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megasmacky
I think that's a decent idea, for him to go to the Tour, and intentionally lose time on some flat stages to take the pressure off, but it misses an opportunity. At the Vuelta, he can go for the GC, but more importantly, he can use it to learn how to lead a World Tour team in a GT, in a much lower pressure environment than the Tour or even the Giro.. He can learn at the Tour but he can learn a lot more at the Vuelta.16:01
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I hope enough people find out Hincapie is a Trump supporter that this team gets hounded out of the sport the same way IPT was. Frankly, I'd say he's worse than IPT. And take that butt-ugly team strip with you. As a Canadian, I have nothing good to say about this team. I'd never wish injury on anyone but I hope they're met with every bit of misfortune possible. F*** America.06-02-2026 16:16
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megasmacky
That kit is hideously ugly. They're not seriously going out in public looking like that are they?27-01-2026 16:42
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megasmacky
I didn't even know he'd divorced.31-12-2025 17:54
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megasmacky
There's a lot more talent coming right behind Seixas. Van Wilder, Widar, and it'll be interesting to see how Cian Uijdebroeks does in his first GT.23-12-2025 17:14
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megasmacky
I have to think his personal contract with Specialized was a problem as well. Ineos has a long-standing relationship with Pinerello, so I don't see how that would have been resolved.23-12-2025 17:07
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megasmacky
Those former pros are correct but even they aren't coming close to recognizing how bad things are. The only place cycling is healthy is at the top, wealthiest level. The WT races and the top 5-6 teams. Everywhere else the sport is in imminent danger of collapse. Smaller races are hanging by a thread. The rely on community investment, local businesses and volunteers, all of which are disappearing. These races used to survive by featuring top riders, who used them to train for the bigger events. Now riders don't need to do that. Pogacar raced one of the Italian fall semi-classics but otherwise every race he did was a WT race. The only way now to get top riders is by offering huge appearance fees. Most of these smaller races are running deficits, a situation that's doomed to failure. Remember the Criterium International? The Tour of Picardy? The Tour of the Mining Valleys? Midi Libre? All gone, soon to be followed by dozens of others. The B&B Hotels collapse is a massive warning bell. Prospective sponsors know that unless they're willing to fund a team to the tune of 30 million or more, they're doomed to nothing but TV breakaways and the occasional French Cup race or small stage win. Why would a corporate sponsor kick in $8 million when they know for a fact it'll result in basically zero success? UAE winning 100 races is a disaster, nothing to celebrate, it's merely a sign of a sick, ailing sport. It's time to admit the unthinkable. A sport that takes in zero ticket sales can never be a major sport, competing with football or F1 for viewers. It just can't. How much does Liverpool FC, or the Dallas Cowboys make from one home game in ticket sales? I'm guessing it's equal to about a third of an entire low-end team's budget for the season. It's time for a hard budget cap for teams and a drastic lowering of expectations. Selling tickets to the final few k's of Alpe D'Huez or the finish of a sprint stage isn't going to come close to fixing things.12-11-2025 17:24