Transfers and rumours
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Pross
Veteran
It would have been interesting to see what he achieved had he come to cycling much earlier.
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Adam4868
Legendary Member
So that's why he isn't going to Spain 😲
wakemalcolm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ratho
Gee has a contract with Israel until '28. Ineos must see something special in him to buy him out of that.
Good rider and a nice guy: with him and Kevin V they've got the beginnings of a decent mountain train, but who for?
Good rider and a nice guy: with him and Kevin V they've got the beginnings of a decent mountain train, but who for?
Shadow
member
- Location
- edge of the south downs
No, no, no, say it ain't so!
wakemalcolm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ratho
I heard some guy (think it was Jake Birdsong) express his relief at no longer riding with the word Israel on his back. Is this becoming an issue?
Adam4868
Legendary Member
Easy to have morals when you've left....
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
misforturob
Well-Known Member
He was happy to take their wage cheque until then though 🙄
matticus
Guru
Seems to me that he chose to take their wage - if we accept what he says, he wasn't 100% happy about it.
wakemalcolm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ratho
100% easy to say when you've gone.
In his defence though, he'd probably have been gagged whilst he was there and 12 months ago things over in that part of the world were more 'debatable' than they are now.
Probably best to leave it there without heading into news current affairs and politics territory.
matticus
Guru
Just IMO, but I think it's OK to discuss rider/team choices as long as we don't comment on the actual ethics/politics of the relevant organisations.
wakemalcolm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ratho
I'll respect that, although it reminds me how hard a job it must be to be a mod.
Israel is a very obvious trunk of a large questionable sponsor elephant in the cycling room.
No Ta Doctor
Über Member
I think it's awful how badly reliant on petrochemical companies, despotic and/or genocidal states, and gambling companies the pro peloton is, and if I were a rider looking for a team I'd be in despair at what I might be asked to advertise. That said, I'd never have been able to ride for IPT before the current genocide.
I'll not go further into politics now - I can understand how difficult it must be for riders with so limited options in front of them - but like judgements about doping pre/post Festina in '98, I think there's a pre and post Oct 7th 2023 line where I have no sympathy for anyone joining IPT now.
I'll not go further into politics now - I can understand how difficult it must be for riders with so limited options in front of them - but like judgements about doping pre/post Festina in '98, I think there's a pre and post Oct 7th 2023 line where I have no sympathy for anyone joining IPT now.
