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The B&B Motels-KTM squad who’ve been rumoured to be signing Mark Cavendish for the 2023 season have cancelled a deliberate press convention for Wednesday, stating in a social media publish the choice was made “because of the absence of among the primary stakeholders within the 2023 workforce’s mission”.
The French ProTeam have been as a consequence of roll out their 2023 roster and sponsors on Wednesday forward of Thursday’s Tour de France route presentation.
Final week the workforce missed out on being included within the UCI announcement of the candidates for 2023 WorldTeam and ProTeam licences.
Lacking the October deadline for the listing of groups is comparatively widespread for groups that may be held up by any of the factors required for submitting a licence utility.
B&B Motels weren’t the one workforce left off the UCI’s listing, with Human Powered Well being’s males’s and ladies’s groups omitted pending up to date financial institution data.
Individually, neither the cancellation or omission would increase issues, however collectively appear to trace at some disorganization within the French outfit who’ve been linked to Cavendish since mid-summer.
Group boss Jerome Pineau stated the probabilities have been “50-50” that the workforce would convey on Cavendish in August. Final week, Ouest-France reported that Cavendish and lead-out man Max Richeze (UAE Group Emirates) had come to an settlement with the workforce and Cavendish hinted that he had “an enormous yr subsequent yr” on his social media channels.
B&B Motels-KTM have been additionally reportedly to be partnering with the Metropolis of Paris because the French capital look towards internet hosting the 2024 Olympic Video games.
The press convention anticipated to convey readability to the rider and sponsorship hypothesis has not but been rescheduled.
