Team Buses & Trucks?
10-14-15, 04:26 PM
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Team Buses & Trucks?
So if a pro team from Europe (or anywhere abroad) is racing in the US for the variety of big events we have.... how do their team buses and trucks get over here?
(i.e. the US Pro Championship?)
(i.e. the US Pro Championship?)
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10-14-15, 05:10 PM
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GCN covered this in a video a while back, IIRC. The European-based teams basically rent RVs for the week/2 weeks of whatever races they're Stateside for. The World Tour teams would only do 3 or 4 weeks of racing in North America anyway (California, Utah, Pro Challenge, the Quebec/Montreal classics), all of which coincide with major European events (Giro, Vuelta, maybe the ENECO tour? etc).
10-14-15, 05:46 PM
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BMC had their team truck and bus at the worlds in Richmond.
10-14-15, 11:41 PM
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They rent the needed vehicles over here (team cars, buses, and/or RVs). Possibly identical make/model (if they have a global automotive sponsor), possibly not.Then they have logo wraps made and slapped on. They'll have a stateside partner (person or organization) who will make the arrangements locally. Sometimes, the race promoters' organization at the larger events are the ones who do this.
10-18-15, 05:57 PM
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I know its a domestic team, but Monday morning as I was leaving out of Richmond after the worlds, I was following the UHC team hauler all the way out of Virginia... Nice rig
10-19-15, 12:49 PM
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One of the smaller teams in the U23 race had this for one of their cars and a matching mobile home, it might have been Rwanda, I can't remember.
10-19-15, 01:35 PM
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Thanks for the replies. Makes sense to me.
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In US pro circuit it used to be a big deal when 7-11 team had their custom-painted 10-passenger van.
