 You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
Tom Pidcock may be heading to the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team and riding Scott road bikes, but he won't be racing on a Scott Spark, or taking up enduro on ...
By stwhannah
Get the full story here:
https://singletrackmag.com/2024/12/tom-pidcock-stays-with-pinarello-off-road/
I believe one of the Q36.5 owners/investors also has a stake in Pinarello, so it wouldn't be at all surprising to see the road team move to Pinarello too. Perhaps there is a current sponsorship deal with Scott that they are tied into.
Yeah I think they signed in 2023 for 3 years so the end of next year they can move away from Scott. https://www.q36-5procycling.com/scott-announces-multi-year-partnership-with-q36-5-pro-cycling-team-as-official-bike-supplie/
"I believe one of the Q36.5 owners/investors also has a stake in Pinarello, so it wouldn’t be at all surprising to see the road team move to Pinarello too. Perhaps there is a current sponsorship deal with Scott that they are tied into."
Yep, that would be Ivan Glasenberg, who is a South African Billionaire who made his money in mining and commodity trading as CEO with Glencore. I'm sure he's lovely despite the Controversies section on the Glencore wiki page.
I'd rather see him on a proper MTB brand but it doesn't appear to have been holding him back riding that thing.
I'd have loved seeing him pairing up with Nino for XC on Scott, especially at the Cape Epic.