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- UAE got 56 wins last year if you subtract all of Pogi’s. I’d call that more than “contending for the podium”
- in UAE only Pogi is the winner of Monuments and GTs, the rest contend for the podium only. UAE have gone the Ineos way to sign up every promising rider but not every promising rider becomes a legend of the sport. Contrast that with Visma, QST or Alpecin. Ayuso's main problem is he want to fly from the nest but he is bound to UAE for a long time
- 1. Not gravel racing specifically, the gravel model.
2. The UCI isn't responsible for the success of pro road racing (mainly in Europe), but is detrimental to it being better. That's why almost no-one does UCI races in the US anymore.
3. Demand is mainly a natural phenomenon. People say you can build it, and you can a bit by supplying what people want (then they demand it), but that's an argument against the UCI, as they purposely stop innovation, which is a spectacle that people want to see.
4. The backup plan is the gravel model. That's why it grew while UCI cycling failed.
5. There will always be professional cycling as long as there are bike manufacturers (above a rock bottom level). The highest paid might be paid less, but just try to imagine the Tour not existing! Also, if people like me will pay to race (not be paid), there will always be bike races to watch. With video coverage of races getting less expensive (drones, go-pros), we will always have race coverage of some sort as well.
I guess what I'm realizing is that the entire economic model of cycling is 40+ years out of date, and it wouldn't cost much at all to compete with it, if Unbound and the Lifetime Grand Prix actually cared to.
-An Economist
- It was on a podcast… interviewers ask questions, and then the guest responds. That’s a weird thing for you to have a gripe with.
- it's just a trivia
- Nope, you know it's a joke right?
- « When you’re on this team, you get put into situations and opportunities that you wouldn’t have on other teams.”
Vuelta 2023 anyone?
- Any meaning to that?
- So now the sponsors are responsible?
- What’s with all the moustaches? Is that an mtb thing?