inthedrops: a compilation of my work
This post stems from a Tweet from @UCI_Overlord, writer/founder of Cyclismas.com. Well, this Tweet in fact. In it, he lists the email addresses of the UCI Management Committee (who are due to meet on Friday as you know) and urges the reader to call for the resignations of Pat and Hein, and outline the changes you would like to see. Continue reading “Instigating change at the UCI”
Shocking news today – after 17 years in cycling, Rabobank is no more. The bank will continue to fund its teams for the remainder of their contracts, but the jerseys will be without their name and logo. Continue reading “Rabobank leaves cycling”
The UCI today won their lawsuit against ex-cyclist Floyd Landis after the American said “I’ll say no” to contesting charges. This is a massive publicity coup for the incompetent federation, reminding us of Landis’ old claims and showing them to be as petty and vindictive as we know they are. Continue reading “Floyd Landis barred from calling a spade a spade”
So the news came through today that all is well and good in men’s professional cycling, financially speaking. A report from auditors Ernst & Young shows that the total budgets of the 40 men’s professional cycling teams has risen by 36.5% since 2009. Three years ago the total budget came in at €235 million, whereas today teams have €321 million. Continue reading “UCI In Denial: Pro Cycling Somehow Richer Than Ever”
Today it was announced by the UCI that eight teams – Astana, BMC, Garmin-Cervélo, Lampre-ISD, Liquigas-Cannondale, Movistar, Rabobank, and Sky – have been confirmed for cycling’s top tier, the UCI WorldTour, next season. Also confirmed by the UCI were fifteen of the teams who will ride at Professional Contintal level in 2012. They are Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda’s, Androni Giocattoli, Acqua & Sapone, Bretagne-Schuller, Caja Rural, Cofidis le Credit en Ligne, Colnago-CSF Inox, Colombia-Coldeportes, Landbouwkrediet, Project 1t4i, Saur – Sojasun, Spidertech, Team Netapp, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator and UnitedHealthCare.
Dani Ostanek 