Chapeau to budget caps
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 960 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Spin Cycle podcast, Caley, Jonny, and Kit kick off with an update on Tom Pidcock's dramatic transfer saga. It turns out he's going nowhere. Or is he? This whole situation adds to the growing narrative that INEOS is a difficult team to be on, as evidenced by Ethan Hayter's recent comments about the "weird environment." Despite the failed transfer, it sounds like there are a few other teams still interested in acquiring Pidcock, but it'll probably take a hefty buyout to pry him away from INEOS at this point.
Next up, the crew discuss Chris Froome's shocking admission that he won't be vying for another Tour de France victory. It's tough to see a legendary athlete come to terms with the limitations of their body, but we admire Froome's honesty and grace in addressing the situation. We also take some time to discuss the UCI's exploration of budget caps within the WorldTour. Chris Marshall Bell, who broke the story for Escape Collective, joins to talk about the potential implications of these financial regulations. While there's no consensus on the matter yet, it's clear that the UCI is serious about addressing the financial disparities within the sport.
And finally, we want to take a moment to acknowledge the tough news regarding Chris Hoy's health. His strength and positivity in the face of such a challenging diagnosis are truly inspiring, and we wish him and his family all the best.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Spin Cycle Podcast, everybody. I'm Kayle Fritz. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Johnny Long. I'm Kit Nicholson. |
| 0:12.0 | Today on the show, Tom Pigcock is going nowhere. |
| 0:17.0 | Chris Froum admits he will not win the Tour de France again and while Van Art might be a squirrel. Let's get to it. |
| 0:27.0 | All right, let's kick off the episode as we like to do with an update on Tom |
| 0:35.2 | Pitcock and what Tom Pitcock is up to. Obviously we brought you the breaking |
| 0:40.5 | news last week that he was leaving any aye aye aye aye a off so this week we'd like to bring you the breaking news that he's not |
| 0:47.5 | What's happening? Corrections Corner. Corrections Corner. Well, it's not really corrections. It's not really question's quarter, yeah. |
| 0:52.8 | I was talking about this with, I'm going to leave this person unnamed, |
| 0:55.6 | but I was talking about this, because we've now had, |
| 0:59.5 | or I guess me specifically, I've had two kind of breaking stories on the transfer front in the last six months. |
| 1:05.0 | One was Roglich and then the other one was Pitcock and neither one ended up happening the way that I said it was going to happen. |
| 1:13.7 | You got Casp Askin though? |
| 1:15.2 | I did get a screen. |
| 1:16.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:17.9 | But it's important to remember that what we're reporting is actually, |
| 1:20.5 | like some team wants this rider. there is no guarantee that they will |
| 1:24.8 | actually get them and that appears to be what's happened this time right so Q 365 |
| 1:28.5 | was absolutely in to get Tom Pitcock they really wanted to get Tom Pigcock. They really wanted to get Tom Pigcock. It appears they will not get |
| 1:35.9 | Tom Pigcock. So what's what's Tommy boy doing? |
| 1:38.7 | My understanding of the situation is that Inios was obviously shopping around for a replacement which they failed to find. |
| 1:45.0 | So they were like, no, sorry, we were going to keep this chap. He's good for us. |
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