Dodgy sponsors

[Dogtrousers]

I have one word left unaccounted for, and that's "Victorious". As in Bahrain Victorious. I think it's just a cruel joke.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

I have one word left unaccounted for, and that's "Victorious". As in Bahrain Victorious. I think it's just a cruel joke.

"Random adjective" should do.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I also had a problem with the Euskadi bit of Euskaltel - Euskadi and Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi

I couldn't figure out if it signified a separate sponsor or whether it just meant "hey, we're Basque". So should I have added an Euskadi entry to the "places" list? I gave up on this one.

 

[Alex321]

OK here's a final cut. All the title sponsors of mens and womens world tour and pro teams broken down by some fairly wonky categories with notes in brackets:

The "places" category is tricky because sometimes they are actual governments, like Bahrain or UAE, and sometimes they are other entities promoting a place, such as Astana which is a coalition of state owned companies in Khasakstan named after the capital, or VisitMalta which is a tourism promotion organisation. Or the other one that I'm not going to mention.

Separating Engineering/construction from Building Supplies was probably a mistake. But I can live with it.

Food and wine should probably be part of consumer goods.

• Cycling/sports: DecathІon; Trek(Bikes); Lease a Bike; XDS(Bikes); CANYON(Bikes); SRAM(Components); Human Powered Health(Training); Liv(Clothing/gear); BH(Bikes); Q36.5(Clothing/gear); Orange Seal(Components); Winspace(Bikes)
• Finance/insurance: Arkéa; Cofidis; AG2R La Mondiale; Groupama; AG Insurance; zondacrypto; Roland; Caja Rural - Seguros RGA; Baloise; Laboral Kutxa
• Building supplies: Deceuninck(Windows); BORA(Extractor hoods); Hansgrohe(Taps); Quick Step(Floors); Soudal(Adhesives); Fenix(Sinks, Washbaisins …); VF Group(Modular furniture)
• Places: Bahrain(Government); AlUla; UAE(Government); Astana(Coalition of state owned companies); Le Dévoluy(Ski Resort); Israel(A rich bloke, not the government); VisitMalta(Tourism promotion)
• Engineering/construction: Wanty(Construction); CERATIZIT(Cutting tools); SUEZ(Waste water); Premier Tech(Waste treatment); Bardiani(Valves); CSF(Sewage - and other - pumps); Volker Wessels(Civil engineering)
• Food/drink: Red Bull(Soft drink); Vini Fantini(Wine); Wagner-Bazin(Charcuterie); Oatly(Oat milk); St Michel(Biscuits)
• Software/systems: Visma(Accounting); Protime(Time registration); SD Worx(HR/payroll)
• Supermarket: Intermarché; Lidl; Picnic
• Energy (petro & renewable): XRG; Burpellet(Wood pellets); Solution Tech(Solar/renewable); TotalEnergies; Uno-X Mobility
• Gambling: FDJ; Lotto; Unibet
• Automotive: Grenadiers(4x4); Jayco(RVs)
• Consumer goods: Alpecin(Shampoo); Polti(Appliances); Tudor(Watches)
• Hospitality/holidays/travel: B&B Hotels; Emirates(Airline)
• Shipping: EasyPost; PostNL
• Telco: Movistar; Euskaltel
• Education: EF Education
• Petrochemicals: INEOS; Faizanè(Plastic fabrication)
• Pharmaceuticals: Kern Pharma; Novo Nordisk
• Property: Preference Home

Men WT only
Women WT Only
Men and women WT
Men WT Women Pro
Men Pro only
Women pro only

I would take slight issue with your listing INEOS and Grenadiers separately. The Grenadier is a car produced by INEOS ( a subsidiary called Ineos Automotive), so it is a single (automotive) sponsor, even though the parent INEOS are primarily a petrochemicals company.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I would take slight issue with your listing INEOS and Grenadiers separately. The Grenadier is a car produced by INEOS ( a subsidiary called Ineos Automotive), so it is a single (automotive) sponsor, even though the parent INEOS are primarily a petrochemicals company.

Feel free to take issue. I'm not changing it

When the new teams are announced next year I might consider it.

 

[mididoctors]

Feel free to take issue. I'm not changing it

When the new teams are announced next year I might consider it.

I for one appreciate you covering this every year .