when did we

[Parrulo]

****ed up the thread start

 

[Fetisoff]

Well, I'm somewhat guilty of this for sure.

However I'm not going to blame myself, but rather Oleg Tinkov

This year, the Katusha successes have been so few and far in between, I've actually been able to enjoy some good cycling from other teams tho

 

[jobiwan]

You raise a good point.

For me, I root like crazy for the Schlecks, of course.
But I don't really care if Martin Mortensen or Robert Wagner get good results, even though they're on the same team.

I guess if no one I was really rooting for was in the race, I'd root for a Leopard.
Unless the team is a quasi-national bunch, like Katusha or Greenedge, I think it's more a case of someone's favorite rider being on the team, than liking the team itself.

Euskaltel, though, might be another exception.

 

[Parrulo]

sorry i ****ed up when starting the thread.

can we discuss this here?

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=14895

could the mods delete this one

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

There has been a move toward what are de facto national teams. There is Sky, Leopard, Green Edge, Astana, Katusha, and Euskaltel. Add the jingoistic types to the complete muppets who become superfans of the team their favorite rider is on and there appears to be a good percentage of fans that root for teams.

Vaughters must be quite happy. This is what he hopes the sport becomes.