#1879

Nope. And Vitus will probably go as well. Ditto Holdsworth. The gulf between 3rd and 4th tier is humongous, BC give zero fucks about racing at this level. All the focus is on dudes racing in circles on the wood, while pretending to support regional events… that have no budget and give up after a couple of years. Once teams at this level stop pretending to be “pro”, and stop wanking away money then maybe they can fund riders entries throughout the year, then head to kermesses in Benelux, instead of dumping it all on equipment and kit. The step-up costs individuals a FORTUNE and there’s no incentive for companies to stump up that cash rn.

#1880

And the youth set up is relatively poor (unless they’re on the track set up) so you’ll see parents dumping huge amounts of cash on road/TT/track bikes. Really like initiatives like the Dave Reyner Fund to help young riders through the system. But they very few and far between. It’s basically Sky, then a load of Conti teams racing at domestic level now

#1881

WVA terminates his contract with Verendas Willems-Crelan

#1882

Did he have to buy his way out?

Wheres he gonna end up, do you reckon?

#1883

Supposedly he’s got to buy himself out (€0.5m). Unsure where, but LottoNL Jumbo was an option earlier in the year. He still wants to race CX this winter, but which jersey does he wear…

#1884

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#1885

What muscle do Lotto NL have to back him up? Really looking forward to seeing him tear up the classics and apparently Corendon Circus have been signing up some support for Mathieu Van der Poel. Would love to see them carry on their cross rivalry into the classics for years to come.

#1886

Laurens Ten Dam to CCC. Sunweb are going to have nobody left at this rate

#1887

fuck that

#1888

This. I’d probably spew (less than) half way up.

#1889

going down Winnats was enough for me thanks

#1890

who’s going to be the world champ?

#1891

One of the Yates

#1892

would be pretty happy with that

would also like: alaphilippe, jungle bob

just tuning in now. no idea how anyone has been going, suppose it’s far too early to tell

#1893

The break had 19mins at one point. the favourites were worried about them mind.

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#1894

We’ve been watching since about 11am lol

#1896

It’s awful

#1898

what’s with the shit commentators?

#1900

was looking forward to seeing how he could mispronounce ‘innsbruck’

#1901

I’m on BBC, really like Boardman