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You’re saying 60% of riders and teams are whiners who don’t train or work? Just because they don’t have the right « sponsor »? Tell me how exactly a team that folds due to lack of sponsorship or riders that lose jobs because the big teams only need a certain number profits from anything? Do you think the sport would be more interesting if races only featured the 10-15 lucrative riders from 3 main teams? Would any football league be interesting if only big clubs played? You do realise in any race there can only be one winner right, so how do you justify spending money on ANY of the others in your logic? If you’re not prepared to pay the price of a participating field, any race or win becomes meaningless so now explain clearly, how would you define the criteria for anyone who wants to compete against the best? Are you suggesting unpaid amateurs have to go up against established pros fir as long as it takes to become good enough to find employment? That would be a GREAT way to reduce doping.11-12-2025 07:31
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Probably because hus instinctual reaction is no longer tuned to mountainbikes09-12-2025 19:54
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Mistermaumau
Interesting statement! You know, if Germany or the US would allow jews to have their country, I’m sure even such big A-holes as Hamas would find nothing against it. Don’t think you spelt out their objections quite as precise as called for. Also, when has any colonial power ever allowed the indigenous their own country without either a fight or loss of interest? You expect the indigenous to welcome imposed colonials in? And whilst we’re on the subject of distorted thinking, how come these right-wing neo-aryans in the UK calling for Christian values don’t realise their racial heritage isn’t Christianity at all and that many of those they oppose were Christian way before them. Can something spread by missionaries and « imposed » on their forefathers at a certain point in history really be your natural heritage? Choosing to rallye around Christianity nationally is like claiming a curry or pizza as national dish. As for their American counterparts, well, they should be even more confused considering the multitude of origins.08-12-2025 23:18
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Mistermaumau
When I read stuff like that I say let Putin show you how it’s done, just for a minth or two so you think about things a bit more. Or just ask your grannie about WWII when another loonie decided to try and take over other people’s lands. The world was actually becoming a slightly better place before that sort started getting elected again. Now all our taxes have to flow back into arms again. Building stuff to destroy stuff so money can be made rebuilding. Maybe if the Europeans had made jews feel welcome after WWII NONE of this would ever have happened, Hamas would NEVER have existed. But I bet you some had hidden agendas, plenty in Europe were probably happy to be rid of them, the Swiss were happy to cling on the tve transferred fortunes, the Americans were happy to absorb the selected more profitable ones and the West got itself two for the price of one. A trojan horse for the middle east to do dirty work with very little risk.08-12-2025 22:50
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Agree with a lot except, 1. it wasn’t so much Israel as BN and his cronies (Israel, having at certain times depending on leaders and foreign interests) come close the the beginning of a deal with Palestinians. 2. many Palestinians would probably not support Hamas given choices but as Israel controls election possibilities and were happy to deny an alternative*… * though they are still financing and encouraging Palestinian factions to counter Hamas (in order to continue the « peace » process.08-12-2025 22:33
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Mistermaumau
Not only are they mostly right but apart from ASO, Giro and the UCI for championships, organisers don’t seem to get image rights either, or does anyone have contradictory information?08-12-2025 22:22
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Mistermaumau
And where is that money going/staying? Re-read the article with both sides of your brain on. Every football team in any pro league gets a portion of TV rights, probably similar in other pro team sports. Explain why that shouldn’t apply to cycling please.08-12-2025 22:15
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Mistermaumau
Nothing wrong with these changes but a discussion that might soon become necessary is the financing of races, even major ones. It can’t be that organisers end up struggling more and more whilst rider salaries skyrocket. There needs to be some better redistribution in cycling, maybe through a revamp of « image » rights. Something to add to the things discussed in the article titled: “Cycling is the only sport not benefiting from TV rights” – World Tour bosses warn model is becoming ‘impossible’ to sustain amid proposals to charge for roadside viewing«08-12-2025 22:11
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Mistermaumau
Maybe you should worry more about drones lurking around airports or nuclear power plants?08-12-2025 21:58
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There is no real point, both are avoiding giving the explanation that most more observant and interested spectators have long since understood.07-12-2025 13:42