Arkea B&B Lodges and Florian Sénéchal have issued a joint apology to their bike sponsor, Bianchi, following the rider’s post-Paris-Roubaix outburst blaming the model for a collection of in-race bike failures.
Talking to CyclismActu, Sénéchal complained of “a technical drawback with our bike,” earlier than explaining that his fork or stem was “beginning to give out,” and that “there have been carbon noises and it was turning into cardboard.”
The pissed off Frenchman mentioned the crew would “need to look into” the issue, and that they “all the time have issues.”
Within the wake of his feedback, Bianchi issued an announcement expressing “shock and concern”, however finally repudiated his criticism, as an alternative turning the eye onto the Arkea B&B Lodges mechanics, claiming that “the particular directions offered by Bianchi for assembling the handlebars of bikes have been disregarded in some instances, inflicting disparities within the dealing with of the bicycles in competitors.”
Within the assertion from Sénéchal and the crew, it appears Arkea B&B Lodges have accepted duty for the fault, because it echoed Bianchi’s assertion by saying “directions offered by Bianchi concerning the meeting of the handlebars have been ignored.”
Regardless of this, Bianchi was eager to keep away from a blame sport. Talking solely with Cyclingnews, a spokesperson defined that Bianchi has “massive respect for the class of the mechanics, and we do not need to blame them.”
The model was additionally eager to affirm its partnership with the crew by saying “Bianchi reiterates its assist for Crew Arkea B&B Lodges with renewed positivity, wanting ahead to the upcoming necessary occasions of the season with the purpose of taking extra victories and consolidating the highest ten place within the UCI WorldTour rankings.”
Equally, the crew has issued an identical vote of confidence, saying “The Arkea B&B Lodges Crew, its Normal Supervisor Emmanuel Hubert, in addition to all of the riders from the three buildings wish to reaffirm their whole confidence within the Bianchi model bikes, which have already enabled them to win and already this season seven races: 5 on the highway for males, one for ladies, the French Cyclo-cross Championship and just lately ending 2nd within the Tour of Flanders with Luca Mozzato.”
