Cyclingnews.com is reporting that Team Sunweb will be moving to Cervelo next year and that Deloitte is going to be the new title sponsor for BMC. If true, I wonder what this means for Team Dimension Data.

Cycling Weekly Article .. it looks like TDD has to get rid of MC ..

Awesome. I was at the Amgen TOC this week. Didn't even bother to go by the DD van. I can no longer stomach Cav. It'll be nice to see some people I respect on Cervelos.

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Awesome. I was at the Amgen TOC this week. Didn't even bother to go by the DD van. I can no longer stomach Cav. It'll be nice to see some people I respect on Cervelos.

What is it about Cav that you cannot stomach or respect? His gratitude to teammates when he wins? His apologizing to them for not winning a stage when they've ridden their hearts out for him? Yes I get how he can be viewed as divisive because he speaks his mind and wears his heart on his sleeve. But his palmares backs up his thoughts and unlike the bland wonder bread like American pro athletes from the 4 major leagues he isn't afraid to tell it like it is.

I won’t share the many examples, just the most recent. This past week DD was at Zwift Headquarters and they asked Cav what he’d change about Zwift. His response was that he’d like them to change things so that people can’t suck his wheel and then ride by and make fun of him. He has a very big ego and a very low self esteem for a former world champ. At its core Zwift is a fucking video game. There’s something wrong with him if he can’t ignore it.

Well that is unfortunate, but again, unlike American athletes we've been conditioned to seeing on television, etc., he actually speaks his mind. He's a throwback to a time when the PR guy wasn't holding them back. In that way he is a lot like Bill "Spaceman" Lee who pitched for the Red Sox and who also has criticized modern athletes for the milk toast responses they give. So if it just a video game, then why are you getting worked up over his honest response? Seriously, I am curious, not trying to start something. He got asked a question and he answered it, unless you are one of those folks he refers to,why does his answer bother you so much?

He was asked a question he answered it . Why take people you don't know personal

I just don't like him. Simple as that. You like him. Good for you. That's awesome.

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I just don't like him. Simple as that. You like him. Good for you. That's awesome.

So do you prefer riders ala Froome, i.e., bland as Wonder Bread? hahahaha When Cav first burst on the scene he rubbed me the wrong way a bit until I realized that he was just speaking his mind and had the legs to back up his mouth.