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We’re a bit France top-heavy to kick things off today, which isn’t a problem. In fact, we really needed to check in with Les Bois™ as they’re having a bit of a weird one.
Then it’s back to more of your usual programming, think the Tietema crew getting up to hijinks, the UCI being the UCI and an update from the dancing Peter Sagan! Cofi-dis isn’t right �
Things may appear fairly harmless over at Cofidis, the benign yet historic French team, but turns out Cédric Vasseur sounds like a bit of a nightmare boss.
A big L’Équipe exposé (having filed away all the bad stuff they were hearing until the filing cabinet burst open and they were forced to publish it) details a number of less-than-conventional workplace behaviours from the boss of the French team.A poor start to 2024 led Vasseur to take away the snacks laid out for riders post-training, meaning the riders had to instead sneak down to the truck and snaffle them themselves.But even when they were back in their hotel rooms post-race, snacks in hand, they weren’t safe from Vasseur’s wrath, as he would send screenshots of race results where no Cofidis rider featured in the top 10 and cover it with laughing emojis, expressing his displeasure.This negative environment apparently […]
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