Environmental protester halt the world championship in cycling... one of the best alternatives to fuel driven transportation....
Environmental protester halt the world championship in cycling... one of the best alternatives to fuel driven transportation....
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British Cycling is sponsored by oil company Shell according to the article.
242 7 ReplyDo you mind? I'm trying to be righteously infuriated over here.
98 5 ReplyIt'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!"
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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.
27 6 ReplySporting 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.
3 14 ReplyTour de France sends the message performance is everything, and if you don't perform, destroy your body with drugs. It is inherently toxic.
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I'm sure they had many sponsors? Admittedly, I've done zero research...
17 5 ReplyI’m sure they had many sponsors?
Visit https://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.
9 12 Reply"One of the riders in the lead group was Britain's Owain Doull. British Cycling is sponsored by oil company Shell."
https://www.reuters.com/sports/cycling/protesters-halt-mens-road-race-2023-08-06/
16 1 ReplyBritish Cycling is sponsored by oil company Shell.”
Visit https://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.
5 11 Replyhttps://www.britishcycling.org.uk/partners Shell is the first one listed on this page.
15 0 ReplyDunno what to tell you bud. Reuters, BBC etc all report it so either they're all lying or they see it where we don't.
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This is what I see
11 1 ReplyHuh, 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.
4 15 ReplyIs shell paying you to run defence? I don't get it. Shell=bad and you should google it if you don't know why
13 2 ReplyShell is good and you're a lunatic.
1 9 ReplyY'all remember that post the other day about leaving all the idiots behind on reddit... About that...
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The protestors too. So? XD
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