With participants who likely flew themselves their bikes in from all around the world for a pointless competition. I wouldn’t compare an international bike race to a person who rides their bike to work to help the environment.
martyc3@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
British Cycling is sponsored by oil company Shell according to the article.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Aux@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sporting events are the best way to reach hundreds of millions of people to deliver the message. Athlete flights are a tiny price to pay for it. And protesters literally fucked it up. Because they are dumbfuck attention whores and nothing else.
Aurix@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Tour de France sends the message performance is everything, and if you don’t perform, destroy your body with drugs. It is inherently toxic.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 year ago
I’m sure they had many sponsors? Admittedly, I’ve done zero research…
woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m sure they had many sponsors?
Visit www.cyclingworldchamps.com and scroll to the bottom. Neither Shell nor Ineos are on the list of sponsors.
Admittedly, I’ve done zero research…
Seems the protestors didn’t either.
Oddbin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“One of the riders in the lead group was Britain’s Owain Doull. British Cycling is sponsored by oil company Shell.”
woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
British Cycling is sponsored by oil company Shell.”
Visit www.britishcycling.org.uk and scroll to the bottom. Neither Shell nor Ineos are on the list of sponsors, only lotteries.
On Twitter the group claims that Ineos is fielding a team, now British Cycling is allegedly sponsored by Shell and yet visiting any of the official web sites does not list any of those sponsors. Must be very shy sponsors.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Huh, so indeed one of those shy sponsors that don’t appear on the main page in the footer.
So reading through that, the Shell sponsorship is about bike chain lubricants and electric charging. Yes, very evil things.
Rooki@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The protestors too. So? XD
CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Do you mind? I’m trying to be righteously infuriated over here.
Erk@cdda.social 1 year ago
It’s amazing how “righteous fury” people seem to get over folks protesting sporting events because the fucking planet is on fire.
“Oh but couldn’t they be more calm and quiet about it, I want to watch the race!”