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I edited it because I can't say for certain that that's the case, but if even I had heard the rumours (with no industry connections/insiders), I find it impossible to believe that someone like Barel wouldn't have. Even if he hadn't, someone in the team absolutely would have done, and again I find it hard to believe it wouldn't get raised. However, I don't find it impossible to believe that someone high up at Canyon could be unaware of these rumours, but then be unhappy if they found out their new marquee signing has a fairly big black cloud over...

Streisand effect coming.

I find that difficult to believe. French DH is a tight community, the younger female riders around the national team are a very close group. We heard about the goings on in August and we are way out on the fringe!

Some people at Canyon didn't know.

He raped a girl. Commencal kicked him to the curb. Canyon got fooled into signing him without getting told what happend. They found out and sacked his ass.

This topic has been talked about by people in the sector for some time (since the departure of commencal), it was a good move by Canyon to step away. I was surprised that Canyon hired him with these allegations. If they turn out to be true, it's very bad for the brands he still represents.

Sooo does this mean Dante gets to go back up to the Factory team?

Clearly thibaut off canyon has been a thing for a little while. Didn’t tag or mention canyon or any team sponsors in his most recent post before the announcement

I have some industry intel and the IG comments might not be far off. This could be a very dark day for the sport, let's hope more info on the reason for the split gets public. Being silent here only gives the rumors more weight and space to grow.

Dam Ream Tumors, just when I thought I was out, you PULL me back in!!!

Thibaut is biting his tongue holding the truth back.

It's nothing concrete but one of those comments was liked by Emile Siegenthaler.

I was thinking something like that but didn't want to guess. Unfortunately that is usually the action that will dissolve a contract.

If I read the French comments on his IG, he did something with a girl without her consent apparently... But yeah, it's comments on Instagram, so not a great source.

Thibaut off Canyon.. that’s wild! per his IG account

S.170.1 - £5,999 S.170.2 - £5,500 S.170.3 - £4,800 Up on the atherton site: https://www.athertonbikes.com/bike/s170-enduro.html Frame only - £2,799

"The Wireless Blips are not rechargeable and need to be recycled with other electronics when they stop working. SRAM estimates their battery life at up to two years, with more frequent riders likely getting a little over a year out of them." a.) planned obsolescence much? And b.) the EU will have something to say about this if I understand correctly (removable batteries requirement and all)

The other site has an article with a bit of an update on why they think Bernards Pivot broke. A comment from the main Pivot guy.

With zero press or fanfare (that I noticed), this new (v4) AXS pod showed up on Sram's website. Has anyone touched it yet? I'm a fan of the Rocker Paddle (v2), I was was kinda ambivilent toward v1 which I think maybe this is trying to emulate. I don't get along with the first pods (v3). https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/ec-axs-podr-c1

Stay on target boys! We are drifting into Weight Rumors and Innovation territory.