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Mark Cavendish is still looking for a ride next season after a planned move to French squad B&B Hotels looks doomed.
Manager Jérôme Pineau told the team riders Friday that they’re free to sign with other teams after efforts to secure the team’s financial future fell through.
The French daily Ouest-France reported that Pineau had reached a verbal agreement for Cavendish to move to the team on the expectations that big-money backers were coming on board for 2023.
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Now it appears the French second-tier team, created in 2018 by ex-pro Pineau and his brother, could be on the rocks, Ouest-France reported.
The brothers not only were unable to close on deals to increase the team’s budget and create a women’s team, but it appears that money is falling through to support an even smaller scale project.There was no immediate word from Pineau, who notified racers Friday that they’re free to pursue other leads in a private message to riders and staffers.The paper reported that Pineau hopes to keep the team alive at some level, but it certainly will not be increasing its budget, and could even see a decrease from its 2022 budget between 5 to 7 million euros.That leaves the future of the team’s riders uncertain, as well as other riders who were expected to join in 2023. Several top riders, […]
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