Pro Cycling Thread 2024

Noted in the EC article that the owner of Q36.5 is reportedly also owner of Pinarello. So there’s some speculation Q36.5 will be on Pinarellos next year. Unclear I guess whether they’ll pull sponsorship from Ineos (who, to be fair, are not exactly crushing it) or just add Q36.5.

To be fair I think this is the most the cycling world has talked about Q36.5 (awful, awful brand name BTW), so this is certainly getting that team some publicity. They have a rich owner who wants SOMETHING TO HAPPEN ASAP, and guessing Pidcock is the highest profile rider they could sign. Works out for both parties, Q36.5 raises their profile, Pidcock gets a team he can control.

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Froome accepts that he is no longer a contender…wow, it has been 5 years, Chris. What was your first clue? :roll_eyes:

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Same.

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Does the Women’s Individual Pursuit final at the UCI track championships count as a pro race?

Chloe Dygart vs Anna Morris

Good one to watch.

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Pidcock transfer may not happen now…what a circus.

Also, very sad news about Chris Hoy…Stage 4 prostate cancer and his wife was also diagnosed with a severe form of MS. That one hits a little close to home for me.

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And Scott already has a WT team sponsorship deal on which they have millions invested. Seriously doubt they would be interested in another similar investment when the owner of the team has just purchased a majority (full?) stake on another major cycling brand.

Ineos just announced a major restructuring of the team. No mention of the previous DSs but OTOH no mention of MTB or CX either. No idea where their aim actually is.

I hadn’t heard about his wife. How utterly heartbreaking.

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Well, it seems that the deal is off… 'He stays at Ineos' - Tom Pidcock's transfer to Q36.5 is off (at least for now) | Cyclingnews

They were just playing with us :joy:

Contract negotiations semi played (not really) in the media. We only see a small part of it.

This seems like a fairly miserable outcome for all involved. Pidcock is clearly not happy with Ineos, and given that Ineos were prepared to pay part of his salary at another team just to be rid of him it seemed like the feeling was mutual. Ineos in general feels like a sinking, or at least rudderless, ship; tons of their top talent have left, and have said fairly unflattering things about the team after doing so.

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Froome and Sagan were a pre-retirement green pasture moves to mostly sit back and relax with possible opportunity to shine one last time if the stars align

maybe his “asthma” got cured finally and he finds that he can’t compete without it? :wink:

Alan Hatherly, MTB World Champ, now on a Pidcock program and switches bike sponsors from Cannondale to Giant as a result.

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