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Global demise

The three-year run of the Global mountain-bike team has come to an end. Following a year when team manager Martin Whiteley funded much of the team’s expenses out of his own pocket, the former UCI mountain-bike boss says he simply can’t afford to take on that same financial burden in 2004.

„I’d love to fund [Global] again, but it’s very expensive, as you can imagine,“ Whiteley wrote in an e-mail to VeloNews. „The partners in Japan have undertaken that they will fund [Global] again in the future once the situation in the Japanese economy improves sufficiently. I can’t say when that will be, but their word is good.“

However, Whiteley said he would still be lending some support to Finnish downhiller Matti Lehikoinen. „I still think Matti deserves to race in 2004,“ Whiteley wrote. „So I will back him 100 percent.“

Whiteley, a constant on the world mountain-biking circuit for years, said his personal plans for 2004 would be sorted out by late January. „Suffice to say I will be plenty busy,“ he said.

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Sad news! I was just read over on Velo News that the Global mountain-bike team has come to an end! Martin Whiteley who funded much of the team’s expenses out of his own pocket, says he simply can’t afford to take on that same financial burden in 2004.

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