The end of the season is approaching, and the future of the team Arkéa-B & B Hotels remains uncertain. The announced withdrawal of the bank and the hotel chain, major sponsors of the Breton training, leaves a great uncertainty about the sustainability of the project. Emmanuel Huberthistorical manager of the team, who had announced that he wanted to complete the subject after the Tour de France womenhowever, continue to display its search for partners three weeks later.
Video – Emmanuel Hubert at the microphone of Cyclism'Actu at the end of the Tour
A new Jérôme Pineau?
Questioned by Ouest-France Wednesday, Hubert recognized that “The noose tightens”but claims to believe it “always”. The search for new partners has not, for the time being, succeeded. Despite notable sports results this season, the situation remains fragile. This summer, Kévin Vauquelin impressed in finishing 7th in the general classification of Tour de Francewhile Ewen costiou shone by winning the Limousin Tour. But these two talents are already announced, like the other main runners of the team, further reducing the attractiveness of the project to potential investors.
The structure led by Hubert Manages three entities – the WorldTour team, the women's team and development training – which further complicates the budget equation. However, the Breton manager refuses to give in to pessimism: “I keep hope because my team works well, everyone remains motivated, united (…). We have heart and a real project.” If time is running out and potential sponsors are rare, Emmanuel Hubert wants to believe that he still has “A cartridge” To save his team and ensure his future in the elite of world cycling.
If on social networks some criticize Hubert and compare it to Jérôme Pineauit is good to remember that the case Arkéa-B&B Hotels is very different from that of B&B Hotels-KTM in 2022. Unlike Pineau, Hubert is very transparent in this story and the runners of his team have already been able to sign elsewhere if they wanted. At this stage, Pineau Make great projects to his runners and future recruits, even though nothing was signed with his sponsors. The runners of B&B Hotels-KTM were not “released” until December 2 … However, on December 2 is in more than three months. No rapprochement can therefore be made between the two cases.
