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Posted this before, posting again... The old EWS points and event qualifier structure was a great example of a transparent, feasible ladder for talented and motivated riders to climb into the elite field. EWS points were earned at sanctioned local, regional and national level events each with their own points tier and value table. I remember on the website from 2018-2020 there were pages and pages of races you could earn points. An EWS license was about 30USD to get an account and start earning. It seemed that race organizers were welcomed with fair terms to have their races sanctioned...

Question, why would the riders want to buy the Mob team? It would essentially be worth nothing. I’m sure I read somewhere that the points are linked to the ‘paying agent’ in this case, YT gmbh and that if the paying agent would change then the points disappear (but I may have completely misread/misunderstood that part).

Alright who's got the backstory on Maylei? I suppose the world cup girls are keeping things chill, maybe even on finals day, considering they have more season left to race. Also hoping Alden turns it on for finals.

Cade Clason 43rd. Roczen needs to do some DH this off season so he can race the Open next year...

Ooo is overlap something we're overlooking in the gravel/hardtail/adventure realm? I use my mtb shoes on my gravel bike (cleats slammed as far back as they can go) and have significant overlap on a 700c wheel. This is on a bike that's a size up as well.

Being based in Andorra has a lot of benefits in terms of corporate/income tax, everything is like a third or less of the France equivalent. I wouldn't expect their workforce costs to be huge as the employee take home pay to company cost ratio is quite high in Andorra. It's basically one of their selling points when you go through the HR process and try to compare their low-balling offer vs your current salary.