tier C talents to teams like this instead of having a Dev team when youre anyway missing out on the tier A talents.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Probably completely unrelated to these events, but did Arvesen ever tell anti doping authorities what he knew? I saw one interview from way back where he claimed he knew nothing of how Bjarne Riis organized team doping at CSC.

 

[tobydawq]

Probably completely unrelated to these events, but did Arvesen ever tell anti doping authorities what he knew? I saw one interview from way back where he claimed he knew nothing of how Bjarne Riis organized team doping at CSC.

I hardly think this is the place for that.

 

[yaco]

For example the decision to stop organizing "Uno-X Development Weekend" with Gylne Gutuer (will still be organized as a part of the Uno-X Norwegian Cup this year) and Lillehammer GP was taken before Hushovd came in, so he cant be called out for this.

Uno-X is the main sponsor of the Norwegian Cup and they are playing a key role to keep this race series going. Unfortunlately the "Tour te Fjells" got canceled this year, but from what I know that was because of personal issues for key members of the local organizers, and this race will be back next year. I think Uno-X therefore is still doing their best to keep the national cycling ecosystem alive.

The failure to field an Avenir team should not be put on Uno-X, even if Uno-X basically have paid for the U23 national team alone the last few years. Coop and Visma offered to pay most of the bill this year and still the federation said no.

When it comes to the Devo team I can kind of understand the reason to shut it down, even if I disagree with that decision (but Im not the one paying for the team..). When so many of the biggest Norwegian (and Danish talents) instead go to WT Devo Teams (all the guys in Visma-system, Ørn Kristoff to Wanty etc), then I kind of get it why Hushovd think the dev team is meaningless. Uno-X is sponsoring Lillehammer CK which had a conti team this season and they have (are still?) a sponsor for ColoQuick, so I do think it make sense to send the tier B and tier C talents to teams like this instead of having a Dev team when youre anyway missing out on the tier A talents.

When you restrict yourself to only employing Danish or Norwegian, it makes sense, that some junior/under 23 talents, will slip through the cracks. After all, you can not place all in the team.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They won't really need a development structure either, if they end up abandoning the Danish/Norwegian riders only policy, which at the moment seems to be the single/easiest solution to reach WT level as soon as possible. Question is, if becoming a WT team will actually bring in the sponsors they hope for, or if it will just increase the cost of running the team. That said, they are not the only team with multiple sponsors which are part of the same corporation, since securing sponsorships is often complicated.

 

[Pozzovivo]

When you restrict yourself to only employing Danish or Norwegian, it makes sense, that some junior/under 23 talents, will slip through the cracks. After all, you can not place all in the team.

Some yes, the very very best of them should not. If you restrict yourself to two nationlities - you rely on getting the best talents.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

When you restrict yourself to only employing Danish or Norwegian, it makes sense, that some junior/under 23 talents, will slip through the cracks. After all, you can not place all in the team.

Yes, but I think it’s wrong to look at the situation and say “some have slipped through”. From the UNO-X point of view it’s only a few that have slipped through into the UNO-X system, and a majority of the biggest talents have said no to them. I think Nordhagen was the one that pushed them over the line, after even signing his brother to the dev team in an attempt to make their setup more attractive for him.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Yes, but I think it’s wrong to look at the situation and say “some have slipped through”. From the UNO-X point of view it’s only a few that have slipped through into the UNO-X system, and a majority of the biggest talents have said no to them. I think Nordhagen was the one that pushed them over the line, after even signing his brother to the dev team in an attempt to make their setup more attractive for him.

Yeah. It must be tough for uno-x to see Nordhagen drop Johannessen with ease in Lidl tour. He was the real gem they needed for GC ambitions at the tour.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

It must be tough for uno-x to see Nordhagen drop Johannessen with ease in Lidl tour.

Did this happen on the last stage? I didn’t see that one, but Johannessen beat Nordhagen on all stages so I’m not sure how correct view of the reality this statement is.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Stage 2 - the Lauterburg climb. THJ came back due to group dynamics in front and Lidl pulling behind. There was another time as well - but don't remember the name of the climb, but may have been the last stage yes. Also this time he came back. It's clear to me that Nordhagen is the real deal.

 

[Netserk]

Probably completely unrelated to these events, but did Arvesen ever tell anti doping authorities what he knew? I saw one interview from way back where he claimed he knew nothing of how Bjarne Riis organized team doping at CSC.

ADD ( Anti Doping Denmark) report..

So the report is coming tuesday and can be downloaded 09:30 CET on anti doping denmarks website.. http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/cykling/efter-ekstra-bladets-afsloering-nu-kommer-doping-rapporten/5618098 http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/kommentarer/allanolsen/det-ligner-mafia-metoder/5617937...

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[ingsve]

The failure to field an Avenir team should not be put on Uno-X, even if Uno-X basically have paid for the U23 national team alone the last few years. Coop and Visma offered to pay most of the bill this year and still the federation said no.

Apparently the Avenir issue might be solved now. One of the main culprits was apparently that the federation had moved into new offices in conjunction with the new velodrome being built and the plan was for those offices to be shared with other organisations but for this year no additional tenants had been found. This has now changed so that the federation is no longer left with the whole bill for the lease and that will help the economy going forward.